Hollywood film and television writers are going on strike. Here's what you need to know.
Writer Mere Smith cheers on speakers as thousands of people marched in support of the Writers Guild of America Strike on Hollywood Blvd. during a Solidarity March for Writers, Nov. 20, 2007.Unions representing thousands of Hollywood movie and television writersThe WGA called for a strike effective 12:01 a.m. PT on Tuesday.
"The AMPTP member companies remain united in their desire to reach a deal that is mutually beneficial to writers and the health and longevity of the industry, and to avoid hardship to the thousands of employees who depend upon the industry for their livelihoods," the AMPTP statement read, in part.The current television landscape is vastly different than it was in 2007.
Late-night TV, on the other hand, will once again be the quickest area to be impacted. If no agreement is reached, you can say goodbye to the remainder of the current season of "Saturday Night Live," and daily late-night hosts will have to decide if they will remain in production without their writers like they did in 2007.
"Those companies will have every incentive to look across their vast array of content assets and say, ‘Well, I have a big hole to fill on ABC at nine o'clock on Thursdays. What if I tried this show?’ And I think that you could, if there is a prolonged strike, you could see that will absolutely accelerate more of that experimentation that is already happening," she said.
With productions shut down, people well beyond writers -- from anyone involved in productions to restaurants near studios -- will be feeling the pinch as the strike moves on.
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