Which shows will be impacted by the Hollywood writers strike and when?
Late-Night Talk Shows
Weekly shows like 'Saturday Night Live' have a longer production timeline, but are even more dependent on comedy writers for content. A strike would upend the last three episodes of this 'SNL' season, starting with the Saturday's show with host Pete Davidson. But if a strike persisted through the summer, fall schedules could be upended. And in the meantime, not having writers available for rewrites can have a dramatic effect on quality. The James Bond film"Quantum of Solace" was one of many films rushed into production during the 2007-2008 strike with what Daniel Craig called"the bare bones of a script."
“We’re assuming the worst from a business perspective,” David Zaslav, chief executive of Warner Bros. Discovery, said last month. “We’ve got ourselves ready. We’ve had a lot of content that’s been produced.”Production on finished screenplays can proceed as planned . That's assuming that crews — whose union recently came very close to striking — and actors — whose guild's own contract with the AMPTP expires June 30 — are willing to cross picket lines and work.
During the last strike, when broadcast and cable networks with well-established seasonal schedules were still predominant, many shows, including '30 Rock,' 'CSI,' and 'Grey's Anatomy,' shortened their seasons. Yet the WGA strike may only be the beginning. Contracts for both the Directors Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA, the actors union, expire in June. Some of the same issues around the business model of streaming will factor into those bargaining sessions. The DGA is set to begin negotiations with AMPTP on May 10. are at the center of the dispute. The guild says that even as series budgets have increased, writers’ share of that money has consistently shrunk.
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