The traditional tournaments are delayed, not the series. And the show already used previous clues in its history with the previous writers’ strike. Yet somehow people get their knickers knotted now.
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Writers Strike 2023?
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The second chance tournament was also done last last year.
I think they’ve done a second chance tournament for several years, maybe even before the previous writers strike.
No, last year was the first second chance tournament. Players came back for various permutations of a tournament of champions theme (decades, million dollar masters etc). This past season was the first time they brought back the “close but not quite” players.
Repeats of last year's second chance tournament were being shown last week and again this week.
The usual summer reruns.
Excellent article about those labeled “scabs” who are still working (and others still working because of exemptions or covered by other contracts). https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/08/12/scabs-actors-writers-strike-breakers/
Five late night hosts join to do a podcast to benefit striking writers
www.reuters.com
The five hosts will appear together, but take turns as host.
Late-night TV hosts join on podcast to help striking writers
An all-star lineup of late-night television hosts are uniting to chat about Hollywood's ongoing labor disputes on a new podcast, a group effort to raise funds for their striking staff writers.
The five hosts will appear together, but take turns as host.
This made me wonder if the networks will continue repeats of the late night talk shows indefinitely or will eventually try to put something else on, at least temporarily. The same with CBS’s daytime “The Talk”. They could probably try news, or repeats of daytime game shows.
reruns are lower risk, maybe if the strike extends into next year
The shows aren't going anywhere. It may drag on a while longer, but there's no meaningful benefit to an interim replacement, when it's going to be second-tier, at best, filler anyway. Repeats of what viewers are accustomed to, or repeats of something else. Might as well keep the familiar name with that choice.
With no crystal ball, pure speculation…strike settlements somewhere around mid to late October, early November. Ahead of the major holiday window.
The regular nightly shows back effectively immediately; SNL ramps up in a few weeks, and scripted network shows trickle back in place of the patchwork fall desperation-fest mid winter/early spring by the time they maneuver around said holiday period.
Could be 💯 % off base. Might have better luck guessing the Powerball numbers at this rate.
The regular nightly shows back effectively immediately; SNL ramps up in a few weeks, and scripted network shows trickle back in place of the patchwork fall desperation-fest mid winter/early spring by the time they maneuver around said holiday period.
Could be 💯 % off base. Might have better luck guessing the Powerball numbers at this rate.
More strike news updates:
abcnews.go.com
www.latimes.com
As far as the actors strike now it looks like video game actors are next:
Hollywood labor disputes 'headed down to crunch time' amid ongoing strikes, reporter says
Media reporter Claire Atkinson joins ABC News Live to discuss the impacts of the strikes on both sides of the dispute and whether there could be a resolution soon.
Writers Strike Hits Four-Month Mark as Resolve on Both Sides Hardens, Complicating the Return to Negotiations
The writers strike reached the four-month mark on Saturday, and as Hot Labor Summer moves to autumn, there is still no sign that it will be over any time soon. The Writers Guild of America and the …
variety.com
Why Hollywood's labor nightmare won't end soon: Frustration, fear and mistrust
Frustration, fears about the future and a high degree of mistrust continue to shape the script of Hollywood's strikes by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA.
www.latimes.com
As far as the actors strike now it looks like video game actors are next:
SAG-AFTRA Seeks Approval for Second Strike Against Video Game Companies
With one strike already underway, SAG-AFTRA announced Friday that it will seek authorization for a second strike against the major video game companies. The union said that talks on a new video gam…
variety.com
yeah, i wouldn't be surprise this goes into 2024 meaning they will still be striking once the ball drops in Time Sqaure in New York City on December 31, 2023 to January 1, 2024.
Will it affect the NYE network shows? I have no idea if they have writers or not.
how soon can Late night shows return whenever the strikes end?
The daily late night shows will be fast. Topical enough to be able to get up and running near immediately. SNL certainly works topically but also well enough ahead that they would need a little more time, generally a few weeks to really be ready with new content.
Most late night TV talk shows use writers primarily for the monologues and some of the "bits" they do. They really play little to no part in the guest interviews and bookings, so those kinds of programs can get back up and running pretty quickly once the staff are called back in, studios readied and guests booked. The monologue is usually the writers coming up with a bunch of topical jokes, selecting the ones they think will work best and get the biggest laughs/reaction from the audience and putting them in the correct order. The comedy bits and segments, many of which are reoccurring, generally aren't difficult or time-consuming to write.
It also appears that the AMTP is cracking:
deadline.com
Also AMC Networks have brokered their own interim agreements:
Studio CEOs Set To Meet Today Amid Internal Tensions; No End In Sight To Strikes
EXCLUSIVE: Amid growing speculation of internal divisions within the C-suites and a lack of any apparent path forward to end the writers and actors strikes, the chiefs of Hollywood’s biggest …
deadline.com
Also AMC Networks have brokered their own interim agreements:
SAG-AFTRA Allows Three AMC Shows to Resume Production, Including ‘Walking Dead’ Spinoffs
SAG-AFTRA has granted approval for three AMC Networks shows to restart production, under its controversial provision allowing “independent” projects to continue despite the strike. The …
variety.com
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