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* Creator/SonyPictures also had a last-minute chance to push ''Film/{{Gran Turismo|2023}}'' from its planned August 11th release date to the 25th. ''Film/{{Kraven the Hunter|2024}}'' was also delayed to August 30, 2024 and ''Madame Web'' was delayed to February 14th of that year. Also, a ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' sequel was delayed to March 29, ''Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse'' was delayed indefinitely[[note]]though, this delay is likely unrelated to the strikes, as a delay has been rumored before the strikes happened since work on the film allegedly hadn't started by the time ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' was released, and how lengthy animation is in general[[/note]] and they delayed their ''Franchise/TheKarateKid'' reboot to December 13 of the following year.

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* Creator/SonyPictures also had a last-minute chance to push ''Film/{{Gran Turismo|2023}}'' from its planned August 11th release date to the 25th. ''Film/{{Kraven the Hunter|2024}}'' was also delayed to August 30, 2024 and ''Madame Web'' was delayed to February 14th of that year. Also, a ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' sequel was delayed to March 29, ''Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse'' was delayed indefinitely[[note]]though, this delay is likely unrelated to the strikes, as a delay has been rumored before the strikes happened since work on the film allegedly hadn't started by the time ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' was released, and how lengthy animation is in general[[/note]] indefinitely and they delayed their ''Franchise/TheKarateKid'' reboot to December 13 of the following year.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' and ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' were both [[https://insidethemagic.net/2023/05/wga-strike-seth-mcfarlane-fox-emd1/ confirmed by Seth MacFarlane to have been suspended for an unspecified amount of time]] due to the strike, though season 21 of the former concluded on May 7, five days into the strike, as planned.

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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' and ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' were both [[https://insidethemagic.net/2023/05/wga-strike-seth-mcfarlane-fox-emd1/ confirmed by Seth MacFarlane to have been suspended for an unspecified amount of time]] due to the strike, though season 21 of the former concluded on May 7, five days into the strike, as planned.planned, with Season 22 premiering in September. The latter, meanwhile would take a mid-season break after airing an episode on May 29 for the summer months before also resuming in September.
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[[https://consequence.net/2023/07/hollywood-studios-ai-proposal-extras/ According to SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland]], the SAG-AFTRA strike was also caused by concerns about artificial intelligence, specifically studios proposing using AI to scan and own actors' likenesses forever.

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[[https://consequence.net/2023/07/hollywood-studios-ai-proposal-extras/ According to SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland]], the SAG-AFTRA strike was also caused by concerns about artificial intelligence, specifically studios proposing using AI to scan and own actors' likenesses forever.
forever. Concerns over compensations in media streaming were another factor.
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* Creator/{{Disney}} has also pushed ''Poor Things'' to December 8th of that year as a result of the strikes. The film still kept its premiere date of September 1 at the Venice Film Festival with other festival dates still planned. They also delayed ''Film/TheBikeriders'' indefinitely due to the actors strike.

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* Creator/{{Disney}} has also pushed ''Poor Things'' to December 8th of that year as a result of the strikes. The film still kept its premiere date of September 1 at the Venice Film Festival with other festival dates still planned. They also delayed ''Film/TheBikeriders'' indefinitely due to the actors strike.strike and also delayed ''WesternAnimation/{{Elio}}'' and ''Snow White'' to 2025 in order to possibly make more production time for the former.
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* [[{{Creator/Paramount}} Paramount Pictures]] began pushing ''Mission Impossible 8'' to May 23, 2025 and ''The [=SpongeBob=] Movie: The Search for [=SquarePants=] to December of that year.

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* [[{{Creator/Paramount}} Paramount Pictures]] began pushing ''Mission Impossible 8'' to May 23, 2025 and ''The [=SpongeBob=] Movie: The Search for [=SquarePants=] [=SquarePants=]'' to December of that year.
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* [[{{Creator/Paramount}} Paramount Pictures]] began pushing ''Mission Impossible 8'' to May 23, 2025 and ''The [=SpongeBob=] Movie: The Search for [=SquarePants=] to December of that year.
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SAG-AFTRA remains on strike, even [[https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/video-game-actors-strike-sag-aftra authorizing another strike aimed at the video game industry]], and the WGA has encouraged its members to keep supporting SAG-AFTRA's efforts. AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA would jointly announce their return to the negotiating table on October 2, 2023, but despite strong momentum going into the talks, negotiations stalled and were paused on October 11.

