Post Script: Barrymore’s head writers define to return to the talk show https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/drew-barrymore-show-writers-decline-return-1235606269/
On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 8:08 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Matt Belloni at Puck News did specifically answer my question last night, > and added another reason that this strike is different than the last one: > social media has given the Unions a powerful tool for communicating its > message and punishing those who get out of line (I follow actor Josh > Malina, a strong Union guy, on Twitter and he has been aggressive in > calling out those who cross the Union lines). While there was social media > during last WGA strike, it was not as powerful as today. > > Belloni suggested that Barrymore ought to have put out a statement like > Conan and Kimmel did last strike (my thought as well): > > > “Remember, network late night hosts returned without writers after just *six > weeks* of the 2007-08 WGA strike. *Conan O’Brien*’s *statement > <https://email.puck.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>* > at the end of 2007 is interesting to read through the lens of the > current situation: > > > “Unfortunately, now with the New Year upon us, I am left with a > difficult decision. Either go back to work and keep my staff employed or > stay dark and allow 80 people, many of whom have worked for me for fourteen > years, to lose their jobs…. So, it is only after a great deal of thought > that I have decided to go back on the air on January 2nd.” > > > *Jimmy Kimmel* soon followed: “It is time to go back to work. I support > my colleagues and friends in the WGA completely and hope this ends both > fairly and soon.” > > Can you imagine Conan or Kimmel putting out those statements today? No > way. Even if they wanted to, the current late-night hosts would get > *destroyed* online. Instead, they’re hawking Casamigos and Pepsi on a > podcast to help their staff members. Again, I’m not saying they want to go > back; my point is, like Barrymore, they *can’t *go back—with the > exception of *Bill Maher*, who gave the WGA a middle finger this week, > but whose brand is pretty much to extend middle fingers to anything that > negatively impacts him personally.” > > > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 at 7:29 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I support labor, but I am struggling to understand the beef here. Didn’t >> we see all the Kate night talk shows going back to work during the last >> strike, without writers? I don’t recall them being criticized like this. Is >> Barrymore using scab writers? Is it that she is crossing a Union picket >> line (though as Tom points out often picket lines are not actually boycott >> lines)? >> >> She is from one of the most honored acting families in history, she could >> do shows on the history of Hollywood exploitation of actors and writers, >> the importance of human actors and writers, etc. >> >> Aren’t we likely to see Colbert and the Jimmys back sans writers if the >> strike goes more than another month now that summer is over? >> >> Sent from Gmail Mobile >> >> >> On Tue, 12 Sep 2023 at 10:41 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> From what I understand from the article the WGA picket line consisted of >>> Drew’s four writers and they weren’t trying to keep people from crossing >>> the picket line. The two people who got stopped for their pins weren’t yet >>> in the studio. The news story hadn’t yet broke. If you were Drew’s producer >>> would you interrupt her preparing for a season premiere to tell her this >>> happened? >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 12:15 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> For the record, Drew claims she was not aware of any of this. I'll >>>> give her the benefit of the doubt here, although I know that the response >>>> will be that she's not aware of anything. But she does do the show for >>>> you--take it with you. (I only know this catchphrase because I've been >>>> hearing it many mornings when switching over to watch "The Price is Right." >>>> When their season starts, I'll be hearing instead "the news continues now >>>> on our CBS News Chicago channel on Pluto TV, we'll be back in an hour here >>>> on CBS2--have a good day.") >>>> On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 6:30:04 PM UTC-5 Kevin M. wrote: >>>> >>>>> Actors are gonna blacklist that show when the strike ends. It just >>>>> looks bad. >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 11:04 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> The two NY students, who claim they were not aware of the strikes >>>>>> (!), were handed the pins by picketers as they entered the CBS Broadcast >>>>>> Center this morning--security told them to take them off--one did and one >>>>>> didn't, the one who didn't was noted by a crew member and they were both >>>>>> tossed out of the studio--they then accepted WGA strike shirts and joined >>>>>> the picketers: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/drew-barrymore-show-audience-kicked-out-1235587064/ >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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]. >>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/88318bb6-8b2a-43f5-9847-0b1ef825e5b1n%40googlegroups.com >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/88318bb6-8b2a-43f5-9847-0b1ef825e5b1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> 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]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/2eb7a694-562d-4dc2-818d-72b39f6c1081n%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/2eb7a694-562d-4dc2-818d-72b39f6c1081n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> 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]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGdU80S0rkkVjVEk98Hzt2-VwQhECcK-mG3AL1JoHRrmQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGdU80S0rkkVjVEk98Hzt2-VwQhECcK-mG3AL1JoHRrmQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJ-z2dadSrTrtBTQAn_4X6poo7pR_c4DPLsnHs_mzOioQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJ-z2dadSrTrtBTQAn_4X6poo7pR_c4DPLsnHs_mzOioQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. 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