Invoice Maher stated on Monday that he would delay the return of his present, simply days after he had stated it will resume regardless of the continuing screenwriters’ strike in opposition to Hollywood studios.
Mr. Maher stated he reversed his resolution to restart his weekly HBO present, “Real Time With Bill Maher,” as a result of contract negotiations between Hollywood studios and putting screenwriters had been set to renew this week.
Mr. Maher stated in a publish on the platform X, previously referred to as Twitter, that his earlier resolution to restart the present — which he introduced final week — got here when “there was no end in sight” to the strike. His change of coronary heart adopted comparable reversals from discuss present hosts like Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Hudson over the weekend.
Ms. Barrymore stated on Sunday that she was pausing the restart of her discuss present, “The Drew Barrymore Show,” after dealing with a barrage of criticism, together with being dropped because the host of the Nationwide E-book Awards.
Ms. Barrymore had beforehand introduced that the present was returning, regardless of the strike, and had doubled down on her resolution to deliver it again after preliminary criticism. However in an Instagram publish over the weekend, Ms. Barrymore stated that she apologized to “anyone she had hurt,” and that the present’s premiere could be paused till the strike was over.
After Ms. Barrymore’s announcement, exhibits like “The Jennifer Hudson Show,” which is produced by Warner Brothers, and “The Talk,” which runs on CBS, additionally rolled again their choices to broadcast new episodes.
Mr. Maher, in beforehand saying his resolution to restart the present, stated that “I’m not prepared to lose an entire year and see so many below-the-line people suffer so much.” The Writers Guild of America, which has been on strike in opposition to Hollywood studios since Could, had stated it was planning to picket Mr. Maher’s present.
