Bill Maher is going back to work without his writers.
26.08.2023 - 21:59 / deadline.com
As Hollywood waits for the WGA’s official response to the AMPTP’s latest contract offer, a ray of sunlight emerged for comedy/variety writers in the latest back-and-forth.
Late-night writers, and writers who work on variety shows such as Netflix’s Tim Robinson series I Think You Should Leave, have been fighting for safeguards in streaming.
Back in February, in its Pattern of Demands, the WGA said that it wanted MBA minimums to apply to “comedy variety programs made for new media”.
This has now, seemingly, been settled, as both the WGA and AMPTP confirmed that comedy variety writers on streaming shows, which include Apple’s The Problem with Jon Stewart and Peacock’s The Amber Ruffin Show, will now be covered.
The AMPTP pointed out on Tuesday that for the first time ever, writers for high-budget subscription video-on-demand comedy variety programs will receive the same terms and conditions that apply under Appendix A, which essentially covers all other types of programming outside of scripted TV shows and films.
The WGA admitted that the studios had “ceded” selected minimum terms for comedy variety writers. The guild called these terms “insufficient” – it does not cover game show writers or daytime writers – but nonetheless, it appears the guild has scored a win for those people that work, or will work, on late-night streaming shows in future.
While late-night has struggled to gain traction on streaming due to topicality, it’s only a matter of time before one of the digital services cracks the genre or one of the broadcast networks moves a linear show to streaming. The next Seth Meyers or Desus & Mero is more likely to emerge from a streaming service than a broadcast network given the current landscape so such a move
Bill Maher is going back to work without his writers.
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