>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US, I'M SAVANNAH SELLERS
>> I'M JOE ROMO.
OVERNIGHT MORE THAN 11,000 FIL
AND TELEVISION WRITERS APPROVE
A STRIKE AFTER LAST-MINUTE
NEGOTIATIONS BROKE DOWN BETWEE
THE WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA AND
PRODUCTION COMPANIES INCLUDING
OUR OWN PARENT COMPANY, NB
UNIVERSAL.
THE VOTE WAS OVERWHELMING.
MORE THAN 97% OF THE GUILD
APPROVED THAT STRIKE
MANY UPSET OVER THE DECLININ PAY, CLAIMING THEY HAVE TAKE
PAY, CLAIMING THEY HAVE TAKE
DOUBLE DIGIT PAY CUTS BECAUSE OF
STREAMING SERVICES
AND JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST
ON THIS.
DANIEL, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
OBVIOUSLY PAY IS A BIG PART OF
THIS, BUT THEY SAY THIS GOES
BEYOND THAT?
>> THE BIGGEST ISSUE I
COMPENSATION
THEY FEEL UNDERPATE FOR THEI
WORK AND THEY FEEL
DISRESPECTED
MANY SAY IT IS HARDER AND HARDER
TO MAKE A LIVING IN THE TRENCHES
OF THIS BUSINESS
THERE ARE MORE ISSUES AT PLA
AND NUMBER ONE, DURATION O
SHOWS.
IN THE OLD DAYS A NETWORK LIKE NBC WOULD GREEN LIGHT A PILO
NBC WOULD GREEN LIGHT A PILO
AND ORDER MAYBE 25 EPISODES OF
THE NEW SITCOM NOW IOWADAYSNOW IOWADAYS -- THAT
NOW IOWADAYSNOW IOWADAYS -- THAT
WILL MAKE IT HARD FOR WRITERS TO MAINTAIN A STABLE INCOME
MAINTAIN A STABLE INCOME
AND THERE IS NO SUCH THING A
RERUNS ANYMORE
AND SO WHEN STRANGER THING
PREMIERS EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX, THAT'S WHERE IT LIVES FOREVER.
THAT'S WHERE IT LIVES FOREVER.
FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S NOT FO
OTHERS
AND FOR THOSE WHO WROTE FOR TH
BIG BANG THEORY IN THE 2010s
ARE NOT SEEING THOSE CHECK
COMING IN.
THE THIRD PIECE AND THE ON
THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO M
IS SORT OF FORWARD LOOKING
THERE IS A REAL FEAR IN AL
CREATIVE ARTISTIC PROFESSION
THAT THINGS LIKE CHATGPT COULD
ONE DAY REPLACE HUMAN WRITERS.
THIS IS A HYPOTHETICAL RIGHT
NOW, BUT THERE IS AN ANXIETY
THAT THEY ARE DESPERATE TO CUT
COSTS, MIGHT CONSIDER THAT
AND SO WHAT THIS GUILD IS ASKING
FOR IS SOME ASSURANCES AND
REGULATIONS OVER A.I
>> GOD, IT IS JUST CHANGIN
EVERYWHERE
>> IT'S UNBELIEVABLE
AND IN THE LOBBY
THERE IS THIS MASSIVE SCREEN
THAT EVERYBODY, I MEAN THE
LARGEST CROWD TO BE FRANK AT THE
WHOLE MUSEUM
AND I'M LIKE WHAT IS THIS?
A.I., JUST A.I
GENERATED.
AND HOW DOES IT KEEP CHANGING?
IT IS REALLY SOMETHING TO SEE.
DANIEL, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHA
THIS FEELS LIKE FOR SOMEBODY A
HOME
AND SO WE HEARD RIGHT AWAY LAT
NIGHT SHOWS ARE GOING DARK
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FO
LONGER-TERM SHOWS THAT HAVEN'T
GONE INTO PRODUCTION YET O
MOVIES OR THAT KIND OF THING
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION
THE END OF 2007 TO 2008, 100
DAYS
THAT MEANT THAT MOST LATE NIGH
SHOWS WERE DARK OR NOT WORKING
WITH WRITERS DURING THAT TIME.
BUT IT DIDN'T LAST LONG ENOUGH
AND IF THIS IS A LONG STRIKE
100 DAYS OR MORE, IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT SHOWS THAT WERE PLANNING ON
STARTING PRODUCTION AT THE END
OF THE SUMMER OR EARLY FAL
MIGHT BE FORCED TO DELAY THOSE
PLANS.
THAT WOULD CREATE A DOMINO
AFFECT INTO NEXT YEAR AND MAYB
THE YEAR AFTER THAT.
IT WILL HAVE A HARMFUL AFFEC
WHERE THEY ARE SHOOTING OR WHERE
THEY DO BUSINESS
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORRIE
THAT IF THIS IS A DRAGGED OU
STRIKE, IT'S A TSUNAMI ON TH
WHOLE BUSINESS
>> AND THIS IS JUST TH
BEGINNING OF IT.