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SAG-AFTRA remains on strike, even [[https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/video-game-actors-strike-sag-aftra authorizing another strike aimed at the video game industry]], and the WGA has encouraged its members to keep supporting SAG-AFTRA's efforts. AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA would jointly announce their return to the negotiating table on October 2, 2023, but despite strong momentum going into the talks, negotiations stalled and were paused on October 11.
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* Aversion: Pro wrestling has been virtually unaffected. Wrestlers aren't SAG-AFTRA members unless they have acting careers on the side. Since Wrestling/{{WWE}} writers are non-union, there are no picket lines to cross. [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling AEW]] ''doesn't even have writers''; all creative production is handled by CEO/booker Tony Khan and the wrestlers themselves.

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* Aversion: Pro wrestling has been virtually unaffected. Wrestlers aren't While some wrestlers are SAG-AFTRA members unless they have members, their membership only covers acting careers on the side. side, not wrestling. Since Wrestling/{{WWE}} writers are non-union, there are were no picket lines to cross. [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling AEW]] ''doesn't even have writers''; all creative production is handled by CEO/booker Tony Khan and the wrestlers themselves.
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* After Creator/TrevorNoah's departure from ''Series/TheDailyShow'' in December 2022, the show had guest hosts filling in for the first half of 2023, and correspondent Dulce Sloan was starting her turn as guest host when the WGA strike forced the show to suspend production. Once the strike ended, ''The Daily Show'' announced that would air again on October 16, 2023.

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* After Creator/TrevorNoah's departure from ''Series/TheDailyShow'' in December 2022, the show had guest hosts filling in for the first half of 2023, and correspondent Dulce Sloan was starting her turn as guest host when the WGA strike forced the show to suspend production. Once the strike ended, ''The Daily Show'' announced that would returned to the air again on October 16, 2023.2023 with correspondent Michael Kosta guest-hosting.
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* Creator/{{Disney}} has also pushed ''Poor Things'' to December 8th of that year as a result of the strikes. The film still kept its premiere date of September 1 at the Venice Film Festival with other festival dates still planned.

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* Creator/{{Disney}} has also pushed ''Poor Things'' to December 8th of that year as a result of the strikes. The film still kept its premiere date of September 1 at the Venice Film Festival with other festival dates still planned. They also delayed ''Film/TheBikeriders'' indefinitely due to the actors strike.
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* In [[https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/2023-writers-strike-what-movies-and-shows-will-be-affected/ anticipation of the strike]], ''Series/{{Quantum Leap|2022}}'' and ''Series/LaBrea'' each produced a backlog of scripts, and the former began filming its second season before its first season had ended.

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* In [[https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/2023-writers-strike-what-movies-and-shows-will-be-affected/ anticipation of the strike]], ''Series/{{Quantum Leap|2022}}'' and ''Series/LaBrea'' each produced a backlog of scripts, and the former began filming its second season before immediately after wrapping on its first season had ended.first.
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* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Due to the strike, the last three episodes of season 48 (2022-23) were canceled. The show would return from the strike on October 14, 2023, with the season premiere hosted by Creator/PeteDavidson, who was originally scheduled to host the May 6, 2023 episode before its cancellation.

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* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Due to the WGA strike, the last three episodes of season 48 (2022-23) were canceled. The show would return from the strike on October 14, 2023, with the season 49 premiere hosted by Creator/PeteDavidson, who was originally scheduled to host the May 6, 2023 episode before its cancellation.
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SAG-AFTRA remains on strike, even [[https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/video-game-actors-strike-sag-aftra authorizing another strike aimed at the video game industry]], and the WGA has encouraged its members to keep supporting SAG-AFTRA's efforts. AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA would jointly announce their return to the negotiating table on October 2, 2023, but despite strong momentum going into the talks, negotiations stalled and were suspended on October 11.

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SAG-AFTRA remains on strike, even [[https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/video-game-actors-strike-sag-aftra authorizing another strike aimed at the video game industry]], and the WGA has encouraged its members to keep supporting SAG-AFTRA's efforts. AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA would jointly announce their return to the negotiating table on October 2, 2023, but despite strong momentum going into the talks, negotiations stalled and were suspended paused on October 11.
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* Creator/SonyPictures also had a last-minute chance to push ''Film/{{Gran Turismo|2023}}'' from its planned August 11th release date to the 25th. ''Film/{{Kraven the Hunter|2024}}'' was also delayed to August 30, 2024 and ''Madame Web'' was delayed to February 14th of that year. Also, a ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' sequel was delayed to March 29, ''Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse'' was delayed indefinitely and they delayed their ''Franchise/TheKarateKid'' reboot to December 13 of the following year.

