This is Day 143 ofthe WGA strikeand Day 70 of theSAG-AFTRA strike.
You dont think Netflix wants ABC to go belly up?
To me thats the inherent problem, Scheft said.
Strikers in New York on ThursdaySean Piccoli
But everything on the other side that I hear seems that its kind of for real.
In the meantime, the pickets continued.
So Im still feeling very encouraged.
Some stood reading strike leaflets handed to them by picketers.
Bob Eagleson of New Jersey wore a WGA strike button pinned to his hooded sweatshirt.
Im sympathetic to the writers, Eagleson told Deadline.
But he still planned to seeThe Viewin person.
Wearing strike pins into Drew Barrymores briefly re-started show gotsome audience guests kicked out of the taping.
Trying to find loopholes to continue filming doesnt help a strike, Cloughley said.
Wilmore stressed that news of a deal ending the strike would be welcome.
Everybody wants the strike to be over, so lets hope its over soon lets put it like that.
But I have no idea whats going on.
Last night theres these [rumors] that it might be done today.
If thats the case, I hope so.
I dont want to get my hopes up, Wilmore said.
But I got my fingers crossed.
