Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon will be flashing their smiles on the small screen in no time.
14.09.2023 - 23:11 / variety.com
Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Talks between the Writers Guild of America and the major studios are set to resume next week, as the sides seek to end the four-month-old writers strike. The WGA asked the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on Wednesday for a meeting, the studio alliance said in a statement. “On Wednesday, September 13, the WGA reached out to the AMPTP and asked for a meeting to move negotiations forward,” the AMPTP said.
“We have agreed and are working to schedule a meeting next week. Every member company of the AMPTP is committed and eager to reach a fair deal, and to working together with the WGA to end the strike.” The two sides were last at the negotiating table on Aug. 18.
Several entertainment CEOs met with a group of WGA leaders at the Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel on Aug. 22, but there have been no talks since then. Each side has maintained that the other side owes them a response, which has kept the talks frozen in place for the last two weeks.
The WGA is seeking a streaming residual that would be based on the number of views for each show. The union also wants a mandatory minimum number of writers per TV show, which would increase with the number of episodes. The AMPTP has rejected both of those demands.
However, in its Aug. 11 counteroffer, the studio group did offer to make viewership data available to the WGA, so that it could develop a residual proposal at the next negotiation in three years. The studios also offered to let showrunners hire at least two writers per show, though it would not agree to a guaranteed minimum staff size.
Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon will be flashing their smiles on the small screen in no time.
Queen and Adam Lambert are set to embark on their North American ‘Rhapsody’ tour next week – find all the details below.The legendary band launched the acclaimed show back in 2019, and brought it to the UK, Ireland and Europe last year.Per a press release, Queen and their frontman Lambert are now taking the newly “expanded and updated” production back to the US and Canada “where it first began”. The group have promised an “even more ambitious show” at the upcoming dates.Queen’s 2023 Rhapsody’ tour is scheduled to begin with two consecutive nights at the CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, Maryland next Wednesday (October 4) and Thursday (5).From there, they’ll visit Toronto, Detroit, New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other cities throughout the month.
Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are coming back.
it has reached a tentative agreement to end the ongoing strikes that began in May after four consecutive days of negotiations with the the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).The WGA West wrote on X: “The WGA and AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement. This was made possible by the enduring solidarity of WGA members and extraordinary support of our union siblings who stood with us for over 146 days. More details coming after contract language is finalized.”Following the news, insiders have told Variety that plans are already in place to bring back shows such as Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon as soon as possible, with potential returns as soon as next weekend (October 2).“We want to come back ASAP,” one insider on a late-night show said, with another adding: “I think everybody’s leaning forward, like they’re ready to go….
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Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Four Hollywood CEOs returned to the bargaining table Thursday for a second day of talks with the Writers Guild of America, as the industry looked for signs of progress toward a deal that would end the 143-day strike. Sources said the studios made moves in multiple areas that they hoped would be enough to break the logjam. But it remained unclear if WGA leaders would see the AMPTP’s latest proposals and modifications as sufficient to meet writers’ demands.
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Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The Writers Guild of America resumed bargaining with the major studios on Wednesday, as the 142-day writers strike closed in on a record duration. In a break from previous sessions, several top CEOs joined in the talks on Wednesday in Sherman Oaks. They were Bob Iger of Disney, Ted Sarandos of Netflix, Donna Langley of NBCUniversal and David Zaslav of Warner Bros.
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This week, the big story is a presumed return to talks between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the striking Writers Guild of America. May things go well.
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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Fox’s “The Masked Singer” is taking to the streets next Saturday, Sept. 23, in Los Angeles, offering up freebies throughout the city. Dubbed “Masked Mania,” the show has partnered with ten businesses to offer up free food and other items, as well as the opportunity to see some of the show’s costumes up close.
The writers and the studios are set to get back around the negotiating table.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Three of the “Strike Force Five” are taking their show on the road. Late night hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel will host a one-night-only event, dubbed “Strike Force Three,” at the Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las Vegas on Saturday, September 23 — marking the first time the trio have been on stage together at the same time. Colbert, Fallon, Kimmel, John Oliver and Seth Meyers recently launched the podcast “Strike Force Five,” as a way to help support the staffs of their respective shows.
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