Writers' Strike 2023: How It Will Affect Your TV Shows

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Almost all late-night talk shows, from to, will cease production for likely the whole duration of the strike. During Monday's show, Colbert ran through a number of «news stories» from the future after explaining that the writers are «so important to our show… and this nation owes so much to unions.» As for, the NBC sketch comedy series will air reruns instead of producing new episodes, meaning that Pete Davidson's upcoming debut as host «canceled due to the writers’ strike.»One show that will air as usual is Greg Gutfeld's Fox News program,, which ET has learned «is not impacted by the strike.» With the 2023 TV premiere schedule already mapped out until the end of August, there will not likely be an immediate impact on any current programming rolling out over the next few months — especially most series that have already completed writing scripts on upcoming episodes.

For example, «a source close to production [on ] tells that scripts on the hit show have been done for some time, and that filming on the second season won't be affected.»When it comes to Netflix, CEO Ted Sarandos has said, «We have a large base of upcoming shows and films from around the world.

We can probably serve our members better than most.» And as for the launch of the new streaming service, Max, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav isn't worried. «We have a lot of content that's been produced.

We are launching a product on May 23, so we are ready to go guns blazing in terms of our product and our platforms around the world,» he said during a press conference.However, just because a series is premiering in the summer doesn't mean that particular season has completed production, meaning several shows could see their episode count reduced or ending.