Comment on Drew Barrymore announces talk show will not return until strike ends

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Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Conan (and I think all of the talk show hosts?) were contractually required to put on their shows and had approval from the WGA. Conan chose to actively put on a bad show to highlight the strike and, if memory serves, Letterman outright had union leaders do “bits” to further raise awareness.

In all honesty: Barrymore seems like an idiot and likely thought she had her “Conan moment” before it was explained that “no, this is not happening and we specifically negotiated contracts to not make hosts required to host during a strike because of the last time this happened”

And, in her defense, not all the hosts were supportive of the strike when they came back in '08.

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