The writers’ strike underway in Hollywood from Monday will complicate the broadcasts of the talk show and the regularity of some American series. For example, Cobra Kai and yellow jackets These are two productions that have already announced that they will be delayed.
He Guild of Writers of America (WGA, for its acronym in English) has been complaining for months against the Alliance of film and television producers (AMPTP) better payments and more workload in productions for streaming platforms.
Because WGA East and West represents 11,500 writers, the strike will delay several productions. Until the situation is regularized, late nightLike those of Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon, will broadcast reruns and series, such as those already mentioned, they will delay the premieres of their seasons.
With an open end due to the strike
In the 2007 strike, the most significant precedent, many series and films were affected by the protest. Some, as in the cases of 30 rock, breaking Bad OR The Big Bang TheoryThey shortened their seasons or ended them abruptly; others have been directly cancelled.
the 4400the 2004 series that calls us here exemplifies the second problem.
Although The 4400 was going to be a miniseries (i.e., only have one season), production had been renewed for another four seasons following the success of the original broadcast.
But because there was a writers’ strike, the fifth part never came out. The 4400 was canceled on December 18, 2007 and his story was left with an unusual open ending.
To “pamper” disappointed and intrigued fans, two books were released in 2009 that continue the plot of the fourth season finale. Both volumes close the cliffhangers that he had been “hanged” at the end.
The 4400 is a science fiction series that tells the story of 4400 people who were abducted and returned to Earth a few years later. The group remember nothing of what happened, but returned to the planet with special gifts.
How will the current strike be reflected on our screens?
The 2023 strike will begin to make itself felt earlier than elsewhere in the gradual “disappearance” of the talk show.
cycles like The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show Starring Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Late Night with Seth Meyers gradually they will begin to show repetitions, and they will until the problem is solved.
As for the series, the aforementioned Cobra Kai and Yellowjackets, respectively from Netflix and Paramount Plus, are two works whose producers have already announced that their new seasons will be delayed.
Something similar would happen with new episodes of Abbott Elementarya series available on Star+, which would be suspended after the declaration of the strike.
Source: Clarin
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