Drew Barrymore’s 3 co-head writers aren’t returning, even after WGA strike lifts
Drew Barrymore’s 3 co-head writers aren’t returning, even after WGA strike lifts
Barrymore sparked a backlash after she announced “The Drew Barrymore Show” would return even as the WGA strike was ongoing. It's not clear why the writers declined to return.
Even though the writers strike that crippled talk shows has lifted, the three co-head writers for Drew Barrymore’s daytime show have declined to return, sources close to the production said.
It was not clear from the sources why the three writers are not returning.
The production sources said offers were extended to all three when they could be extended after the end of the strike, which was lifted on Sept. 27, and all three declined.
Barrymore was criticized after she announced in September that she would resume “The Drew Barrymore Show,” a daytime talk show, even though the strike by the Writers Guild of America had not yet been resolved.
Barrymore was dropped as the host of the National Book Awards in response.
She later walked back the decision, apologized to anyone who felt hurt, and said she would wait to resume production until the strike was over.
Some people are in a Union for the benefits. Some people are in a union because they believe in what unions stand for.
Sounds like she had the latter.
I'd like to take this opportunity to decline writing for Drew in solidarity
It was not clear from the sources why the three writers are not returning.
Barrymore was criticized after she announced in September that she would resume “The Drew Barrymore Show,” a daytime talk show, even though the strike by the Writers Guild of America had not yet been resolved.
I wonder if these two things could be related? /s
"Hey, we are going to do the show without writers. We dont need you guys at all."
"Bet."
I mean the previous stroke alot of late night shows went on without writers. But that was a different climate because Letterman pushed everyone's hand by actually giving the union what they wanted so he had writers.
get fucked, scab.
(this probably won't completely derail her show but it's a huge middle finger nonetheless)
Everyone is all amped up about this and want her show to fail for "crossing picket lines", but she didn't go through with continuing her show during the writers strike because of the public backlash. What else do people want? What's the point of a boycott if the boycott continues after the boycott worked? I just don't think I agree with the whole "you have one chance to appease the internet and if you briefly step out of bounds or aren't Keanu Reeves you're done" attitude.
That being said they could've just found new, better jobs. They had the time to network.
She knew what she was doing and didn't care. The only reason she walked back on it was it was causing her harm and that's seems to be all she cares about.
Yes, she eventually did the right thing, when doing the wrong thing blew up in her face. She did the right thing out of pure self-preservation, but she did the right thing.
And it doesn't matter, because she proved to the people working with her that she's a snake. I'm not surprised that they refused to come back, and she has only herself to blame.
I never blamed them for not going back
She didn't fail to appease the internet. She did something to make 3 of her employees not want to work for her. Maybe they just used the time away from work to re-evaluate their careers and decided to make a move with no hard feelings. Maybe it had been a terrible place to work and the announcement was the last straw. I bet they have a much more nuanced view of the situation than we do.
I didn't do this, the writers are making their own choice.
No, no. This is good. Once people learn there's no redemption they'll stop responding to this shit.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Even though the writers strike that crippled talk shows has lifted, the three co-head writers for Drew Barrymore’s daytime show have declined to return, sources close to the production said.
Barrymore was criticized after she announced in September that she would resume “The Drew Barrymore Show,” a daytime talk show, even though the strike by the Writers Guild of America had not yet been resolved.
Barrymore was dropped as the host of the National Book Awards in response.
She later walked back the decision, apologized to anyone who felt hurt, and said she would wait to resume production until the strike was over.
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, known as SAG-AFTRA, went on strike July 14.
One of the three writers did not respond to an emailed message through her website Wednesday afternoon.
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If they were gonna do this she should have just brought the show back without them before the strike ended then.