Comment on Mayim Bialik Declines to Host ‘Celebrity Jeopardy!’ Amid Strikes, Replaced by Ken Jennings

• AnonTwo@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  For 200, What is the reason Mayim Bialik declined hosting?

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  • gowan@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    She is in SAG and they are striking

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    • ButtholeCurator@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Oh I’m sorry you must answer in the form of a question

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• roguetrick@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It's actually very close to a writing gig if the host is doing anything like what Alex's process was. Alex had strong creative input in the rewriting of answers And if he is doing that, and since the normal writers are on the picket line, he is a scab.

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  • CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ok. Say he is. Who cares? He’s not the one stonewalling the unions or refusing to make reasonable concessions to keep millions of people employed and fairly treated.

    Whenever you feed into this trivial infighting, it only strengthens the studios

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    • roguetrick@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      No, shaming lack of solidarity does not strengthen the studios. I mean, I can't even conceptualize how anyone would reach such a conclusion. That's a train of thought that has jumped off the tracks and fell into the ocean.

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• Neato@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Are Jeopardy writers union? If so the show can't be filmed without them. And generally if you're writing staff is on strike and the company hires scabs to fill that position, the rest of the crew (that can afford to) should strike in solidarity.

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  • GunnarRunnar@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I thought Ken Jennings was a cool dude. This doesn't feel like a cool dude move.

    Scabbing or not, it's semantics, but supporting the strike seems right to me. Though like you mentioned there's the rest of the crew to think about. Maybe they need this check.

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    • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      We went on strike a bit over a month ago. A lot of white collar workers and managers were 100% on our side and weren’t even mad at being blocked coming in to work. They still came in and did what they had to. No hard feelings at all.

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• hypelightfly@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  WGA doesn't represent actors.

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  • gowan@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    SAG-AFTRA does and they are striking

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    • hypelightfly@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes, I know but this is about the WGA.

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      • QHC@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Says who?

        Mayim Bialik will not be hosting Season 2 of “Celebrity Jeopardy!” as she continues to support the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, Variety has learned from sources.

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  • Granite@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    SAG is also on strike.

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    • hypelightfly@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I know, however I actually read the post before commenting.

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