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It’s only been three months since the Abbott Elementary Season 4 finale aired on ABC, but the network is already moving forward with the next season of the hit sitcom. ABC has confirmed that Abbott Elementary Season 1 will debut on October 1 alongside the next season of Shifting Gears, another hit sitcom starring Tim Allen. Abbott Elementary sits at a nearly perfect 99% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, and even general audiences are high on the series, rating it a strong 89% on the audience-driven Popcornmeter. Abbott Elementary is a workplace comedy centered around a group of dedicated teachers at a Philadelphia public school. Despite the odds being constantly stacked against them, they are committed to helping get the most out of their students and helping them succeed.

Abbott Elementary was written and created for television by Quinta Brunson, who also stars in the lead role of Janine Teagues in the hit ABC sitcom.

While “Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Brunson is a noted scholar of classic sitcoms, she does not envy the episode orders of yore. “Some of my favorite shows had 30 to 40 episode seasons, which is insane,” said the Emmy winner, noting her respect for those older series’ hustle. “But I cannot tell you how hard it is to not make absolute garbage. You start going [into Episode] 22 like ‘Honestly, I could phone it in.’ We’ve seen other shows do it. We don’t want to do that. We want to continue to make good television. We want every episode to be a surprise. We want you to not [say] ‘I’m going to go back to the tired episode of the tired show.’ We would like to keep it compelling.”

In an event giving the audience a peek inside the “Abbott Elementary” writers room, as part of IndieWire’s Pass the Remote FYC series,...

ABC has locked its 2025 class for the long-running Disney Television Discovers: Talent Showcase, pulling from a staggering 45,000 submissions to cast ten up-and-comers in an original comedy short from a high-profile creative team. The 23rd edition of the industry-focused event will feature Mirrorland, written by Brittani Nichols (Abbott Elementary), directed by Dime Davis (A […]

ABC Sets 2025 Talent Showcase Cast, Taps Nichols, Davis & Lee For Original Comedy ‘Mirrorland’...

Exclusive: ABC Entertainment Casting has selected its 10 featured performers for the 2025 Disney Television Discovers: Talent Showcase.

The 10, selected from a record-breaking 45,000 actor submissions, will be featured late this summer in Mirrorland, an original comedy written by Brittani Nichols (Abbott Elementary), directed by Dime Davis (A Black Lady Sketch Show) and executive produced by Richard J. Lee (Everything I Didn’t Say). The piece will be screened before an exclusive industry audience of agents, managers, casting professionals and producers.

“Our casting team brings a deep commitment and passion to discovering and championing untapped talent,” said Felicia Joseph, SVP of Talent & Casting, whose role originally focused on ABC Entertainment and recently expanded to include Hulu Originals and Onyx Collective. “We’re excited to introduce this year’s breakout cast and to collaborate with Brittani, Dime and Richard, whose vision and creativity will bring ‘Mirrorland’ to life. The showcase’s legacy as a...

Ava DuVernay, Colman Domingo and Sheryl Lee Ralph are among the presenters at the Truth Awards.

Hosted by the Better Brothers Los Angeles (Bbla) and The Diva Foundation, the Truth Awards honor achievements within the Black LGBTQ+ community. The awards will be held on March 15 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Among the honorees are Lee Daniels, who will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Aafca founder Gil Robertson, who will be presented with the Media & Arts Award. Wendy Raquel Robinson will be recognized with the Ally Award, and Dr. Kimberly Smith will be awarded the History Maker Award. Additionally, Dr. Leo Moore will receive the Bayard Rustin Advocacy Award, and Larry Sims will be honored with the Business Leadership Award. Brittani Nichols will accept the Breakout Star Award, and Wayman Bannerman and Micah McDonald will be recognized with the Andre Leon Talley Style Purveyor Award.

Ralph, “Abbott Elementary” star and founder of the Diva Foundation,...

The 77th annual Writers Guild Awards were handed out on Saturday in concurrent ceremonies at the Edison Ballroom in New York and Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.

Shōgun took home the prize for Best New Series, beating out fellow first-time nominees such as English Teacher, Nobody Wants This, Fallout and Mr. and Mrs. Smith. The Hulu series also won for Best Drama and Episodic Drama, while Max’s Hacks took home the trophy for Best Comedy, and HBO’s The Penguin won for Limited Series.

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Anora kept up its impressive run to the Oscars on Saturday, adding the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay to its considerable haul. The win for the the Sean Baker film came a week after Anora swept the Directors Guild of America and Producers Guild of America top prizes, cementing itself as the frontrunner heading into the Academy Awards on March 2.

RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes‘ script forNickel Boys, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, scored for Best Adapted Screenplay at the WGA Awards, which honor the best writing in movies, television, news, and radio.

The key WGA categories of Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay are seen as a bellwether for the impending Academy Awards, though the nominees rarely match up. Scripts produced outside the guild’s collective bargaining agreement or written by a non-union member are deemed ineligible. This year, six...

With last year’s ceremony taking place in the shadow of the 2023 strikes and this year’s function in the aftermath of the Southern California wildfires, the 2025 WGA Awards have a lot of work to do when it comes to lifting the spirits of the entertainment industry. Thankfully, good writing always has.

As is tradition, events for the east and west coast branches of the Writer’s Guild are held concurrently today at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles and the Edison Ballroom in New York City. LA’s affair is hosted by actor/comedian Joel Kim Booster and kicks off at 4:30pm Pt. For those who want to tune in at home, you can watch the west coast soiree via livestream at that time.

While under normal circumstances, tonight’s results wouldn’t necessarily carry much water when it comes to the Oscars, this year’s awards race...

The Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East have chimed in with their selection of the best writing among television and film offerings of 2024. The 2025 WGA Awards nomination announcement was delayed a week due to the devastating fires that hit Los Angeles and scorched more than 40,000 acres. The guild currently plans to stick with its Saturday, February 15th date for the awards ceremony.

Ceremonies will take place in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton and in New York City as the Edison Ballroom.

WGA Awards 2025 Nominees

Original Screenplay

A Real Pain, Written by Jesse Eisenberg; Searchlight Pictures

Anora, Written by Sean Baker; Neon

Challengers, Written by Justin Kuritzkes; Amazon MGM Studios

Civil War, Written by Alex Garland; A24

My Old Ass, Written by Megan Park; Amazon MGM Studios

Adapted Screenplay

A Complete Unknown, Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks, Based on the Book Dylan Goes Electric!

TV’s best scribes are getting their moment in the spotlight: The Writers Guild of America West (Wgaw) and Writers Guild of America East (Wgae) have announced nominations for the 2025 Writers Guild Awards ceremony, which is to be held Saturday, Feb. 15.

The TV nominees include a number of first-timers, including the final season of Paramount+’s supernatural drama Evil, HBO’s Batman spinoff The Penguin and freshman series like Prime Video’s Fallout and FX’s Shōgun. Of course, usual suspects like Hacks, The Bear and Abbott Elementary are all present and accounted for as well.

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While Hollywood continues to reel from the devastating L.A. wildfires, the WGA is honoring some of the film industry’s best and brightest by announcing the 77th annual Writers Guild Awards nominees. The yearly celebration of excellence in film, TV, new media, news, radio, and promotional writing is always a highlight of the year, as the event brings attention to many hard-working individuals across a broad spectrum of entertainment.

Anora, A Real Pain, Challengers, Civil War, and My Old Ass are among the films nominated for the Original Screenplay category, while shows like The Boys, The Diplomat, Fallout, Mr. & Mr.s Smith, and Shōgun compete for Drama Series excellence.

The WGA plans to announce the winners on February 15 in New York at the Edison Ballroom and in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton.

Here are the nominees for the 77th annual Writers Guild Awards:

Screenplay

Original Screenplay

A Real Pain,...

Hit Man and My Old Ass join awards heavyweights Anora, A Real Pain and Dune: Part Two in the Writers Guild of America (WGA) nominations announced on Wednesday after being delayed due to the ongoing LA wildfires.

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Challengers and Civil War are included in the original screenplay category, while Wicked, Nickel Boys and A Complete Unknown are in contention for adapted screenplay.

Vying for documentary honours are Jim Henson: Idea Man, Kiss The Future, Martha, and War Game.

Eligibility rules excluded The Brutalist, Conclave,Emilia Perez,All We Imagine As Light,Hard Truths, andThe Outrun.

The...

Despite having to postpone its announcement due to the turmoil currently being faced in Los Angeles as a result of the Southern California wildfires, the Writers Guild of America has now released its nominations for the 2025 WGA Awards.

The Writers Guild of America West (Wgaw) and Writers Guild of America East (Wgae) have revealed nominations for outstanding achievement in screenwriting, television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing for work released in 2024.

Screenplays for “A Real Pain,” “Anora,” “Challengers,” “A Complete Unknown,” “Wicked,” and “Nickel Boys” were all featured among the nominees. Surprise nods include Glen Powell and Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man,” Alex Garland’s “Civil War,” and Megan Park’s “My Old Ass,” boosting their chances as Oscar voting wraps up.

