Writers Strike News

NBC Picketer: Strike-Breaker Daly "Almost Ran Me Over"

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


As if this week's controversy over non-WGA member Carson Daly crossing the picket line and going back to work wasn't enough, here's more. Adam Waring,...

Tonight Show Lays Off 120 Staffers

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Nonwriting staff members of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" became the latest casualties of the four-week Hollywood writers strike when they were lai...

Writers Reject Producers' Proposal, Calling It A "Massive Rollback"

AP | Gary Gentile | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Film and TV writers who've been on strike for nearly a month are mulling a new contract offer from Hollywood studios. Producers said the offer they pr...

Studios Offer Writers New Contract, Millions For Online Content; Writers Counteroffer

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Hollywood studios presented a new contract offer to striking film and TV writers Thursday that the studios said would pay writers millions of dollars...

Conan To Pay Staffers Out Of Pocket

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


With his nonstriking "Late Night" staffers facing layoffs after Friday, Conan O'Brien has promised to cover their salaries next week, an NBC spokeswom...

Hollywood Labor Talks Enter 4th Day

AP | Gary Gentile | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Striking movie and TV writers and producers have agreed to meet for a fourth day of negotiations in a dispute centering on payment for work aired on t...

Happy Birthday, Jon Stewart! See You Toni— Oops, Never Mind

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Over at the Daily Nightly, BriWi takes a break from the news to post a mini-paean to Jon Stewart on this, his 45th birthday — which, alas, will ...

Democratic Debate Canceled Over CBS Writers' Strike

AP | Beth Fouhy | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The Democratic National Committee has canceled a scheduled presidential debate in Los Angeles because of a potential strike by CBS news writers. "Du...

Chevy Chase Rehired As An "SNL" Regular - At Scale

Fox News | Roger Friedman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Before the writer's strike, Chevy Chase's return to "Saturday Night Live" segment "Weekend Update" was supposed to be a recurring role. "I met with A...

Solidarity! Tina Fey, Tim Robbins, Kristin Davis, John Edwards, And The Creepy Guy From "Lost" Rally For Striking Writers

Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo and Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Actors, writers, and politicians gathered in Washington Square Park to rally in support of the WGA strike -- and HuffPo's Patrick Waldo was there to capture it on video.

Carson Daly First Late-Night Host To Break The Strike

AP | Frazier Moore | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


NBC's "Last Call with Carson Daly" is about to become the first late-night talk show to defy the writers strike and resume production. Daly, who is n...

Rerun Alert: Shows Run Out Of Banked Episodes

AP | Frazier Moore | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


The writers strike is in its fourth week, with chilly prospects for viewing ahead. During December, the schedule will be dominated by holiday special...

Report: Yesterday's Writer's Strike Talks "Productive," Today "They Really Start Advancing The Ball Forward"

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


I am thrilled to give you a report on how today's much-anticipated resumed contract talks went between the writers and the producers. And they went we...

A Deal Struck To End The Writers' Strike?

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


As the WGA strike begins its 4th week, I've been told positive news about today's resumption of contract talks between the writers and the producers. ...

Studios Facing $3 Billion Tab For New Union Deal

Silicon Valley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Hollywood's writers and producers return this week for a three-day negotiating session. Who's got the upper hand? Depends on who's handicapping the fi...

Strike Becoming Nikki Finke's Make-It Moment

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


When some striking members of the Writers Guild of America created a series of videos depicting speechless actors in support of the writers' cause, th...

Props To Nikki Finke

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Today, as we enter the fourth week of the writers' strike — and the first day of resumed negotiations between sides — the New York Times ...

Writers' Strike Talks Set To Resume Today

AP | Gary Gentile | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Striking TV and movie writers kept up the pressure on studios by picketing and intensifying an Internet campaign that uses the very medium at issue i...

Creativity Helping Writers Win The PR War

New York Times | Brooks Barnes | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


When the 12,000 members of the Writers Guild of America decided on Nov. 4 to strike, Hollywood wondered how hard the white-collar group would fight. T...

Watch Project "Speechless" Video Featuring Nicolette Sheridan and Eva Longoria

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki FInke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


This is the tenth of the Writers Guild Of America member-conceived Internet videos for Project "Speechless" featuring A-list Screen Actors Guild talen...

Strike Talks Resume As TV And Film Studios Fall Silent

The Independent On Sunday | Andrew Gumbel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


With some of America's favourite television programmes pushed off the air and high-profile film projects biting the dust, Hollywood's studio bosses an...

Watch Project "Speechless" Video Featuring Felicity Huffman and Bill Macy

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


This is the eighth of the Writers Guild Of America member-conceived Internet videos for Project "Speechless" featuring A-list Screen Actors Guild tale...

Writers' Strike May Create Opportunities For Smaller Networks: "It's Not A Rerun If You've Never Watched The Show In The First Place"

Variety | MICHAEL SCHNEIDER, JOSEF ADALIAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


In 1988, a writers strike helped steer viewers to the fledgling Fox network. Now, the 2007 scribe shutdown could give another upstart, the CW, a neede...

Strike May Affect Oscars

Variety | Iain Blair | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


The Academy Awards ceremony is set for Feb. 24, but now that the writers' strike has become a reality, it may well take some of the luster off the gol...

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Top Three Dems Now Refuse To Cross Picket Line For Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The Democratic frontrunners for the presidential nomination have all announced that they will forgo CBS News' upcoming presidential debate unless the ...