The latest: WGA holiday planning begins; Awards' show fallout continues; And cable TV on the rise...
Strike won't slow down until next week Even with the approach of the holiday season, the Writers Guild of America pushes ahead with walkout schedule...
Award shows brace for strike
Producers worried stars may not show up
Dave McNary of Variety:
The WGA has granted SAG a waiver for its Jan. 27 awards show -- its third waiver since the strike began.
Previously, the WGA granted a waiver to The Kennedy Center Honors telecast and for Elizabeth Taylor’s AIDS benefit...
SAG has provided the WGA with strong strike support to date. The interim agreement covers a WGA writer for the SAG show in Los Angeles.
“WGA’s support for the Screen Actors Guild and the SAG Awards — an event that pays tribute to the extraordinary work of actors and highlights the importance of the labor movement in the entertainment industry — is welcome recognition of the strong bond of solidarity between our two creative guilds,” said SAG's national exec director Doug Allen in a statement. “We’re grateful to the WGA for working with us to accomplish this understanding and strongly support their efforts to get a fair contract.”
The waiver also means that the SAG Awards, telecast on TBS and TNT, won’t be picketed.
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