For those confused as to why some films aren’t represented amongst the nominations, “All We Imagine As Light,” “The Brutalist,” “A Different Man,” “Dídi,” “Hard Truths,...

Anora, Challengers, A Complete Unknown, Nickel Boys and Wicked are among the feature film screenplay nominees for the 77th annual Writers Guild Awards, which revealed its nominees Wednesday to honor the year’s best in film, TV, new media, news, radio and promotional writing.

Winners will be announced February 15 during concurrent ceremonies in New York at the Edison Ballroom and Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton.

Today’s nomination comes after the WGA delayed its announcements from last week due to the impact of the devastating wildfires across Los Angeles last week. Several groups delayed their noms announcements in order to extend voting deadlines including the Oscars.

Last year’s WGA Awards saw The Holdovers and American Fiction win the top film awards at the strike-delayed ceremony, which came after the Oscars were handed out and Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction won the Academy Award for Adapted Screenplay.

Here’s...

The 2025 Writers Guild Awards nominations have finally been revealed.

The original screenplay nominees are A Real Pain, Anora, Challengers, Civil War and My Old Ass. The adapted screenplay nominees are A Complete Unknown, Dune: Part Two, Hit Man, Nickel Boys and Wicked.

Top awards contenders The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Sing Sing and The Substance were not eligible for the WGA Awards’ adapted or original screenplay nominations.

On the TV side, Fallout, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Shogun and The Simpsons all lead with three nominations each, followed by two nominations apiece for The Bear, Bob’s Burgers, English Teacher and Hacks.

The guild was originally set to announce this year’s nominees on Thursday, Jan. 9, but the announcement was delayed twice amid the wildfires that have burned large areas of Los Angeles. The WGA originally set Monday as its new announcement date before again delaying the news “until further notice.” The...

A lot of great movies, actors, and screenplays fall through the cracks during awards season as the Oscars race typically narrows to a handful of expected nominees. That's why it's fun to see what earns attention with some of the other more niche awards bodies. The Writers Guild of America...

Amy Pascal knows Hollywood changed significantly from her days as chairperson of Sony Pictures Entertainment. But the producer of “Challengers” says the key to making a good film — or any project — during this season of change is simple: perseverance.

“At this point, I really only want to work on things that I want on my gravestone, because that’s coming … but you just have to love [an idea] so much that you don’t care how hard it is,” Pascal said Tuesday at TheWrap’s 2024 Power Women Summit. “Once you feel something and you think it’s worth it, just kill yourself to get it done.”

Pascal echoed sentiments from other top female Hollywood creatives who participated in the Producer Roundtable for TheWrap, moderated by Producers Guild of America CEO Susan Sprung. The panel conversation also included “Anora” producer Samantha Quan, “True Detective: Night Country” showrunner Issa López and “Abbott Elementary” executive producer Brittani Nichols.

Several stars brought Israel-Hamas ceasefire advocacy to the 2024 Emmys on Sunday.

Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton), Dallas Goldtooth (Reservation Dogs), Devery Jacobs (Reservation Dogs), Brittani Nichols (Abbott Elementary writer) and Caroline Joyner were among those seen on the red carpet wearing a pin that featured a red background, orange hand and black heart. The pin symbolizes support for a permanent ceasefire, release of all hostages and immediate delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war, according to Artists4Ceasefire.

Coughlan has previously been open about her support for Palestine, writing on social media in May, “You might have seen me wear a red pin on the red carpet and press events during the last while and I thought it would be a good time to share some information about Artists for Ceasefire and what we stand for.”

Since the beginning of the deadly Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7, 2023, when terrorist group Hamas attacked Israel,...

Around 40 Hollywood writers have joined a hotel union boycott of two Los Angeles hotels, the Cameo Beverly Hills by Hilton and the Beverly Hills Marriott.

The Good Place creator Mike Schur, Emily in Paris writer and co-executive producer Grant Sloss, The Simpsons writer and executive producer Ian Maxtone-Graham and Abbott Elementary supervising producer and writer Brittani Nichols are among the scribes that joined the campaign, spearheaded by the major Los Angeles-area hospitality union Unite Here Local 11. One Day at a Time co-showrunner Mike Royce, Halt and Catch Fire writer and executive producer Angelina Burnett and Two Sentence Horror Stories writer Liz Alper also joined the boycott on Labor Day weekend.

