Jimmy Fallon Called Out By His Own Staff After Saying He Supports Writers Strike!

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Andrew Ross Sorkin is the co-creator of the Showtime series “Billions,” but he isn’t really known for drama in his professional life, just financial reporting. So it came as something of a surprise on Monday, when the CNBC and New York Times journalist got up on stage at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall to tout some of the dramatic fare that NBCUniversal was able to cobble together for the advertisers and media buyers assembled in the audience. It was all part of the industry’s annual “upfront,” when U.S. media companies try to sell the bulk of their advertising inventory before the release of their next cycle of programming.

Meanwhile I hear folks at Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert will continue to be paid.Solidarity with WGA! https://t.co/RQwREipx2HAn unnamed source reportedly confirmed the show’s decision to the Huffington Post Tuesday. NBC didn’t immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment. The decision to halt payment for the show’s staff is essentially how NBC and Fallon signaled things might go back at the beginning of the strike. Following a public pressure campaign led in part by Kobos, NBC agreed to pay the staff for two weeks, and Fallon said he himself would pay for a third week. “I have a very good update! We ended up having our production meeting this [morning] too and @jimmyfallon was there,” Kobos tweeted on May 3.

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pic.twitter.com/RjO5HgIje8No shows, indeed. Before the writers’ strike officially began Monday night at midnight, Davidson was scheduled to host “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, but production of the variety show was put on hold due to the strike.

Day four of the writers strike and there’s no sign of slowing down for the writers marching in Hollywood.

Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are set to personally pay their staff salaries for the third week of the ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike.According to The Hollywood Reporter, both talk show hosts will fork out money from their own pockets to pay their staff during the third week of the writers strike, with NBC set to pay staff salaries for the first two weeks.Sarah Kobos, a staffer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, announced in a tweet on Tuesday (May 2) that NBC had originally decided to stop paying staff after the first week of the strike, adding that Fallon wasn’t present at a meeting between staff and the NBC just a day after he voiced his support for his staff at the Met Gala.He wasn’t even at the meeting this morning to tell us we won’t get paid after this week. @jimmyfallon please support your staff.

Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are making sure that their writing staff are supported.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor NBC, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers intend to pay staffers of the network’s “Tonight” and “Late Night” shows three weeks’ of wages while the programs are sidelined due to the writers strike, according to two people familiar with the matter. NBC plans to pay two weeks of salary to staffers while each late-night host will pay a third week out of their own pockets, according to these people. Healthcare for the shows’ employees will be paid through September. Staffers were informed Wednesday morning during production calls, these people say, with Fallon and Meyers taking part personally to discuss the matter with his staff. The hosts typically do not participate in those early-day meetings.

Staffers on late-night shows The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers can breathe slightly easier after the hosts and the networks worked out plans to pay crew after the late-night shows went dark.

Hollywood writers’ strike. However, a “Tonight Show” insider told The Post that neither Fallon, 48, nor “Late Night” host Seth Meyers, 49 — whom Kobos later mentioned — are typically not in those production meetings.The Writers Guild of America (WGA) announced in the wee hours Tuesday that its 11,500 screenwriter members in California, New York and other cities will refuse to work after the union and studios failed to agree on a new three-year contract after their current one expired just after midnight.In the wake of the strike, Fallon’s “The Tonight Show,” “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and “Late Night With Seth Meyers” have all been shut down.On Tuesday, Kobos, a non-union member who is not striking, quote tweeted a video of Fallon at the Met Gala on Monday night, in which he told Variety: “I wouldn’t have a show if it wasn’t for my writers, I support them all the way.“They got to have a fair contract and they got a lot of stuff to iron out and hopefully, they get it done,” he added.

this weekend, but the episode has been scrapped. And it's only Tuesday!No, Pete isn't canceled or anything. For those not following Hollywood news (which, fair), the for a fairer contract with the studios that accurately reflects the value writers bring in the streaming age.

Very unfortunate news has just been revealed: Pete Davidson‘s episode of Saturday Night Live is officially canceled.

“Saturday Night Live” due to the writer’s strike. Repeats will be aired until further notice, the network said.Pete Davidson was set to host the May 6 show with musical guest Lil Uzi Vert.The news, which was expected, comes as the various late night shows all plan to go dark starting Tuesday after the WGA called for a strike.

writer’s strike, the only network-based late-night show to stay on the air – and its viewers shouldn’t notice any difference.That’s because “Gutfeld!” writers are non-guild, according to the network, and are not participating in Hollywood’s first labor stoppage in 15 years. The late-night broadcast writers for Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers are all members of the Writer’s Guild of America, and all went dark on Tuesday.Other shows, like “The View,” are forging ahead without their guild writers.

Late-night shows will be shut down after the Writers Guild of America (WGA) announced they will strike.

Parents’ night out! Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas had an epic date night on the Met Gala 2023 red carpet.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Friday said he was "very, very proud" of son-in-law Chris Pratt’s performance in the new "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" movie.  "I saw #GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3 last night and WOW. @prattprattpratt, you crushed it," the 75-year-old tweeted.

Donald Trump’s nickname for the Democratic nominee going into the 2024 presidential election gives you a bout of deja vu. After campaigning his way to victory in 2016 by calling Hillary Clinton “Crooked Hillary,” the former president announced Thursday he’s now going to be calling President Joe Biden “Crooked Joe” going into 2024. Covering the development, “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon was, well, disappointed by how “lazy” Trump’s effort was.

Michelle Pfeiffer is celebrating a milestone birthday. The critically acclaimed actress turned 65 on Saturday. Having starred in many memorable films, including "The Witches of Eastwick," "I Am Sam," "Hairspray" and "Dark Shadows," Pfeiffer has cemented her status as a Hollywood legend.

BreAnna Bell “The Late Late Show with James Corden” ends on a high note, scoring 1.43 million viewers with its series finale, which aired on Thursday night. The show moved up 77% from its season-to-date Live+Same Day average. Additionally, the 10pm primetime special, “THE Last Last Late Late Show with James Corden Carpool Karaoke” brought in 3.65 total viewers — that’s up 32% from the last “Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke” primetime special, which aired in May 2019. In his last hoorah, Corden took the time to say his goodbyes to several stars who’ve graced his show in the past including Tom Cruise and Adele. He opened the final show with a rendition of “Last Show” (to the tune of “Last Dance”), and a quick opening monologue, before jumping into the final pre-taped scene with Cruise showing their performance of “The Lion King” at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. He also had visits from guests Harry Styles and Will Ferrell, who both played “Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts” and destroyed “The Late Late Show” desk.