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American comedian Bill Maher said Monday helium was postponing the instrumentality of his HBO governmental amusement Real Time, becoming the 2nd speech amusement big to reverse plans aft an outcry from striking Hollywood writers and actors.
Host's earlier determination was made 'when it seemed thing was happening,' helium said
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· Posted: Sep 18, 2023 6:04 PM EDT | Last Updated: little than a infinitesimal ago
American comedian Bill Maher said Monday helium was postponing the instrumentality of his HBO governmental amusement Real Time, becoming the 2nd speech amusement big to reverse plans aft an outcry from striking Hollywood writers and actors.
Drew Barrymore said Sunday she had backed disconnected plans to bring backmost her daytime speech amusement portion strikes successful Hollywood proceed and apologized "to anyone I person hurt."
Maher said successful a station connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, helium volition hold the instrumentality to the amusement "for now," fixed that the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the studios person decided to instrumentality to the negotiating table.
The WGA, connected onslaught since aboriginal May, said they volition resume talks connected Wednesday.
"My determination to instrumentality to enactment was made erstwhile it seemed thing was happening and determination was nary extremity successful show to this strike," said Maher, who is simply a WGA member. Maher said helium hoped "they tin yet get this done."
My determination to instrumentality to enactment was made erstwhile it seemed thing was happening and determination was nary extremity successful show to this strike. Now that some sides person agreed to spell backmost to the negotiating array I’m going to hold the instrumentality of Real Time, for now, and anticipation they tin yet get this…
—@billmaherThe WGA said it was "difficult to imagine" however Maher could big the amusement and inactive comply with onslaught rules. The national had said members would picket the filming of the show.
The projected instrumentality of The Drew Barrymore Show to CBS drew picketers from the striking writers' and actors' unions arsenic taping resumed past week.
Following Barrymore's announcement, different fashionable speech shows — including The Talk and The Jennifer Hudson Show — said they volition not beryllium returning during the WGA onslaught and the Screen Actors Guild strike.
