She’s literally an actor and thus a member of the union that is striking. He is neither.
Comment on Mayim Bialik Declines to Host ‘Celebrity Jeopardy!’ Amid Strikes, Replaced by Ken Jennings
AnonTwo@kbin.social 10 months agoIs it really nothing to hold against him though, when the person he's replacing did join the strike?
CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 10 months ago
gowan@reddthat.com 10 months ago
She is part of SAG. SAG is striking so she needs to in order to remain in the union. Jennings is NOT part of SAG and there’s no reason for him to join the strike as that would harm all the other staff on the show who would be out of work.
Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
The important part is that he is already an employee there who does this job already. If he wasn’t and he was hired to do the job because he’s not union he would be a scab.
Rowsdower@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
He isn’t replacing her exactly. They’ve split hosting duties for a while now with them alternating syndicated episodes, and Ken hosting tournemts
AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social 10 months ago
The person he’s replacing is a member of SAG AFTRA (and maybe also WGA?) and he’d already been hired as her replacement. She’s not going on sympathy strike.
AnonTwo@kbin.social 10 months ago
I...don't see how that changes anything I said. It still sounds like Jennings is replacing someone who is striking.
AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social 10 months ago
A scab is hired to replace someone who is striking. He had previously (as in years) been hired to replace Bialik when she was unavailable. Due to her commitments to the strike, she is unavailable. He, not being a member of the WGA or SAG, has no commitments to the strike, but does have commitments to his contract, which states he is to replace Bialik when she is unavailable. Does that make sense?
AnonTwo@kbin.social 10 months ago
So Jennings had a clause to replace Bialiik, and it's being used to make them scab?
Sounds very scummy on the network's part.