“Here is what all writers know: the companies have broken this business,” the WGA stated in its message announcing the strike to members. “They have taken so much from the very people, the writers, who have made them wealthy. But what they cannot take from us is each other, our sol...
As TV Academy members toasted the stars of “Ted Lasso” on May 1, things were about to change dramatically in the Emmy campaign space. Apple TV+ was celebrating the opening of a “For Your Consideration” activation at Goya Studios, where it erected a massive tent to showcase its bevy ...
May 16, 2023 7:00am PT Now heading into the third week of the WGA writers strike, the industry is facing an indefinite stretch of time before negotiations are resolved and a new agreement is reached. So what lengths will media companies go to compensate for programming they had once p...
It is reported that media buyers have indicated that they may be a month away from asking the broadcast networks to renegotiate their upfront packages or to give them cash back. The Writers Guild of America strike has...
2. She was just trying to do something nice and the terror as she runs for her life is too real. Technology will destroy us: 5. That is basically the only thing that happens in this episode. We will destroy ourselves: 1. Only if we go against the machines! Total: 8...
I argue that television entertainment writers, their cultural status, and rhetorical skills are critical to national discourse and media structures. Focusing on the 2007-8 writers strike, the project analyzes videos that writers made about the conflict, showing how "rhetorical writers" used satire, ...
As actors join writers on the picket lines, the whole industry is left wondering: What happens now? The strike happens to coincide with this week’s Emmy nominations, but none of this year’s acting or writing nominees will be able to campaign so long as the strike continues. Meanwhile, ...
Broadcast networks took wildly different approaches to dealing (or not) with the possibility of a long writers strike disrupting the fall launch.
The strike has bolstered his sense of community, too. He finds that through picketing, he feels even more connected to other writers than when he was part of a writers' room. "100 days is a big scary number and we definitely feel like we've been in this for a while," he a...
Thewriters went on strike May 2; theactors followed July 14.It’s unclear how long the strikes will last. In more than a dozen interviews, specialists in wardrobe, hair, makeup and nails said they feared losing homes and health insurance as they scurry for pivots. Even if the studio...