This story first ran in Buffering, Vulture’s newsletter about the streaming industry. Head to vulture.com/buffering and subscribe today! The Golden Bachelor; Yellowstone. Photo-Illustration: Vulture. Photos: ABC; Paramount Network TV has spent the last decade struggling to stay relevant in the midst of the streaming tsunami. But as the new TV season officially gets underway Monday, broadcasters will now… Continue reading Network TV’s Fall Strike Plan
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‘Strike Force Five’ Late-Night Host Podcast Review
Jimmy, Seth, John, Stephen, Jimmy. Photo: Strike Force Five On August 29, Spotify surprise-announced the launch of Strike Force Five, a new podcast collaboration between the late-night hosts Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, and the Jimmies (Kimmel and Fallon). Inspired by a series of bonding Zooms organized by Kimmel, the show was created to… Continue reading ‘Strike Force Five’ Late-Night Host Podcast Review
Jessica Chastain Was ‘Nervous’ to Attend Venice Amid Strike
Jessica Chastain at the 2023 Venice Film Festival. Photo: Ernesto Ruscio/Getty Images There’s still some confusion surrounding SAG-AFTRA’s interim agreements, I see. At a press conference for her upcoming Michel Franco–directed film Memory at the Venice Film Festival, the actor was staunch in her support for the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, though some on her team… Continue reading Jessica Chastain Was ‘Nervous’ to Attend Venice Amid Strike
2023 SAG and WGA Strike Picket-Line Updates Week 9
Do you? Photo: Franco Origlia/Getty Images Welcome to Vulture’s Strike Recap, or Strike-cap, if you will, a regular rundown of all the biggest news from the WGA and SAG picket lines. Happy (belated) Labor Day! Strikers had a long weekend to ponder some news items that dropped last week, including this: A Gallup poll found that 72 percent… Continue reading 2023 SAG and WGA Strike Picket-Line Updates Week 9
SAG-AFTRA Members to Vote on Potential Video Game Strike
SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher picketing on August 3, 2023. Photo: Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images SAG-AFTRA is not new to this, it’s true to this. The union, which has already been picketing film and scripted TV productions since mid-July, is now considering another strike. On September 1, SAG-AFTRA announced that its national board has unanimously decided to… Continue reading SAG-AFTRA Members to Vote on Potential Video Game Strike
Late-Night Hosts Set ‘Strike Force Five’ Podcast Amid Strike
The boys are back. Photo: Randy Holmes/ABC via Getty Images If you’ve been missing the raucous game-playing, the seven-minute-long interviews, and the monologues of late night, we don’t have anything to help you. But if it’s the personalities of various middle-aged white-guy comedians you miss, then get ready and rarin’ to go. Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy… Continue reading Late-Night Hosts Set ‘Strike Force Five’ Podcast Amid Strike
2023 SAG and WGA Strike Picket-Line Updates Week 8
Photo: Hollywood To You/Star Max/GC Images Welcome to Vulture’s Strike Recap, or Strike-cap, if you will, a regular rundown of all the biggest news from the WGA and SAG picket lines. AMPTP had a rough week. How rough? It hired a crisis PR firm, and now the PR firm is dodging bad PR for accepting the job. It… Continue reading 2023 SAG and WGA Strike Picket-Line Updates Week 8
2023 SAG and WGA Strike Picket-Line Updates Week 7
Roasted. Photo: Hollywood To You/Star Max/GC Images Welcome to Vulture’s Strike Recap, or Strike-cap, if you will, a regular rundown of all the biggest news from the WGA and SAG picket lines. The AMPTP is set to meet with the WGA again sometime this week. “Last Friday, 102 days after they walked away from the bargaining table and… Continue reading 2023 SAG and WGA Strike Picket-Line Updates Week 7
2023 SAG and WGA Strike Picket-Line Updates Week 6
Photo: Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock for SAG-AFTRA Welcome to Vulture’s Strike Recap, or Strike-cap, if you will, a regular rundown of all the biggest news from the WGA and SAG picket lines. Last Wednesday, August 9, was Day 100 of the 2023 writers’ strike. According to CBS News, this is now the longest strike in WGA history. As WGA board… Continue reading 2023 SAG and WGA Strike Picket-Line Updates Week 6
WGA, AMPTP to Resume Negotiations After 101 Days on Strike
Photo: David Livingston/Getty Images It appears the WGA and AMPTP’s meeting to talk about meeting successfully yielded … a meeting. On the 101st day of the writers’ strike, the guild told its members that AMPTP lead negotiator Carol Lombardini has invited the WGA negotiating committee to resume talks. “We expect the AMPTP to provide responses… Continue reading WGA, AMPTP to Resume Negotiations After 101 Days on Strike