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So it looks like the AMPTP and the WGA will be getting back to the negotiating table to knock out a new deal – next week But considering how things have gone over the past week or so (reports of dissension among AMPTP members and daytime talk shows returning despite the writers' strike), any good[...]

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[...]

Discovery's Bill Maher is getting tired of just yelling at clouds on Twitter/X and on his podcast – and apparently tired of waiting for the WGA to get any of those "kooky things" that they're asking for (more on that below) Earlier tonight, the late-night talk show host announced that HBO's Real Time with Bill[...]

Actress & talk show host Drew Barrymore is facing more than just picket lines from the WGA and serious pushback on social media from a number of folks in the entertainment industry over her decision to resume tapings of The Drew Barrymore Show this week The National Book Foundation took to social media to announce[...]

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[...]

When daytime talk show Drew Barrymore took to Instagram on Sunday to confirm that The Drew Barrymore Show would be back on the air beginning a week from today (meaning tapings would resume this week), the WGA East made its position clear "The [Drew Barrymore] Show is a WGA-covered, struck show that is planning to[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Hulu's Futurama, Hulu's The Orville, The Drew Barrymore Show/WGA, BBC's Doctor Who, TBS' AEW Collision, NBC's Meet the Press, Amazon Freevee's Bosch: Legacy, Prime Video's Invincible, NBC's Quantum Leap, and more! Images/Screencaps: AMC Networks, NBCUniversal, FOX TV, Hulu, Amazon Freevee, BBC, CBS Studios, WGA, Prime Video BCTV Daily Dispatch:[...]

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! Images/Screencaps: Disney+, Paramount+, FX Networks, Prime Video, WGA, AMPTP, AMC Networks, Instagram BCTV[...]

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[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Star Trek/Jeri Ryan, WGA/AMPTP, Disney+'s Loki, TNT's AEW Rampage, That '70s Show, Smosh's All Things Sword AF, FX's American Horror Story: Delicate, Star Trek: very Short Treks, AMC's Fear the Walking Dead, Cartoon Network's Totally Spies!, Hulu's Futurama, Max's Doom Patrol, Apple TV+'s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, BBC's Doctor Who, Prime[...]

Well, it looks like we can start wondering that same thing when it comes to the WGA based on what the union's negotiating committee had to share with its membership. "One executive said they had reviewed our proposals, and though they did not commit to a specific deal, said our proposals would not affect their company's[...]

WGA picket lines impacted production on a number of occasions while questions were being asked about how production could still continue without any strike violations taking place 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[...]

Discovery CEO David Zaslav earlier today at a Goldman Sachs conference regarding the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes The irony of that statement coming only hours before Warner Bros Television (WBTV) suspended the remaining overall deals with a number of creators shouldn't be lost Deadline Hollywood is reporting that –  three months into the writers'[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? CBS's NCIS: Sydney, USA Network's WWE NXT, Bill Maher/WGA, NBC's Quantum Leap, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, Netflix's The Fall of the House of Usher, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Lower Decks, Prime Video's Wilderness, Star Trek: very Short Treks, Disney+'s Ahsoka, Warner Bros[...]

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[...]

Discovery CEO David Zaslav and Disney CEO Bob Iger don't necessarily speak for them when it comes to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA & WGA strikes. Image: AMC Networks YouTube Screencaps Look… full disclosure? Maybe we're making too much of this Maybe it's only about those three shows Maybe this is just one of those "one-offs" that's more the[...]

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[...]

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[...]

A little more than a week after talks between the WGA and AMPTP took what can best be described as a turn for the worse, Deadline Hollywood is reporting exclusively that a meeting will be taking place today – just not between the two With rumblings growing of dissension within its ranks, the studios are[...]

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,[...]