And now the WGA-E has basically said to member Rivers "can we talk?", calling her to face a trial board on charges of writing and showrunning non-union shop "Fashion Police":
http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/wga-east-calls-internal-charges-against-joan-rivers-fashion-police-dispute-102146 On Tuesday, July 9, 2013 11:14:28 PM UTC-5, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > The writing staff of the E! show say in a YouTube video embedded with the > link that they got along beautifully with host Joan Rivers--until they > tried to organize with the WGA--and since then she (a WGA member herself) > has been shutting them out: > > > http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/striking-fashion-police-writers-bash-joan-rivers-video-101896 > > For E!'s part, despite their reputation as a non-union (outside of > SAG/AFTRA for talent) shop, they say that they are not anti-WGA and allowed > "The Soup" and "Chelsea Lately" to go union (and have WGA writers credited > as writers instead of "segment producers")--however, in both cases it took > an NLRB election for that to happen. And I will bet that despite NBCU's > possible wishes for them to move to the Universal lot (where Chelsea is now > taped--I believe on the Jack Benny Soundstage where Conan did his "Tonight > Show"), there is no way that E!/Style Network/G4 or Esquire Network or > whatever the hell they're calling that channel will move out of the > non-union Comcast Digital Television Center in Santa Monica in toto. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