Unite Here Local 11 initiated the campaign against the two Remington Hospitality-operated properties last month after the Cameo’s existing union contract expired and the union and employer were unable to come to an agreement. (The Cameo was formerly the Mr.

Quinta Brunson knows everyone. At least, that’s the impression you get watching the beloved “Abbott Elementary” creative take the stage at Citizen News to accept the IndieWire Honors Visionary Award on June 6 in Hollywood. (Watch a video of her on our red carpet above.)

“I like that you don’t have to wait to see if you’re going to win,” the multi-hyphenate TV talent said of the night, kicking off a light-hearted acceptance speech that lit up the room. “The other exciting thing about this show was the people who were being honored. Everyone is someone that I’m a fan of. It sure was nice to see Carol Burnett again!”

Brunson quipped with the other comedians in attendance, including host Alex Edelman and Innovation Award recipient John Mulaney, while playfully chatting with her friends and “Abbott Elementary” colleagues seated in the front row. Of writer Brittani Nichols,...

Exclusive: The Disney Television Discovers: Talent Showcase is taking a different tack this year in its mission to highlight emerging talent. For the first time in its 22-year history, the Talent Showcase will debut D-Day: An Original Workplace Comedy, an ensemble piece born out of ABC Casting’s continued commitment for rising artists to be discovered, nurtured and celebrated. An in-person screening event for an industry-invited audience will take place late summer 2024.

Written by Eric Myrick, D-Day: An Original Workplace Comedy takes viewers inside an LA tech startup, where an eclectic Hr team must confront rumors of an imminent acquisition by a tech giant. As uncertainty looms large, this ragtag department unites to save their jobs and shake up their corporate ecosystem.

The 2024 featured performers include Amber Reauchean Williams, David Andrew Calvillo, David Gridley, Heather Gibson, Isaiah Dòdó-Williams, Julian Manjerico, Justen Ross, Reina Guthrie, Sue Zen Chew and Vernon Mina.

David Hemingson’s The Holdovers at Focus Features won original screenplay and Cord Jefferson’s Oscar-winning American Fiction from Amazon MGM Studios took adapted honours at the strike-delayed Writers Guild Awards on Sunday.

This was a second major adapted screenplay award in relatively short order for Jefferson after last month’s Oscar win.

The Holdovers prevailed in an original screenplay category that included Barbie and May December, but not the Oscar winner Anatomy Of A Fall, rendered ineligible here because it was not produced under a Writers Guild of America (WGA) contract.

The best documentary screenplay award went to Errol Morris for The Pigeon Tunnel.

David Hemingson’s The Holdovers at Focus Features won original screenplay and Cord Jefferson’s Oscar-winning American Fiction from Amazon MGM Studios took adapted honours at the strike-delayed Writers Guild Awards on Sunday.

This was a second major adapted screenplay award in relatively short order for Jefferson after last month’s Oscar win.

The Holdovers prevailed in an original screenplay category that included Barbie and May December, but not the Oscar winner Anatomy Of A Fall, rendered ineligible here because it was not produced under a Writers Guild of America (WGA) contract.

The best documentary screenplay award went to Errol Morris for The Pigeon Tunnel.

Writer/director Cord Jefferson on the set of ‘American Fiction’ (Photo credit: Claire Folger © 2023 Orion Releasing LLC)

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) stretched out the awards season, handing out their annual awards during ceremonies held in Los Angeles and New York on April 14, 2024. Niecy Nash-Betts (Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story) had the honor of hosting the Writers Guild of America West’s ceremony while Josh Gondelman (Desus & Mero) handled hosting duties for the Writers Guild of America East.

The final season of Succession was recognized with Drama Series and Episodic Drama awards, and the first season of The Last of Us snagged the New Series trophy. The Bear and Beef continued their winning streaks, scoring Comedy Series and Limited Series wins.

David Hemingson’s The Holdovers and Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction were recognized as the best original and adapted screenplays of 2023. And Errol Morris’ The Pigeon Tunnel took...

With the 2024 Oscars and the 2023 Emmys firmly in the rearview mirror, the film and TV awards calendar is all but ready to return to normalcy after last years Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes disrupted the first half of award season. The last major event to be impacted by the altered schedule is today’s WGA Awards, which took place in an unusual post-Oscars slot after the strikes forced the guild to delay its voting process. As most of Hollywood looks ahead to the 2024 film and TV slate, today’s concurrent ceremonies in Los Angeles’ Hollywood Palladium and New York City’s Edison Ballroom gave award watchers one last chance to celebrate the best screenwriting of 2023.