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* Creator/SonyPictures also had a last-minute chance to push ''Film/{{Gran Turismo|2023}}'' from its planned August 11th release date to the 25th. ''Film/{{Kraven the Hunter|2024}}'' was also delayed to August 30, 2024 and ''Madame Web'' was delayed to February 14th of that year. Also, a ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' sequel was delayed to March 29, ''Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse'' was delayed indefinitely indefinitely[[note]]though, this delay is likely unrelated to the strikes, as a delay has been rumored before the strikes happened since work on the film allegedly hadn't started by the time ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' was released, and how lengthy animation is in general[[/note]] and they delayed their ''Franchise/TheKarateKid'' reboot to December 13 of the following year.

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In 2007, unhappy over [[UsefulNotes/HollywoodAccounting low royalties]] for [=DVDs=], and low or no residuals for Internet distribution of shows and for Internet-only broadcasts, the WGA went on strike from November 12, 2007 to February 5, 2008. The strike was concluded with a deal that granted or increased some Internet residuals, while not affecting [=DVDs=].

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In 2007, unhappy over [[UsefulNotes/HollywoodAccounting low royalties]] for [=DVDs=], and low or no residuals for Internet distribution of shows and for Internet-only broadcasts, the WGA went on strike from November 12, 2007 to February 5, 2008. The strike was concluded with a deal that granted or increased some Internet residuals, while not affecting [=DVDs=].
[=DVDs=]. In retrospect, most analysts view the final deal as having been a defeat for the WGA, and this result would inform their resolve the next time they went on strike, 15 years later.



After several days of talks between the WGA and the AMPTP, on September 24, 2023 the two sides reached a [[https://deadline.com/2023/09/writers-strike-deal-wga-studios-1235551531/ tentative agreement]],[[note]]The 24th was considered a "soft deadline" to either reach an agreement or suspend talks, because [[UsefulNotes/JewishHolidays Yom Kippur]] started at sundown that night.[[/note]] and the WGA suspended picketing while the details were finalized, though members were free to join SAG-AFTRA picket lines in the meantime. The strike for WGA officially ended on 12:01am PST, September 27th, 2023 after the three internal boards voted unanimously to end the strike. The strike lasted for 148 days, making it the 2nd longest in history. [[https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/wga-ratify-contract-end-strike-1235749253/ On October 9, 2023, the WGA voted to ratify the contract]], officially ending the 2023 WGA Strike. SAG-AFTRA remains on strike, even [[https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/video-game-actors-strike-sag-aftra authorizing another strike aimed at the video game industry]], and the WGA has encouraged its members to keep supporting SAG-AFTRA's efforts. AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA would jointly announce their return to the negotiating table on October 2, 2023, but despite strong momentum going into the talks, negotiations stalled and were suspended on October 11.

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After several days of talks between the WGA and the AMPTP, on September 24, 2023 the two sides reached a [[https://deadline.com/2023/09/writers-strike-deal-wga-studios-1235551531/ tentative agreement]],[[note]]The 24th was considered a "soft deadline" to either reach an agreement or suspend talks, because [[UsefulNotes/JewishHolidays Yom Kippur]] started at sundown that night.[[/note]] and the WGA suspended picketing while the details were finalized, though members were free to join SAG-AFTRA picket lines in the meantime. The strike for WGA officially ended on 12:01am PST, September 27th, 2023 after the three internal boards voted unanimously to end the strike. The strike lasted for 148 days, making it the 2nd longest in history. [[https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/wga-ratify-contract-end-strike-1235749253/ On October 9, 2023, the WGA voted to ratify the contract]], officially ending the 2023 WGA Strike. Most analysts regard the final deal as a decisive victory for the WGA, having won nearly everything it asked for in its initial proposals.

SAG-AFTRA remains on strike, even [[https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/video-game-actors-strike-sag-aftra authorizing another strike aimed at the video game industry]], and the WGA has encouraged its members to keep supporting SAG-AFTRA's efforts. AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA would jointly announce their return to the negotiating table on October 2, 2023, but despite strong momentum going into the talks, negotiations stalled and were suspended on October 11.
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Over two months into the writers' strike, [[https://deadline.com/2023/07/actors-strike-contract-talks-fail-sag-aftra-to-launch-pickets-1235436031/ on July 13, 2023, SAG-AFTRA also voted to go on strike]] after failing to reach contract negotiations with the AMPTP, making this the first time since 1960 that both writers and actors have been on strike at the same time. (In the interim, the DGA -- true to form -- managed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement with the AMPTP without a strike action, and there are reports that AMPTP are using this agreement as a template for their proposals to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA.)

