This is related to my previous post on studios getting sued.
Now that the WGA is officially back behind their desks (it wasn’t officially until last night), NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press may be eyeballing a lawsuit against them. According to Nikki Finke, the two are bitter about the writer’s strike having forced the Golden […]
Posted on February 13th, 2008 by Enrique
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My headline says it all. Not much else to say except remakes are as strong as ever…
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - MyNetworkTV is returning to the scripted arena with a new half-hour comedy series starring rap artist and reality-TV star Flavor Flav.
The network has ordered 13 episodes of “Under One Roof,” a show that network […]
Posted on February 6th, 2008 by Enrique
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(btw, this verifies my previous guess that workers on strike cannot be fired…)
Today the Los Angeles Times posted an email from a key grip… sorry, EX-key grip of NBC’s The Office.
“Our show was shut down and we were all laid off this week. I’ve been watching the news since the WGA strike was announced and […]
Posted on November 10th, 2007 by Enrique
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(yes, I know it’s called “The Tonight Show”… but c’mon, no one ever calls it that)
Interesting bit of news from the only source I need to keep me up on the WGA strike, DeadlineHollywoodDaily It seems that NBC is firing the “non-writing” staff on the show (unless I’m mistaken you can’t fire someone who’s […]
Posted on November 9th, 2007 by Enrique
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The WGA contract expired at midnight. The strike doesn’t start until tomorrow or Monday, but there’s already been one casualty: one of the major agencies is withholding a week’s worth of pay to ALL their employees in order to have more “financial flexibility.”
(Update: rumors are indicating the agency cutting pay is ICM, a truly major […]
Posted on November 1st, 2007 by Enrique
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I don’t really see this affecting the movie side of things much, but it’s still an interesting development.
According to Defamer, word in the secret lair of studio execs is that they now WANT the Writer’s Guild of America to go on strike next month, after their contract expires (btw, who the hell decides to make […]
Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by Enrique
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