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Late-Night Comedy Writers Score Safeguards In Streaming Amid WGA/AMPTP Negotiations

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As Hollywood waits for the WGA’s official response to the AMPTP’s latest contract offer, a ray of sunlight emerged for comedy/variety writers in the latest back-and-forth.

Late-night writers, and writers who work on variety shows such as Netflix’s Tim Robinson series I Think You Should Leave, have been fighting for safeguards in streaming.

Back in February, in its Pattern of Demands, the WGA said that it wanted MBA minimums to apply to “comedy variety programs made for new media”.

This has now, seemingly, been settled, as both the WGA and AMPTP confirmed that comedy variety writers on streaming shows, which include Apple’s The Problem with Jon Stewart and Peacock’s The Amber Ruffin Show, will now be covered.

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