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The biggest auto strike in years is entering its fourth day as workers and management struggle toward a contract agreement. Here is the latest on the strike and negotiations.
Is CBS's "The Talk" coming back next week?
The word was the afternoon chat show was returning on Monday September 18th, same as Drew Barrymore's show. It's been off the air since May when the WGA strike began, as opposed to "The View" on ABC which has been live almost the whole time without write
Warner Bros.' David Zaslav is facing huge losses because of the two studio strikes.
So instead of settling the strikes and moving forward, Warner Bros. has decided to punish its famous writers.
The studio has suspended overall deals with JJ Abrams' Bad Robot, which is stunning on its own. Also
The Writers Guild reps met the with the folks from the studios, aka AMPTP, and sent this letter to members a little while ago. It seems like the long hot summer will continue into September at this rate. PS This is separate from the SAG strike. No talks there yet
Here's the letter:
DEAR MEMBE