On Tuesday, more than 11,000 members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike against television and movie studios, triggering the first walkout in more than 15 years and halting production on some of the most popular shows in the United States
The strike against the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers , a trade association that works on behalf of Hollywood production companies, stems from writers’ complaints that they are not being paid fairly in the streaming era.
The WGA has slammed the studios’ response to their complaints during the labor negotiations as “wholly insufficient given the existential crisis writers are facing,” while the trade group argued in a statement Tuesday that its most recent offer represented “generous increases in compensation for writers.”
Three years after the last contract negotiations in 2020, the biggest issue in bargaining between the WGA and the Hollywood studios now is the writers’ push for higher residual pay on streaming services. Residuals are royalties paid out for those involved in shows or movies that are shown as reruns, played in syndication or released on streaming services.
Other weekly shows that will be similarly affected include NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” which could nix this weekend’s episode featuring former cast member Pete Davidson as host. HBO shows “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” and “Real Time with Bill Maher” are also expected to shut down.Ahead of the strike, Meyers, who was previously the head writer for “Saturday Night Live,” spoke on his Friday show about how he supports the writers.
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