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Over two months into the writers' strike, [[https://deadline.com/2023/07/actors-strike-contract-talks-fail-sag-aftra-to-launch-pickets-1235436031/ on July 13, 2023, SAG-AFTRA also voted to go on strike]] after failing to reach contract negotiations with the AMPTP, making this the first time since 1960 that both writers and actors have been on strike at the same time. (In the interim, the DGA -- true to form -- managed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement with the AMPTP without a strike action, and there are reports that AMPTP are using this agreement as a template for their proposals to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA.)
)[[note]]In October 2023, after the WGA ratified their own agreement which contained ''far'' more concessions by AMPTP than had previously been thought possible, it was widely reported that many individual DGA members resented their leadership for folding so quickly to AMPTP, to the point that the DGA had to put out an official statement trumpeting how good their own deal was.[[/note]]
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** Subsequently, on October 2, 2023, [[https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/10/abc-adds-nba-games-wednesday-nights-january-writers-strike/ ABC announced that they would air 5]] [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] regular season games on Wednesday nights throughout January 2024 that were [[ChannelHop originally intended]] to be aired on Creator/{{ESPN}} to further fill in strike related scheduling gaps.
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* After Creator/TrevorNoah's departure from ''Series/TheDailyShow'' in December 2022, the show had guest hosts filling in for the first half of 2023, and correspondent Dulce Sloan was starting her turn as guest host when the WGA strike forced the show to suspend production. Once the strike ended, ''The Daily Show'' announced that would air again on October 16, 2023, presumably with Sloan finishing her turn as guest host.

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* After Creator/TrevorNoah's departure from ''Series/TheDailyShow'' in December 2022, the show had guest hosts filling in for the first half of 2023, and correspondent Dulce Sloan was starting her turn as guest host when the WGA strike forced the show to suspend production. Once the strike ended, ''The Daily Show'' announced that would air again on October 16, 2023, presumably with Sloan finishing her turn as guest host.2023.
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After several days of talks between the WGA and the AMPTP, on September 24, 2023 the two sides reached a [[https://deadline.com/2023/09/writers-strike-deal-wga-studios-1235551531/ tentative agreement]],[[note]]The 24th was considered a "soft deadline" to either reach an agreement or suspend talks, because [[UsefulNotes/JewishHolidays Yom Kippur]] started at sundown that night.[[/note]] and the WGA suspended picketing while the details were finalized, though members were free to join SAG-AFTRA picket lines in the meantime. The strike for WGA officially ended on 12:01am PST, September 27th, 2023 after the three internal boards voted unanimously to end the strike. The strike lasted for 148 days, making it the 2nd longest in history. [[https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/wga-ratify-contract-end-strike-1235749253/ On October 9, 2023, the WGA voted to ratify the contract]], officially ending the 2023 WGA Strike. SAG-AFTRA remains on strike, even [[https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/video-game-actors-strike-sag-aftra authorizing another strike aimed at the video game industry]], and the WGA has encouraged its members to keep supporting SAG-AFTRA's efforts. AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA would jointly announce their return to the negotiating table on October 2, 2023.

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After several days of talks between the WGA and the AMPTP, on September 24, 2023 the two sides reached a [[https://deadline.com/2023/09/writers-strike-deal-wga-studios-1235551531/ tentative agreement]],[[note]]The 24th was considered a "soft deadline" to either reach an agreement or suspend talks, because [[UsefulNotes/JewishHolidays Yom Kippur]] started at sundown that night.[[/note]] and the WGA suspended picketing while the details were finalized, though members were free to join SAG-AFTRA picket lines in the meantime. The strike for WGA officially ended on 12:01am PST, September 27th, 2023 after the three internal boards voted unanimously to end the strike. The strike lasted for 148 days, making it the 2nd longest in history. [[https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/wga-ratify-contract-end-strike-1235749253/ On October 9, 2023, the WGA voted to ratify the contract]], officially ending the 2023 WGA Strike. SAG-AFTRA remains on strike, even [[https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/video-game-actors-strike-sag-aftra authorizing another strike aimed at the video game industry]], and the WGA has encouraged its members to keep supporting SAG-AFTRA's efforts. AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA would jointly announce their return to the negotiating table on October 2, 2023.
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Over two months into the writers' strike, [[https://deadline.com/2023/07/actors-strike-contract-talks-fail-sag-aftra-to-launch-pickets-1235436031/ on July 13, 2023, SAG-AFTRA also went on strike]] after failing to reach contract negotiations with the AMPTP, making this the first time since 1960 that both writers and actors have been on strike at the same time. (In the interim, the DGA -- true to form -- managed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement with the AMPTP without a strike action, and there are reports that AMPTP are using this agreement as a template for their proposals to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA.)

This is also the first strike action since the merger of SAG and AFTRA into a single union, and the first overall actors' strike in over 40 years. The current President of SAG-AFTRA is Creator/FranDrescher, an unusually prominent celebrity (traditionally the job has gone to a "Hey, It's That Guy!"-type character actor) who, appropriately, earned global fame [[Series/TheNanny starring as a working-class domestic to a wealthy entertainment mogul]].

