Drew Barrymore faces backlash as she announces talk show return despite writers’ strikes
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Writer’s Guild of America has confirmed The Drew Barrymore Show is a “WAG-covered, struck show”, which means its members cannot work on the production for the duration of the strike. However, the WGA said it would continue to picket shows “that are in production during the strike”, which includes The Drew Barrymore Show. The WGA confirmed that union members will picket outside Barrymore’s studios starting Monday in New York as The Drew Barrymore Show “has now decided to return without its writers” in a statement to Vanity Fair. “The Guild has, and will continue to, picket any struck show that continues production for the duration of the strike.” open image in gallery WGA has been striking since May He was responding to a comment from CBS, that produces The Drew Barrymore Show, who noted it “will not be performing any writing work covered by the WGA strike.”
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