After Hollywood writers agreed to strike, all late-night talk shows in the United States will be temporarily halted.
Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) are refusing to work beginning Tuesday (May 2) after failing to reach an agreement on increased compensation.
The first writers’ strike in 15 years, as well as the first in Hollywood, will cause American talk programmes to go black.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and The Daily Show are all part of this.
According to Deadline, if the strike continues, weekly shows such as Saturday Night Live and Tonight with John Oliver may suffer.
This means that A-list guests, such as Citadel actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas, who was scheduled to come on Colbert’s programme, have had their visits cancelled.
Meanwhile, Jimmy Fallon was expecting Jennifer Lopez, Elle Fanning, and Bowen Yang.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! also included Ricky Gervais, Melissa McCarthy, and Will Poulter.
Meyers spoke out in support of the WGA on Monday’s Late Night, calling the wage hike “reasonable.”
He said: ‘I love writing. I love writing for TV. I love writing this show. I love that we get to come in with an idea for what we want to do every day and we get to work on it all afternoon and then I have the pleasure of coming out here.
‘No one is entitled to a job in show business. But for those people who have a job, they are entitled to fair compensation. They are entitled to make a living. I think it’s a very reasonable demand that’s being set out by the guild. And I support those demands.’
Echoing Meyer’s sentiment, Fallon told Variety at the Met Gala: ‘I wouldn’t have a show if it wasn’t for my writers, and I support them all the way.’
Source My Celebrity Life.
