#Chris Keyser on the WGA’s “10,000-Front War” With Studios: “They’re Hiding the Money. We’ve Got to Find It”

#Chris Keyser on the WGA’s “10,000-Front War” With Studios: “They’re Hiding the Money. We’ve Got to Find It”

Welcome to the 213th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as…

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#More Than 500 Participate in Local 700 Town Hall; Behind-the-Camera Workers Supportive, Nervous Over Writers Strike

#More Than 500 Participate in Local 700 Town Hall; Behind-the-Camera Workers Supportive, Nervous Over Writers Strike

The sentiment among Hollywood’s behind-the-camera talent — whether they are members of IATSE or work independently — widely favors the Writers Guild of America’s decision to call a strike on May 1 when negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers broke down Monday night as their contract expired. It was evident this…

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#Striking Showrunners Gather to Discuss Studio Demands: “We Can’t Be at War One Day and Their Partners the Next”

#Striking Showrunners Gather to Discuss Studio Demands: “We Can’t Be at War One Day and Their Partners the Next”

Showrunners packed the WGA Theater on Saturday in Beverly Hills during an hours-long guild meeting designed to update the TV industry’s senior writer-producers on the state of the WGA’s strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The meeting came after the first week of the strike and as studios including Disney, Warner…

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#Shonda Rhimes Shows Support for WGA Strike, Says Writers Being Unable to Make a Livable Wage “Is a Problem”

#Shonda Rhimes Shows Support for WGA Strike, Says Writers Being Unable to Make a Livable Wage “Is a Problem”

“I am a writer on strike right now,” mega-producer and Queen Charlotte showrunner Shonda Rhimes told an intimate crowd at the Midnight Theater in New York Wednesday as part of her BAFTA tribute event. Rhimes was responding to a question from moderator and journalist Wajahat Ali, who had asked her if she supported striking writers…

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