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Over two months into the writers' strike, [[https://deadline.com/2023/07/actors-strike-contract-talks-fail-sag-aftra-to-launch-pickets-1235436031/ on July 13, 2023, SAG-AFTRA also went voted to go on strike]] after failing to reach contract negotiations with the AMPTP, making this the first time since 1960 that both writers and actors have been on strike at the same time. (In the interim, the DGA -- true to form -- managed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement with the AMPTP without a strike action, and there are reports that AMPTP are using this agreement as a template for their proposals to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA.)

This is also the first strike action since the merger of SAG and AFTRA into a single union, and the first overall actors' strike in over 40 years. The current President of SAG-AFTRA is Creator/FranDrescher, an unusually prominent celebrity (traditionally the job has gone to a "Hey, It's That Guy!"-type character actor) who, appropriately, [[Series/TheNanny earned global fame [[Series/TheNanny starring as a working-class domestic to a wealthy entertainment mogul]].
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After several days of talks between the WGA and the AMPTP, on September 24, 2023 the two sides reached a [[https://deadline.com/2023/09/writers-strike-deal-wga-studios-1235551531/ tentative agreement]],[[note]]The 24th was considered a "soft deadline" to either reach an agreement or suspend talks, because [[UsefulNotes/JewishHolidays Yom Kippur]] started at sundown that night.[[/note]] and the WGA suspended picketing while the details were finalized, though members were free to join SAG-AFTRA picket lines in the meantime. The strike for WGA officially ended on 12:01am PST, September 27th, 2023 after the three internal boards voted unanimously to end the strike. The strike lasted for 148 days, making it the 2nd longest in history. SAG-AFTRA remains on strike, even [[https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/video-game-actors-strike-sag-aftra authorizing another strike aimed at the video game industry]], and the WGA has encouraged its members to keep supporting SAG-AFTRA's efforts. AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA would jointly announce their return to the negotiating table on October 2, 2023.

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After several days of talks between the WGA and the AMPTP, on September 24, 2023 the two sides reached a [[https://deadline.com/2023/09/writers-strike-deal-wga-studios-1235551531/ tentative agreement]],[[note]]The 24th was considered a "soft deadline" to either reach an agreement or suspend talks, because [[UsefulNotes/JewishHolidays Yom Kippur]] started at sundown that night.[[/note]] and the WGA suspended picketing while the details were finalized, though members were free to join SAG-AFTRA picket lines in the meantime. The strike for WGA officially ended on 12:01am PST, September 27th, 2023 after the three internal boards voted unanimously to end the strike. The strike lasted for 148 days, making it the 2nd longest in history. [[https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/wga-ratify-contract-end-strike-1235749253/ On October 9, 2023, the WGA voted to ratify the contract]], officially ending the 2023 WGA Strike. SAG-AFTRA remains on strike, even [[https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/video-game-actors-strike-sag-aftra authorizing another strike aimed at the video game industry]], and the WGA has encouraged its members to keep supporting SAG-AFTRA's efforts. AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA would jointly announce their return to the negotiating table on October 2, 2023.



* Just like during the 2007-08 strike, the late-night talk shows (''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon'', ''Series/TheDailyShow'', ''Series/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert'', ''Series/JimmyKimmelLive'', ''[[Series/LateNight Late Night with Seth Meyers]]'', and ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'') announced that they'd all go on hiatus during the duration of the strike. During this time, Creator/JimmyFallon, Creator/JimmyKimmel, Creator/JohnOliver, Creator/SethMeyers, and Creator/StephenColbert co-hosted the podcast "Strike Force Five", with the proceeds benefiting their shows' out-of-work staff. After the WGA strike ended, their shows returned to air on October 2, 2023 (with ''Last Week Tonight'' returning on October 1).

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* Just like during the 2007-08 strike, the late-night talk shows (''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon'', ''Series/TheDailyShow'', ''Series/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert'', ''Series/JimmyKimmelLive'', ''[[Series/LateNight Late Night with Seth Meyers]]'', and ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'') announced that they'd all go on hiatus during the duration of the strike. During this time, Creator/JimmyFallon, Creator/JimmyKimmel, Creator/JohnOliver, Creator/SethMeyers, and Creator/StephenColbert co-hosted the podcast "Strike ''Strike Force Five", Five'', with the proceeds benefiting their shows' out-of-work staff. After the WGA strike ended, their shows returned to air on October 2, 2023 (with ''Last Week Tonight'' returning on October 1).
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* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Due to the strike, the last three episodes of season 48 (2022-23) were canceled.