David Hemingson’s “The Holdovers” won the night’s marquee award for Original Screenplay, beating out heavyweights including Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach’s “Barbie” and Celine Song’s “Past Lives.” In the Adapted Screenplay category,...

Nominees have been announced for the 76th annual Writers Guild Awards, and Star Trek: Picard squeaked in just under the wire.

The concluded Paramount+ quasi-revival saw its series finale nominated in the Episodic Drama category. Other first-time nominees include freshman shows Shrinking, The Last of Us, The Curse and The Diplomat.

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Of course, usual suspects like Succession,...

The strike-delayed nominations for the 2024 Writers Guild Awards are out. Check out the list below.

In a flipping of the script this season, the WGA Awards will be held on April 14 – more than a month after the Academy Awards.

As always, the Writers Guild of America has different eligibility requirements than the Movie Academy, so some awards-season favorite scripts are missing from today’s nominations.

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The guild and the Oscars mostly are on the same page for Original Screenplay, with both nominating The Holdovers, May December and Past Lives. The WGA also cited Air, while the Academy went with Anatomy of a Fall and Maestro. But the Writers Guild also has Barbie on its Original List, whereas the script for 2023’s No. 1 movie...

The nominees for the 2024 Writers Guild of America Awards are finally here.

The Writers Guild of America West (Wgaw) and Writers Guild of America East (Wgae) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in screenwriting, television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing for 2023.

Oscar-nominated screenplays for “Barbie,” “The Holdovers,” “May December,” “Past Lives,” “American Fiction,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” and “Oppenheimer” were expected WGA nominations. However, surprise nods for “Air,” “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” and “Nyad” prove the WGA Awards still have a few tricks up their sleeve. If you’re wondering, “Poor Things” was not eligible because it wasn’t produced under a WGA contract, per a source close to the project.

Despite now taking place one month after the Academy Awards, the WGA nominations still carry weight this season — and could be a deciding factor for final Oscar voting. As IndieWire’s Anne Thompson predicted,...

The Writers Guild of America’s west and east arms have announced nominations for this year’s honors in screenwriting, television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing during 2023. Delayed due to the Hollywood strikes, this year’s ceremony will take place on Sunday, April 14, 2024. Here are the nominees:

Screenplay Nominees

Original Screenplay

“Air,” Written by Alex Convery; Amazon MGM Studios

“Barbie,” Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach; Warner Bros. Pictures

“The Holdovers,” Written by David Hemingson; Focus Features

“May December,” Screenplay by Samy Burch, Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik; Netflix

“Past Lives,” Written by Celine Song; A24

Adapted Screenplay

“American Fiction,” Screenplay by Cord Jefferson, Based upon the novel “Erasure” by Percival Everett; Amazon MGM Studios

“Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.,” Screenplay by Kelly Fremon Craig, Based on the book by Judy Blume; Lionsgate

“Killers of the Flower Moon,” Screenplay by Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese,...

The 2024 Writers Guild Awards nominations have been revealed.

The nominees in the category of original screenplay are Air, Barbie, The Holdovers, May December and Past Lives.

In the adapted screenplay category the nominees are American Fiction, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Killers of the Flower Moon, Nyad and Oppenheimer.

In an unusual move this year, the WGA Awards will take place after the Oscars, with the winners awarded on April 14.

A complete list of this year’s nominees follows.

Screenplay Nominees

Original Screenplay

Air, Written by Alex Convery; Amazon MGM Studios

Barbie, Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach; Warner Bros. Pictures

The Holdovers, Written by David Hemingson; Focus Features

May December, Screenplay by Samy Burch, Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik; Netflix

Past Lives, Written by Celine Song; A24

Adapted Screenplay

American Fiction, Screenplay by Cord Jefferson, Based upon the novel Erasure by Percival Everett; Amazon MGM Studios

Are You There God?...

Writers Guild Of America has announced its feature nominees and the roster includes The Holdovers, May December and Barbie for original screenplay and American Fiction, Oppenheimer and Killers Of The Flower Moon in the adapted category.

Air is the surprise among the original contenders and takes its place alongside Past Lives. Barbie earned an Oscar nod in the adapted screenplay category.

Anatomy Of A Fall was ineligible as it was not produced under a WGA contract. Justine Triet’s film, like Maestro, which was not in Wednesday’s announcement, earned an Oscar nod.

Competing for the adapted screenplay prize are...

