![]() ![]() Other shows that have shut production down include The Daily Show, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Real Time with Bill Maher, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and NBC’s Tonight. That means no more Jimmy Fallon guffawing, no more Jimmy Kimmel pranks, no more erudite Stephen Colbert, and no more Saturday Night Live. Because these shows are written on an extremely tight schedule in order to stay topical, they can’t have any episodes banked for future use. Late night will be the first genre to go bye-bye. We thought it would be helpful to run down all the changes you might see in various forms of TV broadcasting because you may need to change your habits from a binge model to a slow drip. But while we can look back to that strike for some indication of what this one could look like, the times they are a-changin’, and things are a little different these days. It is the first WGA strike since 2007, when it lasted 100 days. On May 2, the WGA called for a general strike that includes TV and film writers across the United States. The Writers Guild of America announced that it had not come to an agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on a new contract on May 1 to provide tenable working conditions for its members. Well, guess what? That might be gone soon too. But one thing that has remained consistent is a steady stream of TV shows providing solace. In the past few years, we’ve had a lot of bad things happen - not sure if you’ve noticed. ![]()
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