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* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Due to the strike, the last three episodes of season 48 (2022-23) were canceled. The show would return from the strike on October 14, 2023, with the season premiere hosted by Creator/PeteDavidson, who was originally scheduled to host the May 6, 2023 episode before its cancellation.
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** However, she would later be at the center of a huge quagmire of controversy when [[https://ktla.com/entertainment/drew-barrymore-slammed-for-talk-show-return-amid-wga-and-sag-aftra-strike/ she announced that production was resuming her daytime talk show]], ''The Drew Barrymore Show'', with the first week of shows taped and slated to start airing on September 18. Barrymore was roundly criticized, and the WGA and SAG-AFTRA announced plans to picket outside the studio where her show is produced (Barrymore was clear to host the show via the National Code of Fair Practice, mentioned below in the SoapOpera entry, but the show's writing falls under the WGA contract, and Barrymore being a high profile SAG-AFTRA member defying the WGA strike drew SAG-AFTRA's ire). Given [[https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/drew-barrymore-daytime-talk-shows-wga-strike-1235725462/ the precarious position that syndicated talk shows are in during a work stoppage]]--they have to answer to their local affiliates and their advertisers rather than a network, and they have contractual obligations to provide new episodes--Barrymore likely got pressured to resume production. But after a week of enduring brickbats over the decision, Barrymore [[https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/drew-barrymore-daytime-talk-show-not-returning-strike-1235725739/ announced on September 17 that the show would pause production]], and the already-taped episodes wouldn't air. Even so, the original decision to restart production during the strike led to [[https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/drew-barrymore-writers-decline-return-strike-1235745464/ Barrymore's entire writing staff quitting]] after the strike, forcing her to find new writers with just two weeks to spare before the revised season premiere. Her original announcement also caused her to be pulled from hosting the 74th National Book Awards.

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** However, she would later be at the center of a huge quagmire of controversy when [[https://ktla.com/entertainment/drew-barrymore-slammed-for-talk-show-return-amid-wga-and-sag-aftra-strike/ she announced that production was resuming her daytime talk show]], ''The Drew Barrymore Show'', with the first week of shows taped and slated to start airing on September 18. Barrymore was roundly criticized, and the WGA and SAG-AFTRA announced plans to picket outside the studio where her show is produced (Barrymore was clear to host the show via the National Code of Fair Practice, mentioned below in the SoapOpera entry, but the show's writing falls under the WGA contract, and Barrymore being a high profile SAG-AFTRA member defying the WGA strike drew SAG-AFTRA's ire). Given [[https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/drew-barrymore-daytime-talk-shows-wga-strike-1235725462/ the precarious position that syndicated talk shows are in during a work stoppage]]--they have to answer to their local affiliates and their advertisers rather than a network, and they have contractual obligations to provide new episodes--Barrymore likely got pressured to resume production. But after a week of enduring brickbats over the decision, Barrymore [[https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/drew-barrymore-daytime-talk-show-not-returning-strike-1235725739/ announced on September 17 that the show would pause production]], and the already-taped episodes wouldn't air. Even so, the original decision to restart production during the strike led to [[https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/drew-barrymore-writers-decline-return-strike-1235745464/ Barrymore's entire writing staff quitting]] after the strike, forcing her to scramble to find new writers with just two weeks to spare before the revised season premiere. Her original announcement also caused her to be pulled from hosting the 74th National Book Awards.
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* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' had its seventh season cut to 20 episodes, with the last five episodes being written after the strike ended.

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* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' had its seventh season cut from 22 episodes to 20 episodes, 20, with the last five episodes being written after the strike ended.
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* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' from 24 to 20, with the last five episodes incomprehensible. Well, ''more'' incomprehensible.

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* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' from 24 had its seventh season cut to 20, 20 episodes, with the last five episodes incomprehensible. Well, ''more'' incomprehensible.being written after the strike ended.
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** However, she would later be at the center of a huge quagmire of controversy when [[https://ktla.com/entertainment/drew-barrymore-slammed-for-talk-show-return-amid-wga-and-sag-aftra-strike/ she announced that production was resuming her daytime talk show]], ''The Drew Barrymore Show'', with the first week of shows taped and slated to start airing on September 18. Barrymore was roundly criticized, and the WGA and SAG-AFTRA announced plans to picket outside the studio where her show is produced (Barrymore was clear to host the show via the National Code of Fair Practice, mentioned below in the SoapOpera entry, but the show's writing falls under the WGA contract, and Barrymore being a high profile SAG-AFTRA member defying the WGA strike drew SAG-AFTRA's ire). Given [[https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/drew-barrymore-daytime-talk-shows-wga-strike-1235725462/ the precarious position that syndicated talk shows are in during a work stoppage]]--they have to answer to their local affiliates and their advertisers rather than a network, and they have contractual obligations to provide new episodes--Barrymore likely got pressured to resume production. But after a week of enduring brickbats over the decision, Barrymore [[https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/drew-barrymore-daytime-talk-show-not-returning-strike-1235725739/ announced on September 17 that the show would pause production]], and the already-taped episodes wouldn't air. However, her original announcement would later cause her to be pulled from hosting the 74th National Book Awards.