“Abbott Elementary” is back in the Emmy race again with its sophomore season after achieving multiple awards successes at the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards. In its first Emmy outing, the show was a threat to win Best Comedy Series, having picked up writing and casting awards, along with a Best Supporting Actress victory for Sheryl Lee Ralph. This year it added to its tally with an additional nomination, garnering eight against last year’s seven, and all notably for a full network season of 22 episodes. Read on for a closer look at “Abbott Elementary’s” eight Emmy nominations.

Just like last year, “Abbott Elementary” is the only broadcast network show cited in the Best Comedy Series race (and all top series races for that matter) about the lives of teachers being documented at an underfunded elementary school that is predominantly Black. Only Amazon Freevee’s “Jury Duty...

Members of the striking Writers Guild of America voiced their frustrations about the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers’ latest attempts to resume negotiations following a meeting Friday that was designed to determine if there was a path forward. The guild informed members Friday — day 95 of the strike — that the talks with the group that represents the studios and streamers produced no agreement.

Included in the update to WGA members was the union’s summary of the issues both sides planned to bring back to the table when negotiations formally resume.

According to the Writers Guild memo, the AMPTP is seeking to use the deal that the Directors Guild of America agreed to earlier this summer as a template for shared issues like pay increases and expressed a willingness to increase their offer on a few writer-specific TV minimums — but not such core writer issues as the minimum size...

Abbott Elementary had a solid day in terms of Emmy nominations. Quinta Brunson received a well-deserved nomination for Leading Actress. Sheryl Lee Ralph, Janelle James, and Tyler James Williams also received recognition for their supporting work. With that said, the sitcom deserved more than the eight nominations and one of the most glaring omissions is their writing staff. Brunson and her diverse writing team - including Brittani Nichols, Kate Peterman, and Ava Coleman (unrelated to the character in the show) to name a few - have made great television for the last two seasons while upping the episode total from 13 to 22 while keeping the quality strong. Heck, Brunson won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for the show’s pilot just last year. Studios do not seem to appreciate their writers’ work like should, hence the now more than two-month strike. Regardless, Abbott Elementary would not be an A-plus, award-worthy comedy...

Besides TV Academy Chairman and CEO Frank Scherma’s brief reference to “the ongoing guild negotiations” at the top of the nominations announcement, today has been mostly Emmy business as usual, with television industry types and fans celebrating the ones who landed nominations and lamenting those who were snubbed.

But this is not a typical Emmy nominations day. Far from it. The 2023 Emmy nominations were announced two and a half months into a WGA strike, just hours before writers may be joined by actors in the work stoppage as AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA’s negotiations are currently set to conclude tonight.

As writer Brittani Nichols wrote on Twitter this morning shortly after landing her first Emmy nomination as part of the producing team of Outstanding Comedy Series nominee Abbott Elementary, “because of the ongoing writers’ strike, my ability to enjoy this accomplishment has become more complex than usual.”

While admitting that...

For striking writers nominated for Emmys this year, the recognition is bittersweet. It’s an accomplishment that many strive for, but as members of the WGA continue their 10th week on the picket lines, the accolades ring hollow. Awards are nice, sure, but they don’t ensure the financial and professional stability that the WGA is fighting for.

Brittani Nichols, a WGA strike captain who is nominated for her work on Abbott Elementary, acknowledged what she called a very “complicated celebration” in a post on Twitter:...

Even with the institution of gender neutral categories in the acting and supporting acting fields, everything old is new again as the Seventh Annual Black Reel Television Awards (BoltsTV) announced the list of this year’s nominees for recognition. Two names were still returning favorites to the nominations field which also included one record-breaking repeat performance and one surprising new entrant to challenge them all.

The Best Man: The Final Chapters secured its place in Black Reel Award history, with eighteen nominations, the most by any program ever in a single year. The Final Chapters, the ground-breaking mini-series that brought back all of the actors from the previous two movies, also ushered showrunner Malcolm D. Lee to three award nominations of his own for writing and directing in the series.

Perennial favorite, Donald Glover continued his recent dominance by leading the pack in personal nominations, receiving five this year. Glover...

Picketers gathered outside Warner Bros. in Burbank today found themselves buoyed by a unique presence: Flavor Flav. The hip-hop icon-turned-reality star showed up to cheers from the assembled WGA supporters.

Dressed in a festive yellow-and-blue track suit and wearing a demure (for him) red clock around his neck, the Public Enemy also brought a boombox and blasted the group’s classic “Fight the Power.”

Possibly even better, Flav brought a lot of food.

