After The Who and The What finishes its run next month, Karen will return home to Midlands before jetting off to the US, where A Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike is ongoing.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/features/2023/05/28/hard-work-is-paying-off-for-walsall-born-actress/

As a result of negotiations breaking down between the Writers Guild of America and studio heads, as well as between the Screen Actors Guild and studio heads, both unions are now on strike for the first time in 60 years.

Source: https://screenrant.com/karate-kid-2024-release-date-reboot-plot-everything-we-know/

As the Writers Guild of America strike hits day 125 and the SAG-AFTRA strike is nearing its third month, many entities have offered their thoughts about the current status of the labor efforts.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/anneeaston/2023/09/05/a-speech-a-call-for-immediate-action-and-a-telethon-support-striking-wga-and-sag-aftra-members/

Despite the Writers Guild of America strike, the 2023 Tony Awards will be broadcast on June 11 at 8pm EST on CBS.

Source: https://udreview.com/a-deep-dive-into-the-2023-tony-awards/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-deep-dive-into-the-2023-tony-awards

Headquarters of the Writers Guild of America West in the Fairfax District.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-02-27/writers-guild-wga-contract-negotiations-amptp-hollywood-labor-strike

Host Drew Barrymore had dropped out in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America — later winning best host — and the show’s red carpet was rolled up.

Source: https://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/entertainment/national_entertainment/article_fdf90ac5-4ab5-5c41-8329-8e7b4df30010.html

I’d write it if not for the Writers Guild of America strike.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-07-29/murder-desensitization-seinfeld

Marvel’s “Blade,” which will follow “Thunderbolts” in Phase Five, also recently delayed production as members of the Writers Guild of America strike after not reaching an agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

Source: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/marvels-thunderbolts-production-pause-writers-strike-1235626024/

Members of the Writers Guild of America East are joined by SAG-AFTRA members as they both hold up signs picketing outside of the Warner Bros. Discovery office on 13 July.

Source: https://www.thejournal.ie/sitdown-sunday-longreads-7-deadly-reads-6116830-Jul2023/

Members of the Writers Guild of America walked off the job on May 2, and now members of the union representing actors are set to do the same if they don't reach a deal with major production studios by Wednesday night.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-tv-and-film-industry-wga-strike-1.6902027?cmp=rss

NEW YORK (AP) — Striking members of the Writers Guild of America have said they will not picket next month’s Tony Awards telecast, clearing a thorny issue facing show organizers and opening the door for some sort of Broadway razzle-dazzle on TV.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/05/15/striking-hollywood-writers-vow-not-to-picket-tony-awards-opening-the-door-to-some-kind-of-show/

Now, it looks like another writers strike could be happening in Hollywood, and some creatives took part in a panel hosted by the Writers Guild of America in New York this week (via ).

Source: https://comicbook.com/starwars/news/andor-creator-calls-current-streaming-era-exciting-and-utter-chaos/

The actors began striking on July 14, joining forces with the writers, who had been on strike since May 2. The writers’ union, the Writers Guild of America, ended its strike on Sept. 27 after reaching a tentative agreement with studios.

Source: https://1310kfka.com/abc-news/entertainment/11/actors-union-sag-aftra-reaches-tentative-deal-to-end-monthslong-strike/

The actors could join the already striking Writers Guild of America and grind the already slowed production process to a halt if no agreement is reached with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-hollywood-los-angeles-screen-actors-guild-writers-guild-of-america-b2373654.html

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers ended contract talks with the Writers Guild of America on Monday night, hours before the contract expiration deadline.

Source: https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/wga-amptp-talks-negotiations-1235598645/

The leaders of the Writers Guild of America on Tuesday called off a monthslong strike that has paralyzed Hollywood, accepting a pay deal hammered out with production studios.

Source: https://www.channelstv.com/2023/09/27/hollywood-writers-guild-leaders-call-off-monthslong-strike/

The outlet noted that writers signed on for the project ahead of the Writers Guild of America reaching a stalemate in contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers.

Source: https://www.justjared.com/2023/09/12/universal-planning-murder-she-wrote-movie-after-strikes-end-writers-producer-already-signed-on/

The strike began on May 2 after negotiations between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the major studios reached an impasse over compensation, minimum staffing of writers’ rooms and residual payments in the streaming era, among other issues.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9884776/hollywood-strike-100-days/

The strike led by members of the Writers Guild of America has shut down many parts of Hollywood and has been impacting businesses across Southern California.

Source: https://abc7.com/wga-strike-impact-abc7-special-hollywood-writers-economic-pressure/13213764/

The Writers Guild of America strike is nothing new in show business, and neither are the responses from the studios they are negotiating with.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/studios-suspending-creator-deals-wga-strike/