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** However, she would later be at the center of a huge quagmire of controversy when [[https://ktla.com/entertainment/drew-barrymore-slammed-for-talk-show-return-amid-wga-and-sag-aftra-strike/ she announced that production was resuming her daytime talk show]], ''The Drew Barrymore Show'', with the first week of shows taped and slated to start airing on September 18. Barrymore was roundly criticized, and the WGA and SAG-AFTRA announced plans to picket outside the studio where her show is produced (Barrymore was clear to host the show via the National Code of Fair Practice, mentioned below in the SoapOpera entry, but the show's writing falls under the WGA contract, and Barrymore being a high profile SAG-AFTRA member defying the WGA strike drew SAG-AFTRA's ire). Given [[https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/drew-barrymore-daytime-talk-shows-wga-strike-1235725462/ the precarious position that syndicated talk shows are in during a work stoppage]]--they have to answer to their local affiliates and their advertisers rather than a network, and they have contractual obligations to provide new episodes--Barrymore likely got pressured to resume production. But after a week of enduring brickbats over the decision, Barrymore [[https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/drew-barrymore-daytime-talk-show-not-returning-strike-1235725739/ announced on September 17 that the show would pause production]], and the already-taped episodes wouldn't air. However, Even so, the original decision to restart production during the strike led to [[https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/drew-barrymore-writers-decline-return-strike-1235745464/ Barrymore's entire writing staff quitting]] after the strike, forcing her to find new writers with just two weeks to spare before the revised season premiere. Her original announcement would later cause also caused her to be pulled from hosting the 74th National Book Awards.
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After several days of talks between the WGA and the AMPTP, on September 24, 2023 the two sides reached a [[https://deadline.com/2023/09/writers-strike-deal-wga-studios-1235551531/ tentative agreement]],[[note]]The 24th was considered a "soft deadline" to either reach an agreement or suspend talks, because [[UsefulNotes/JewishHolidays Yom Kippur]] started at sundown that night.[[/note]] and the WGA suspended picketing while the details were finalized, though members were free to join SAG-AFTRA picket lines in the meantime. The strike for WGA officially ended on 12:01am PST, September 27th, 2023 after the three internal boards voted unanimously to end the strike. The strike lasted for 148 days, making it the 2nd longest in history. SAG-AFTRA remains on strike, even [[https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/video-game-actors-strike-sag-aftra authorizing another strike aimed at the video game industry]], and the WGA has encouraged its members to keep supporting SAG-AFTRA's efforts.

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After several days of talks between the WGA and the AMPTP, on September 24, 2023 the two sides reached a [[https://deadline.com/2023/09/writers-strike-deal-wga-studios-1235551531/ tentative agreement]],[[note]]The 24th was considered a "soft deadline" to either reach an agreement or suspend talks, because [[UsefulNotes/JewishHolidays Yom Kippur]] started at sundown that night.[[/note]] and the WGA suspended picketing while the details were finalized, though members were free to join SAG-AFTRA picket lines in the meantime. The strike for WGA officially ended on 12:01am PST, September 27th, 2023 after the three internal boards voted unanimously to end the strike. The strike lasted for 148 days, making it the 2nd longest in history. SAG-AFTRA remains on strike, even [[https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/video-game-actors-strike-sag-aftra authorizing another strike aimed at the video game industry]], and the WGA has encouraged its members to keep supporting SAG-AFTRA's efforts.
efforts. AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA would jointly announce their return to the negotiating table on October 2, 2023.
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* After Creator/TrevorNoah's departure from ''Series/TheDailyShow'' in December 2022, the show had guest hosts filling in for the first half of 2023, and correspondent Dulce Sloan was starting her turn as guest host when the WGA strike forced the show to suspend production. Once the strike ended, ''The Daily Show'' announced that would air again on October 16, 2023, presumably with Sloan finishing her turn as guest host.
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After several days of talks between the WGA and the AMPTP, on September 24, 2023 the two sides reached a [[https://deadline.com/2023/09/writers-strike-deal-wga-studios-1235551531/ tentative agreement]],[[note]]The 24th was considered a "soft deadline" to either reach an agreement or suspend talks, because [[UsefulNotes/JewishHolidays Yom Kippur]] started at sundown that night.[[/note]] and the WGA suspended picketing while the details were finalized, though members were free to join SAG-AFTRA picket lines in the meantime. The strike for WGA officially ended on 12:01am PST, September 27th, 2023 after the three internal boards voted unanimously to end the strike. The strike lasted for 148 days, making it the 2nd longest in history. SAG-AFTRA is still on strike, [[https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/video-game-actors-strike-sag-aftra authorizing another strike aimed at the video game industry]], and the WGA has encouraged its members to keep supporting SAG-AFTRA's efforts.