“A true spread of burgers and pizzas at Warner Bros courtesy of Flava Flav!” wrote Abbott Elementary writer-producer Brittani Nichols on Twitter above a photo of the rapper delivering at least a dozen boxes of grub.

A true spread of burgers and pizzas at Warner Bros courtesy of Flava Flav! Please come picket and eat! #WGAstrong pic.twitter.com/V1pJZ4raIr

— Brittani Nichols *Strike Version* (@BisHilarious) May 18, 2023

Flavor Flav just arrived at WB #WGAstrong pic.twitter.

The WGA strike and its work-stoppage left thousands of writers with an indefinite amount of free time to fill their days. Some are spending it on the picket lines, while others are tending to their personal lives. On May 10, close to 400 striking writers did both by mixing picketing and pleasure at the inaugural “Strike Up a Romance,” an inclusive, 21+ singles picket and party.

The event — co-hosted by a team of Hollywood scribes including Lj Matchmaking’s Jaydi Samuels Kuba and Lauren Rosenberg with Debby Wolfe, Marcos Luevanos and Deanna Shumaker — kicked off with a four-hour protest at the Universal Studios gates followed by an evening mixer over margaritas at Roadside Taco on Ventura Boulevard. Name tags and colored markers helped scribes signal their dating preferences (pink for interested in women, blue for men, purple for people and red for “wing person”) while the circumstances provided the social lubricant.

“The strike...

The writers strike took to the skies of Los Angeles on Monday, as a plane flew around all of the major production studios with a banner that read, “Pay the writers, you AI-holes.”

What started out as a joke among friends quickly became a reality — and a show of union solidarity — when writer and director Jacob Reed shared the idea on social media.

“Mostly, there’s just so many great signs. I was like, ‘Someone should put one of these in the air. Is that possible? Could you get a skywriter?’ And it started as a joke on my ‘friends only’ Instagram. I had enough friends immediately just be like, ‘Yes, I would chip in. Yes. Tell me what you need,'” he told Deadline while on the picket line at Paramount on Monday.

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Reed quickly took...

The WGA Writers Strike has officially begun and the picket lines have formed across Hollywood and New York City. This halt means that many scripted projects will inevitably go dark, resulting in a Hollywood shutdown not seen since Covid, and not felt since the last WGA strike took place 15 years ago. Variety will keep readers updated with a rolling list of everything that has been put on hold as a result of the strike, which went into effect Tuesday. For more information about the strike, check out Variety’s Faq primer on what it means for the industry.

Update: “Family Guy” and “American Dad” updates added.

Late-night Shows Go Dark. ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” CBS’ “The Late Show,” and NBC’s “Tonight” and “Late Night” are all going on hiatus and repeats will be shown. HBO will also cease live production of “Real Time with Bill Maher” and “Last Week Tonight” with John Oliver.

Law enforcement to horn-blowing strike supporters: you may be breaking the law, man!

An electronic sign went up as early as Wednesday outside of Warner Bros in Burbank that warns drivers that excessive horn use violates 27001 of the California Vehicle Code. The law enforces “reasonably necessary” horn blowing to insure safe operation of other vehicles. Otherwise, “the horn shall not otherwise be used, except as a theft alarm system.”

There’s no mention of whether it’s totes fine to use it as a way to show WGA solidarity.

Whether law enforcement will actually ticket those who lean too heavily on their horns is another matter. Thousands of cars drive along Olive Avenue throughout the day and a good portion like to share the love to the picket line. As one WGA member says on Twitter, “we can’t help that people love us.”

So far, folks on the picket...

Alfred Hitchcock once said that "to make a great film you need three things -- the script, the script and the script." Now, for the eighth time since the 1950s, Hollywood is learning this lesson the hard way, as the Writers Guild of America has officially been on strike since May 2, 2023.

In a statement announcing the strike, which followed "six weeks of negotiations with Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Discovery-Warner, NBC Universal, Paramount and Sony under the umbrella of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP)," the WGA said that it was driven by the companies' creation of "a gig economy inside a union workforce," and that the AMPTP had "closed the door on their labor force and opened the door to writing as an entirely freelance profession."

The last WGA strike took place in 2007-08, and its impact can still be seen in the movies and television shows...

The WGA Strike is in full swing, and some of America’s biggest TV shows already feel the squeeze. Many late-night talk show fans will have noticed their shows have gone dark. Networks are showing reruns during the strike. Saturday Night Live is on strike as well. There are a lot of big TV shows and miniseries that are being affected by the strike.

Some of them are even cutting into their season’s episode count. Meaning that if the WGA (Writers Guild of America) and the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers) don’t reach an agreement soon, their season might be shorter than originally planned.

