The WGA and AMPTP will continue negotiations on Friday, with the union urging members to come out & support the picket lines. Some details...
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The WGA and the AMPTP released a joint statement this evening announcing that both sides would be meeting again on Thursday.
In the meantime, please continue to demonstrate your commitment and unity by coming out to the picket lines – for yourselves and fellow writers, SAG-AFTRA, other unions' members, and all those in our community who are impacted by the strikes," wrote the WGA to its membership earlier today.
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"One executive said they had reviewed[...]
But SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher isn't just waiting for everyone to get back to them, as she has actively been encouraging its members to vote for the strike.
SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher speaks at a rally in City Hall Park in New York on August 1, 2023, ahead of the Council committee meeting in support of striking[...]
Drew Barrymore took to social media today to announce that The Drew Barrymore Show will not return until after the WGA strike is resolved.
Our host works under a separate agreement with SAG-AFTRA ("The Network Code") that allows Drew and other daytime hosts to continue hosting the show," wrote a spokesperson for CBS Media Ventures (which produces The Drew Barrymore Show) "While our show has been largely an unscripted talk show from the beginning, the new shows we are[...]
With her talk show back filming as the WGA strike continues, Drew Barrymore posted a tearful video in an attempt to explain her decision.
Earlier, the AMPTP released a statement confirming that its working with the WGA to schedule another negotiation meeting - for next week.
On Wednesday night, HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher host… AND WRITER… Bill Maher took to Twitter/X to announce that his show would be returning "sans writers or writing" despite the ongoing WGA & SAG-AFTRA strikes Now, if you're wondering how Maher is going to resume his role on the show as host without violating[...]
In response to her restarting her talk show, Drew Barrymore is no longer hosting the National Book Foundation's 2023 National Book Awards.
Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? FXX/It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, NBCUniversal/Lorne Michaels/Dwayne Johnson, WGA/SAG-AFTRA & Daytime Talk Shows, BBC's Doctor Who: Redacted, WWE/AEW, FX's American Horror Story: Delicate, The Drew Barrymore Show, Disney/Spectrum, Netflix's Stranger Things 5, AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Disney+'s Loki, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Lower Decks, Hulu's Moving, Paramount+'s Special Ops: Lioness, and more!
Images/Screencaps: Netflix, AMC Networks,[...]
With the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes not showing any signs of ending anytime soon, we learned last week that Warner Bros Television (WBTV) had suspended the remaining overall deals with a number of creators – including Greg Berlanti Productions, Bill Lawrence's Doozer Productions, John Wells' Productions, Mindy Kaling's Kaling International, JJ Abrams's Bad Robot, and[...]
Earlier today, we reported on how Drew Barrymore and her daytime talk show were met with WGA picket lines and serious social media pushback from others in the entertainment industry over the decision to resume tapings despite there being no end in sight to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes Now, it appears CBS' The[...]
As the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes continue to roll on as the AMPTP attempts to get its house in order so that a respectful deal with the unions can be achieved, daytime talk show Drew Barrymore took to Instagram to confirm that The Drew Barrymore Show will resume new shows beginning a week from this[...]
Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Disney+'s Ahsoka, FX's Justified, Star Trek Day/SAG-AFTRA & WGA, AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Ashton Kutcher/Mila Kunis, Paramount+'s Criminal Minds, FXX's Archer, Cody Rhodes, Amazon's The Boys, WGA/AMPTP, Our "Cancelled DC Elseworlds" Bundle, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Picard, and more!
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We have two big updates to pass along regarding the ongoing SAG-AFTRA & WGA strikes and the AMPTP's inability to broker a deal that works for the unions What will be interesting to see is if the two could be part of a bigger shift in the current narrative As SAG-AFTRA's voting members showed their[...]
When the news hit that AMC Networks has reached an interim agreement with SAG-AFTRA to continue work on The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 2, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, and Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire Season 2, we wondered who would be next to step up and break from the AMPTP[...]
Now, we're only a little more than a week away from the first part of FX's Emma Roberts, Kim Kardashian, and Cara Delevingne-starring American Horror Story: Delicate hitting our screens – with the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes still ongoing. Recognizing that members of the casts & crews of current and past productions are beginning to be[...]
Did you really think Bill Maher wouldn't have a really bad take when it comes to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, too? And while we may have already overplayed our hand, we're going to drop in a "QUIZ TIME!" just for the s**ts & giggles Who do you think Maher saved his more condescending[...]
As the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes roll on and very little public negotiating movement going on with the AMPTP, we're entering a fall television & film season that's already beginning to show the impact of shuttered productions And with eyes already looking to 2024, future prospects production-wise don't get much better from here on out[...]
Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Power Rangers/Jason David Frank, AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, USA Network's WWE Raw, SAG-AFTRA/WGA, The Always Sunny Podcast, James Gunn/Batman, Netflix's Heartstopper, FX's Justified: City Primeval, Disney+'s Loki, HBO's Succession, Breaking Bad/Aaron Paul, Netflix's Sex Education, Netflix's The Crown, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, BBC's Doctor Who, and more!
Images/Screencaps: Marvel Studios, Warner Bros[...]
With Labor Day Weekend seen as the unofficial end of the summer season (at least across the pop culture universe) and thoughts turning to the Halloween season and beyond, the television & film industry is still in serious shutdown mode as the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes roll on And when will that end? When the[...]
As the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes continue to roll on – with no serious effort on the AMPTP's part to reach agreements with both unions – a much larger conversation has also been taking place regarding other areas of the pop culture landscape and their need for comprehensive union protections One area, in particular, that's[...]
Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Netflix's Bodies, AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, TNT's AEW Rampage, Hulu's How I Met Your Father, Marvel Studios (Echo, X-Men '97, Agatha: Darkhold Diaries & More), TBS' AEW Collision, FX's American Horror Story: Delicate, Amazon's The Boys, AMC FearFest, Adult Swim's My Adventures with Superman, BBC's Doctor Who, HBO's The Last of[...]
It looks like the gaming industry might be the next to feel the SAG-AFTRA strike, as Guild President Fran Drescher has called for a vote by guild members In recent weeks, the continued strikes by SAG-AFTRA and the WGA have put a strain on the film and TV industries as of late, with a recent[...]
On Thursday, AMC Networks didn't just announce that it had secured interim agreements with SAG-AFTRA for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon to resume filming Season 2 in Europe, for The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live to finish post-production, and for Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire to resume filming Season 2 in Prague It[...]
Studios in support of SAG-AFTRA and the WGA Their mission? Get the AMPTP to return to the negotiating tables and offer fair deals to the creative community that creates the content that makes them a ton of green Yesterday, Jensen Ackles put the word out to the fans to support the effort, while Jared Padalecki[...]
In a move that could have major implications on the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, AMC Networks has received a waiver from SAG-AFTRA to resume production on the Norman Reedus-starring The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 2 in Europe, the Andrew Lincoln & Danai Gurira-starring The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, and the Sam[...]
Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Cartoon Network's Tiny Toons Looniversity, Amazon's The Wheel of Time, Netflix's Obliterated, TBS' AEW Dynamite, Marvel Studios' The Marvels, Spotify's Strike Force Five, AMPTP/SAG-AFTRA/WGA, Netflix's Disenchantment, Hulu's The Great, Max's Our Flag Means Death, Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, FX's American Horror Story: Delicate, NBC's Quantum Leap, Adult Swim's The Venture Bros., Paramount+'s Star[...]
And let's keep in mind two things – there hasn't been any movement on the SAG-AFTRA front in quite some time, and there have been rumblings that at least one streamer and/or studio is open to offering the WGA closer to what it's looking for in a new deal.
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