Drew Barrymore and 'The Talk' postpone their daytime talk shows until after the Hollywood strikes
Sep 17, 2023
Drew Barrymore, who drew criticism for taping new episodes of her daytime talk show despite the ongoing writers and actors strikes, now says she’ll wait until the labor issues are resolved
NEW YORK (AP) — Drew Barrymore,
who drew criticism for taping
new episodes of her daytime talk show despite the ongoing writers and actors strikes, now says she'll wait until the labor issues are resolved. Hours later CBS' “The Talk” did the same.“I have listened to everyone, and I am making the decision to pause the show’s premiere until the strike is over,” Barrymore
posted on Instagram on Sunday
. “I have no words to express my deepest apologies to anyone I have hurt and, of course, to our incredible team who works on the show and has made it what it is today.”Barrymore’s initial decision to return to the air Monday — without her three union writers and with picketers outside her studio — was met with pushback on social media. Her show resumed taping in New York last week and was picketed by striking writers.
“We support Drew’s decision to pause the show’s return and understand how complex and difficult this process has been for her,” said a CBS Media Ventures spokesperson
Other daytime shows have resumed. “The View” has returned for its 27th season on ABC, while
“Tamron Hall”
and “Live With Kelly and Ryan” — neither are governed by writers guild rules — have also been producing fresh episodes.“The Jennifer Hudson Show”
is to restart Monday.But “The Talk” scrapped its restart, planned for Monday. "We will continue to evaluate plans for a new launch date,” CBC said in a statement Sunday.
Ariel Dumas, head writer and supervising producer for “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” reacted on X, formerly Twitter: “This is really great,” she wrote, saying "The Drew Barrymore Show” “decided to do the right thing. I hope @TheView and others will follow suit."
As long as the hosts and guests don’t discuss or promote work covered by television, theatrical or streaming contracts, they’re not technically breaking the strike. That’s because talk shows are covered under a separate contract — the so-called Network Code — from the one actors and writers are striking. The Network Code also covers reality TV, sports, morning news shows, soap operas and game shows.
Barrymore's stance prompted the National Book Awards to uninvite her as host in November.
The organization rescinded her invitation
“in light of the announcement that ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ will resume production.”The ongoing strike pits
Writers Guild of America
and theScreen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents Disney, Netflix, Amazon and others.More News
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