This Writers’ Strike – the last one was in 2007-08 – has resulted from the entertainment industry’s steady migration towards streaming platforms and studios failing to adapt employment contracts to the changing times. The issues run the gamut from how much writers...

“Abbott Elementary” writer Brittani Nichols blasted the industry in a lengthy Twitter thread on Tuesday for becoming “absolute dog s—” for Writers Guild of America members.

Nichols shared a picture of a chart which showed that 98% of staff writers and 95% of story editors in the WGA were working at minimum wage during the 2021-2022 season, up 12 percentage points and 14 percentage points from the 2013-2014 season.

Long ass thread: Hello, friends. I'm a writer on Abbott Elementary and I want to talk a bit about this chart which shows how absolute dog shit the industry has become for WGA writers and how these numbers impact writers of color. pic.twitter.com/SWmeB6SNcH

— Brittani Nichols (@BisHilarious) March 16, 2023

“As you’re promoted, your minimum wage raises…but what’s happened is our minimum wage has become our ceiling,” she said. “They’ve decided that the lowest amount we are willing to accept...

We had the privilege and joy of speaking with Brittani Nichols, one of the writers of Abbott Elementary, to ask some of the burning questions the fans have about the show.

And we got answers, y'all!

The interview was engaging, and it ultimately shed light on how the writers decide the direction of the storyline and what to look forward to in the future of Abbott Elementary.

Janine and Gregory? Will they? Or won't they? Oh, my gosh! First of all, they're so socially awkward. So it's almost a little painful to watch every week. How are you all handling that? Do you listen to the fan's input, or how are you all determining the pace of that relationship?

The pace of that relationship, I think, is completely determined by Quinta; she comes into the beginning of the season, and then it's like, okay, at the beginning of the season,...

The upcoming contract talks between the WGA and the AMPTP were evidently in the ether during the WGA Awards on Sunday.

That’s no surprise given the two events – in L.A. and New York – brought hundreds of writers together, two weeks before negotiations kick off.

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Meredith Stiehm, president of the WGA West, was most fervent onstage, admitting things might get “tough” but that writers won’t get “rolled,” nor are they “looking for a fight.”

All of this comes after the WGA unveiled...

Writers had to share the spotlight with independent filmmakers and sound designers last night, but they’ll have it all to themselves tonight when the 75th annual Writers Guild of America awards are officially unveiled.

The WGA Awards took place in concurrent ceremonies tonight at New York’s Edison Ballroom and Los Angeles’ Fairmont Century Plaza. The Writers Guild of America West (Wgaw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) labor unions represent writers in motion pictures, television, cable, digital media, and broadcast news.

Michelle Buteau was hosting from New York and said she felt “luckier than Pete Davidson’s dick” to be presiding over the ceremony. Her raucous monologue included lines such as, “Tom Cruise is more of a ‘Bottom Gun’ than a ‘Top Gun.'”

Feature films eligible for a Writers Guild Award were exhibited theatrically for at least one week in Los Angeles during the eligibility...

Sunday’s 75th Writers Guild of America Awards will conclude the guild season (and a four-guild kudos weekend). Will they portend good things to come at the Oscars for the winners?

“Everything Everywhere All at Once,” written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, and “Women Talking,” written by Sarah Polley, are projected to win the Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay prizes, respectively. The caveat, of course, is that neither is facing its top Oscar competition at WGA due to the guild’s eligibility requirements. Martin McDonagh‘s “The Banshees of Inisherin” script, which won the Golden Globe and BAFTA, is Awol in original, as is Oscar nominee “Triangle of Sadness.” And BAFTA’s adapted screenplay champ “All Quiet on the Western Front,” written by Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell, is ineligible, along with Oscar nominee “Living.”

Over on the small screen side of things, “Better Call Saul...

Angela Bassett was the top winner at the NAACP Image Awards taking the trophy for Entertainer of the Year. The star had previously won this year for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for 9-1-1 and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her work on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which took the award for Outstanding Motion Picture.

One of the big surprises of the night was Will Smith winning the Outstanding Actor award for Emancipation. The actor was not in attendance and category presenter Janelle Monáe accepted the trophy on his behalf.

Brittney Griner appeared on stage with their wife and made a call to continue fighting for detainees overseas.

Quinta Brunson’s Abbott Elementary continues to be a favorite winning Outstanding Comedy Series, Viola Davis took an award for Outstanding Actress in film for The Woman King and Nicco Annan won Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for P-Valley.