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After several days of talks between the WGA and the AMPTP, on September 24, 2023 the two sides reached a [[https://deadline.com/2023/09/writers-strike-deal-wga-studios-1235551531/ tentative agreement]],[[note]]The 24th was considered a "soft deadline" to either reach an agreement or suspend talks, because [[UsefulNotes/JewishHolidays Yom Kippur]] started at sundown that night.[[/note]] and the WGA suspended picketing while the details were finalized, though members were free to join SAG-AFTRA picket lines in the meantime. The strike for WGA officially ended on 12:01am PST, September 27th, 2023 after the three internal boards voted unanimously to end the strike. The strike lasted for 148 days, making it the 2nd longest in history. SAG-AFTRA is still remains on strike, even [[https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/video-game-actors-strike-sag-aftra authorizing another strike aimed at the video game industry]], and the WGA has encouraged its members to keep supporting SAG-AFTRA's efforts.
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* Similarly, Creator/MayimBialik decided against hosting the final taping session of season 39 of ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' (episodes of that week aired that July) to stand in solidarity with striking WGA members. Ken Jennings would host those episodes instead. The strike also affected season 40, which will exclusively use pre-written clues and former contestants from previous seasons.

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* Similarly, Creator/MayimBialik decided against hosting the final taping session of season 39 of ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' (episodes of in that week session aired that July) to stand in solidarity with striking WGA members. Ken Jennings would host those episodes instead. The strike also affected season 40, which will exclusively use pre-written clues and former contestants from previous seasons.
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After several days of talks between the WGA and the AMPTP, on September 24, 2023 the two sides reached a [[https://deadline.com/2023/09/writers-strike-deal-wga-studios-1235551531/ tentative agreement]],[[note]]The 24th was considered a "soft deadline" to either reach an agreement or suspend talks, because [[UsefulNotes/JewishHolidays Yom Kippur]] started at sundown that night.[[/note]] and the WGA suspended picketing while the details were finalized, though members were free to join SAG-AFTRA picket lines in the meantime. The strike for WGA officially ended on 12:01am PST, September 27th, 2023 after the three internal boards voted unanimously to end the strike. The strike lasted for 148 days, making it the 2nd longest in history.

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After several days of talks between the WGA and the AMPTP, on September 24, 2023 the two sides reached a [[https://deadline.com/2023/09/writers-strike-deal-wga-studios-1235551531/ tentative agreement]],[[note]]The 24th was considered a "soft deadline" to either reach an agreement or suspend talks, because [[UsefulNotes/JewishHolidays Yom Kippur]] started at sundown that night.[[/note]] and the WGA suspended picketing while the details were finalized, though members were free to join SAG-AFTRA picket lines in the meantime. The strike for WGA officially ended on 12:01am PST, September 27th, 2023 after the three internal boards voted unanimously to end the strike. The strike lasted for 148 days, making it the 2nd longest in history.
history. SAG-AFTRA is still on strike, [[https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/video-game-actors-strike-sag-aftra authorizing another strike aimed at the video game industry]], and the WGA has encouraged its members to keep supporting SAG-AFTRA's efforts.



* Just like during the 2007-08 strike, the late-night talk shows (''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon'', ''Series/TheDailyShow'', ''Series/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert'', ''Series/JimmyKimmelLive'', ''[[Series/LateNight Late Night with Seth Meyers]]'', and ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'') announced that they'd all go on hiatus during the duration of the strike. During this time, Creator/JimmyFallon, Creator/JimmyKimmel, Creator/JohnOliver, Creator/SethMeyers, and Creator/StephenColbert co-hosted the podcast "Strike Force Five", with the proceeds benefiting their shows' out-of-work staff.

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* Just like during the 2007-08 strike, the late-night talk shows (''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon'', ''Series/TheDailyShow'', ''Series/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert'', ''Series/JimmyKimmelLive'', ''[[Series/LateNight Late Night with Seth Meyers]]'', and ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'') announced that they'd all go on hiatus during the duration of the strike. During this time, Creator/JimmyFallon, Creator/JimmyKimmel, Creator/JohnOliver, Creator/SethMeyers, and Creator/StephenColbert co-hosted the podcast "Strike Force Five", with the proceeds benefiting their shows' out-of-work staff. After the WGA strike ended, their shows returned to air on October 2, 2023 (with ''Last Week Tonight'' returning on October 1).

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