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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. Image: DGA, WGA, SAG-AFTRA & AMPTP logo[...]

Prior to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, production was all but ready to go on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season three The difference going into season three was the cast was ready to talk about the fanfare from season one as season two was coming out As productions stopped all over Hollywood, momentum halted[...]

Studios in support of SAG-AFTRA and the WGA in their efforts to 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 With only two days to go, Kripke is back to offer some details on what[...]

At a time when there appears to be no end in sight when it comes to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, it's going to take a special team to help break through the AMPTP's ivory towers to convince the studios, streamers & CEOs to get back to the table and negotiate deals that respect[...]

The bad news? The SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes are still rolling on – and based on what the AMPTP is bringing to the table, they don't appear to be ending anytime soon A silver lining of good news? We still have "professional journalist"/world-class comedian Triumph the Insult Comic Dog & handler Robert Smigel (Saturday Night Live,[...]

In a message to union members, the WGA offered details on this week's AMPTP meeting and the points that the two sides are still far apart on.

It was accompanied by a message that it was past time to end this strike and that the companies were finally ready to bargain a deal. We accepted that invitation and, in good faith, met tonight, in hopes that the companies were serious about getting the industry back to work. Instead, on the 113th day of the[...]

With the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes still ongoing – and with little movement so far a bad sign for the future – we've been seeing a number of show reunions taking place on the picket lines Their mission? To get the AMPTP back to the negotiating table to cut a deal that respects the contributions[...]

Heading into the weekend, I think we can best say that we're at the "cautious optimism" to "well, at least they're still talking" stage when it comes to negotiations between the WGA and the AMPTP (which still isn't negotiating with SAG-AFTRA).  After meeting the previous four days – with the AMPTP reportedly responding to the[...]

According to sources, the ongoing SAG-AFTRA & WGA strikes (exacerbated by the AMPTP's delay in returning to the negotiating table) and the production delays resulting from them created problems for the season from both a financial and scheduling standpoint. A League of Their Own is moving to series at Amazon (Image: Amazon Studios) The streaming series cast[...]

Now, according to sources speaking exclusively with Deadline Hollywood, Amazon has rescinded that Season 2 order, canceling the series reportedly due to the length of the ongoing SAG-AFTRA & WGA strikes (prolonged primarily due to the AMPTP's delays in returning to the negotiating table) Sources say that the delay was not only adding to the[...]

While we await some wisdom to settle upon the folks at the AMPTP, the SAG-AFTRA & WGA strikes rage on – but that doesn't mean that all of that protesting and time spent on picket lines isn't having an impact In fact, the unions have had "professional journalist"/world-class comedian Triumph the Insult Comic Dog & handler[...]

Ever since their respective strikes kicked in, there's been a ton of talk about what the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) should & shouldn't be doing But for this go-around, we're shifting the spotlight to the other side of the negotiating[...]

Discovery's David Zaslav, NBCUniversal's Donna Langley, Disney's Dana Walden & Alan Bergman, and others are expected to be included in the conversation. Image: WGA, AMPTP SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreements Exclude WGA-Covered U.S Projects On Monday, the SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical/Streaming Negotiating Committee announced to its members in a statement that any projects filmed in the U.S[...]

What might be learned by the end of today remains to be seen, with the WGA preferring to keep public reveals or discussions of specifics to a minimum. Image: WGA, AMPTP SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreements Exclude WGA-Covered U.S Projects On Monday, the SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical/Streaming Negotiating Committee announced to its members in a statement that any projects filmed in the[...]

As the WGA looks to continue negotiations with the AMPTP over a new deal, SAG-AFTRA has announced an important change in its interim agreement policy In a statement shared with the union's members, the SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical/Streaming Negotiating Committee announced that any projects filmed in the U.S that are covered by the WGA are excluded from[...]

While there may be some cautious optimism when it comes to recent developments between the writers' union and the AMPTP, the fact is that the SAG-AFTRA & WGA strikes continue raging on – and will until the AMPTP comes to its senses But as long at there are folks still walking the picket line, Triumph the[...]

Over the weekend, Greg Weisman did SAG-AFTRA, WGA, and any creative talent out there looking for proper union protection, a huge service by personalizing the issue of residuals. Time and time again, we've seen instances of residual checks being sent with amounts that wouldn't cover the cost of printing the check (with some not even having[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? FXX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Disney+'s Ahsoka, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, Jared Padalecki/Celebrity Family Feud, TBS' AEW Collision, Stephen Amell/SAG-AFTRA, NJPW's G1 Climax 33, Elon Musk/Mark Zuckerberg, Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar, BBC's Doctor Who, Adult Swim's My Adventures with Superman, and more! Image/Screencap: FX Networks, Comedy Central, SNL YouTube, The CW, SAG-AFTRA,[...]

When it comes to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, there have been a lot of issues being put on the table to discuss & debate – with residual pay for writers and actors one of the biggest in play But what about voice actors who work on some of the biggest animated series out[...]

While Amell wasn't able to join the Arrowverse family on the west coast, he did join the SAG-AFTRA picket lines in NYC earlier that day (check out some images here) – and made sure to send his support to the west coast Now, thanks to TMZ, we're getting a better understanding of where Amell's mindset[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? WWE/AEW, WGA/AMPTP, Arrowverse/SAG-AFTRA, Netflix's One Piece, Elon Musk/Mark Zuckerberg, Hulu's Solar Opposites, Hulu's Futurama, Disney's Ahsoka, FXX's Archer, AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Jared Padalecki/ABC's Celebrity Family Feud, Disney+'s X-Men '97, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Prime Video's Ten Percent & more! Image/Screencap: Lucasfilm, Marvel Studios,[...]

In the meantime, please continue to demonstrate your commitment by showing up to the picket lines: for yourselves, your fellow writers, SAG-AFTRA, fellow union members, and all those in our community who are impacted by the strikes. When the news hit on Thursday from the WGA that AMPTP President Carol Lombardini had "asked the WGA Negotiating[...]

While we will readily admit that there was a lot more to cover than we could reasonably do in 1-2 posts, we do have a look at what a number of members of the "Arrowverse" had to say about the importance of SAG-AFTRA & WGA and why it's important for the unions to stand up[...]

Who knew that today would end up being as big of a day as it's been and continues to be when it comes to the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes? Just yesterday, we learned that the WGA had been contacted by the AMPTP's negotiating team that they wanted to meet on Friday to resume talks –[...]

In addition, there were reports that WGA chief negotiator Ellen Stutzman & WGA West general counsel Tony Segall stressed that even if the union finalizes a deal with the AMPTP, writers will still look to honor the SAG-AFTRA strike until a deal is reached there, also In the WGA update from last week, it was[...]

Heading into August, there were question marks surrounding the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards in light of the still-ongoing SAG-AFTRA & WGA strikes – specifically, when would it air Having already been pushed off of its original September 18th date (and the Creative Arts Emmys pushed back from its original September 9th & 10th dates), there[...]

Late last month, SAG-AFTRA leadership released a lengthy statement regarding the practice of interim agreements In large part, the move was done as a response to the criticisms that comedian/actress Sarah Silverman and others have lodged against the union and fellow members who chose to take roles in independent, SAG-AFTRA-approved projects even as the SAG-AFTRA[...]

Some big news coming out of today's The Walt Disney Company earnings call from CEO Bob Iger when it comes to streaming and the respective SAG-AFTRA & WGA strikes When it comes to the former, that news comes in the form of price increases beginning in October and a new ad-free Disney+ & Hulu bundle[...]