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The Writers Guild of America is on strike over the cut their members receive from streaming profits

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Writers’ Guild of America has been on strike since Tuesday 2 May, impacting the production schedules of several programmes

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As the WGA strike starts to have an impact, late-night shows go dark and writers’ rooms pause with the industry playing a game of wait and see

WGA says AMPTA has “closed the door on their labor force and opened the door to writing as an entirely freelance profession”

Thousands of Hollywood television and movie writers will go on strike Tuesday, their union said, after talks with studios and streamers over pay and other conditions ended without a deal. The strike means late-night shows could immediately grind to a halt, and television series and movies scheduled for release later…

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Network late-night shows shut down first with the rest of film, TV and streaming production stopping Tuesday

Members of the Writers Guild of America are asking for a larger piece of the streaming platforms' pie. The WGA said picketing would begin Tuesday afternoon.