{"id":1922599,"date":"2023-05-02T05:56:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T09:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/screenwriter-strike-could-grind-hollywood-to-a-halt-this-week-heres-which-shows-could-be-hit\/"},"modified":"2023-05-02T06:00:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T10:00:36","slug":"screenwriter-strike-could-grind-hollywood-to-a-halt-this-week-heres-which-shows-could-be-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/screenwriter-strike-could-grind-hollywood-to-a-halt-this-week-heres-which-shows-could-be-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Screenwriter Strike Could Grind Hollywood To A Halt This Week. Here\u2019s Which Shows Could Be Hit."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscreenwriter-strike-could-grind-hollywood-to-a-halt-this-week-heres-which-shows-could-be-hit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1922599&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Writers Guild of America Set to Strike<\/h2>\n<p>Get ready for a potential Hollywood shutdown as the Writers Guild of America prepares to strike on Monday evening. The union, which represents writers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/princess-bride-star-tells-cruz-he-has-contempt-for-him-cruz-fires-back-photo-that-star-signed-to-him\/\" title=\"\u2018Princess Bride\u2019 Star Tells Cruz He Has \u2018Contempt\u2019 For Him. Cruz Fires Back Photo That Star Signed To Him.\">entertainment industry<\/a>, is demanding increased minimum compensation, larger contributions to pension and health plans, and regulation of material produced with artificial intelligence or similar technology.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 98% of union members voted earlier this year to authorize a strike if the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers did not approve a new contract. The possible strike, the first in over 15 years, comes as the shift toward streaming contributes to diminished profits in television and cinema.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s at Stake?<\/h3>\n<p>If the strike enters into effect on Tuesday, production for shows such as \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live,\u201d \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,\u201d \u201cReal Time With Bill Maher,\u201d \u201cLate Night With Seth Meyers,\u201d \u201cSaturday Night Live,\u201d and \u201cLast Week Tonight With John Oliver\u201d would immediately cease. Delays could also inhibit the capacity of Disney, Paramount Global, and Comcast NBCUniversal to produce episodes for the fall network television season, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/screenwriter-strike-could-grind-hollywood-to-a-halt-this-week-heres-which-shows-could-be-hit\/\" title=\"Screenwriter Strike Could Grind Hollywood To A Halt This Week. Here\u2019s Which Shows Could Be Hit.\">streaming platforms carrying broadcast shows<\/a> would likewise be impacted by delays.<\/p>\n<h3>Why the Strike?<\/h3>\n<p>The union claims that firms have \u201cused the transition to streaming to cut writer pay and separate writing from production, worsening working conditions for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-writers-studios-stage-last-minute-talks-as-strike-deadline-looms\/\" title=\"Hollywood writers, studios stage last-minute talks as strike deadline looms\">series writers<\/a> at all levels.\u201d The share of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-michael-knowles-reading-these-days\/\" title=\"What\u2019s Michael Knowles Reading These Days?\">writers working<\/a> at the minimum standards established by the most recent Writers Guild of America contract has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-falsely-claims-we-didnt-have-a-vaccine-when-we-came-into-office\/\" title=\"Biden Falsely Claims: \u2018We Didn\u2019t Have\u2019 A Vaccine \u2018When We Came Into Office\u2019\">increased substantially<\/a> in recent years, producing a 23% median compensation decline when adjusted for inflation even as series budgets increase.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s Next?<\/h3>\n<p>The union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers will negotiate \u201cup until the deadline\u201d on Monday night to establish a new contract. Members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike for three months between 2007 and 2008, causing production delays and shortened seasons for shows such as \u201cThe Colbert Report,\u201d \u201c30 Rock,\u201d \u201cFamily Guy,\u201d and \u201cSaturday Night Live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Stay up-to-date with the latest news by downloading the Daily Wire app <a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>association representing major production companies, failed to meet their demands. The strike could potentially halt the production of popular TV shows and movies, causing a major disruption in the entertainment industry. As the deadline approaches, tensions are high and negotiations are ongoing. Will the writers get what they want, or will the strike go ahead? Stay tuned to find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1922600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[25568,10485,3751,9025,4361,8031,4522,3912],"class_list":["post-1922599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-grind","tag-halt","tag-heres","tag-hit","tag-hollywood","tag-screenwriter","tag-strike","tag-week"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1922599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1922600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1922599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1922599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1922599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}