Invoice Maher has reversed his resolution to renew filming his HBO discuss present, “Real Time,” in the course of the ongoing writers strike.
Though members of each the Writers Guild of America and the Display screen Actors Guild are at the moment hanging for higher circumstances and extra equitable pay, Maher mentioned final week that his present can be returning to TV ― with out the presence of writers. (HuffPost’s unionized workers are additionally members of the Writers Guild of America, East, however will not be concerned within the strike.)
On Monday, Maher claimed that as a result of “both sides have agreed to go back to the negotiating table,” he is able to postpone the present’s return.
In a put up on X, previously often known as Twitter, Maher mentioned his unique resolution to renew the present “was made when it seemed nothing was happening and there was no end in sight to this strike.”
“Now that both sides have agreed to go back to the negotiating table I’m going to delay the return of Real Time, for now, and hope they can finally get this done,” he wrote.
Though the WGA and the Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers have agreed to schedule a brand new assembly, it’s potential that wasn’t the one think about Maher’s resolution to delay a return to the air.
After Drew Barrymore reversed her resolution to return to her personal present on Sunday, “The Talk” and “The Jennifer Hudson Show” additionally mentioned their exhibits would stay on maintain till the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes are resolved.
Earlier this month, Maher criticized WGA members for “kind of [believing] that you’re owed a living as a writer, and you’re not. This is show business. This is the make-or-miss league.”
Many individuals on social media, together with members of the unions on the coronary heart of the matter, had ideas about Maher’s belated resolution to honor the strikes.
