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February 13th, 2008

The Writers Strike Ain’t Over Until WGA Members Say So

…and now they have.
Writers Guild of America East President Michael Winship and Writers Guild of America West President Patric M. Verrone sent a letter to WGA members on Tuesday, February 12, that begins:

On Tuesday, members of the Writers Guilds East and West voted by a 92.5% margin to lift the restraining order that was invoked […]

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February 12th, 2008

After the Writers Strike: Where Do TV Comedies Stand?

With just a few loose ends left to either tie up or snip away, the big bad writers strike of 2007–2008 is finally almost (but not quite) over.
Members of the Writers Guild of America East and West divisions will meet this afternoon and evening to vote on the terms of the temporary agreement reached with […]

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January 7th, 2008

Reminder: ‘The Daily Show’ and ‘The Colbert Report’ Return Today

Heads-up, political comedy fans. Comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will be back on the tube, starting tonight at 8pm EST for Stewart and 8:30pm for Colbert.
The first guests scheduled for their writer-less shows are Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (Illinois) on The Daily Show and Republican presidential candidate Governor Mike Huckabee (Arkansas) […]

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January 2nd, 2008

Reminder: Late-Night Talk Shows Return Today

This is just a quickie reminder that as of tonight, Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Kimmel, Jay Leno, David Letterman, and Conan O’Brien will all be returning to their respective late-night talk shows to produce fresh episodes for the New Year. Although Ferguson’s Late Late Show will present a new installment with no guests, the remaining […]

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December 27th, 2007

‘Office’ Star Rainn Wilson Hosting 2008 Spirit Awards

The Writers Guild of America is definitely playing hardball when it comes to granting waivers for various organizations to use writers and archival clips for the purpose of producing the familiar cluster of annual awards shows that air around the beginning of the New Year.
Amid all the recent denials, however, there have been a few […]

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