Members of the Writers Guild of America gave the green light on Friday to a four-year deal with studios and streamers that will stem the bleeding of the union’s ailing health plan. The atypically long […]
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Many in Hollywood are trying to digest the flight of U.S. film and TV productions from the country, and all the unemployed entertainment workers that have been left in its wake. It turns out Conan […]
L.A.’s film office on Tuesday unveiled a six-month pilot program aimed at removing cost barriers for small shoots as outcry over Hollywood’s production downturn has snowballed into a political campaign issue. FilmLA’s new “Low Impact […]
In 2023, the Writers Guild of America appeared to take no prisoners in its contract negotiations. The union’s leaders called a strike authorization vote less than a month in, negotiated down to the wire, then […]
It’s 2026 and YouTube routinely tops Nielsen charts of highest performing distributors on television. Video podcasters are storming streaming platforms. Successful TV creators are beginning to dabble in microdramas. And yet, as the old world […]
CBS already films three shows in Southern California. But in order to shoot more in the area, network executives said on Wednesday they would like to see some policy changes. During a press briefing for […]
The latest cop series being developed by CBS will star ’90s and early 2000s television royalty: Matt LeBlanc. The network has ordered a development room for a cop series featuring the former Friends star called […]
The Producers Guild of America has unveiled a new sustainability initiative that is aimed at helping producers make the business case for eco-friendly decisions on film and television sets. The PGA’s new Sustainability Tool Kit, […]
Nonfiction TV producers at the companies behind unscripted series 90 Day Fiancé, To Catch a Smuggler and The Food That Built America have ratified new union contracts. Writers Guild of America East members at Stamford, […]
The Writers Guild of America on Wednesday disclosed the details of the surprise four-year deal leaders reached with studios and streamers the previous weekend, revealing that the tentative contract contains a $321 million infusion into […]
Industry insiders know the story all too well. Over the last few years, as Hollywood restructured to meet the demand for streaming entertainment and as major businesses saw fit to merge, the entertainment industry whittled […]
After the writers’ union wrapped a surprise deal with studios and streamers over the weekend, SAG-AFTRA announced that it will return to the bargaining table by the end of the month. The performers’ union and […]
The vibes couldn’t be more different from 2023. In the wake of a surprise deal struck by the Writers Guild of America with studios and streamers and announced on Saturday, arriving earlier than many expected, […]
Bruce Springsteen’s union is defending his right to criticize the White House after President Donald Trump urged supporters on Thursday to boycott the rocker’s concerts. The leaders of two high-profile American Federation of Musicians Locals […]
Netflix is getting back into business with Louis C.K. The comedian is headlining a show at The Hollywood Bowl as part of the streamer’s Netflix Is a Joke festival on May 5. And his upcoming […]
The union for writers behind the free streaming network CBS News 24/7 have reached a tentative contract deal with management at CBS and Paramount. The deal was reached after a tense bargaining period that saw […]
SAG-AFTRA has voluntarily recognized a union for its communications and marketing staffers after a card count found that a majority were in support of organizing. After a third-party checker examined union support cards this week, […]
Seven weeks into their strike, unionized staffers at the Writers Guild of America West will lose their health care benefits on Wednesday. WGA West staffers can be covered by the Producer-Writers Guild of America (PWGA) […]
Tubi is betting that viewers are feeling nostalgic for old-school episodes of Sesame Street. The free, Fox-owned streamer is bringing select episodes of seasons one through 38 of the iconic children’s series to its platform […]
Take it easy today on friends and acquaintances who love CBS’ Watson or DMV. On Friday CBS announced that it was canceling both shows after just two seasons and one season, respectively. The network cut […]
Katie Kilkenny, labor and media reporter at The Hollywood Reporter, has been promoted to enterprise reporter, TV and labor, THR editor-in-chief Maer Roshan announced on Friday. In her expanded position, Kilkenny will cover of the […]
Hollywood has more union staffer organizing on its hands. Amid an ongoing Writers Guild of America West staff strike, communications and marketing workers at the performers’ union SAG-AFTRA announced on Thursday their intention to unionize […]
David Ellison indirectly answered lawmaker questions about how the combination of two of Hollywood’s five remaining historic studios would impact California in a letter obtained by The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday. The Paramount studio chief […]
Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria on Wednesday batted down reporting that the streamer has been distancing itself from Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. “I would say don’t believe whatever you read,” she said about […]
The first few months of 2025 didn’t give the new and upcoming soundstages in Los Angeles much in the way of hope for a rebound in production. The average occupancy rate for major soundstages in […]
When documentarian Barbara Kopple directs a film about the labor movement, she tends to go big. With 1976’s Harlan County, USA, she documented the dramatic 13-month strike waged by Kentucky coal miners against the Eastover […]
The staff of the Writers Guild of America West on Monday brought their labor fight to SAG-AFTRA, where the writer’s union is commencing negotiations with studios and streamers. The Writers Guild Staff Union began picketing […]
Hollywood’s waiting game isn’t over yet as SAG-AFTRA and studios failed to reach a deal on Sunday, the final day of their primary negotiations period. The negotiations over the union’s next three-year deal covering film […]
The drums were ready. So were the signs, the horns, the purple shirts and the protestors. Enough to fill three school buses, which before the protest at noon dropped off picketers who joined many more […]
Leadership of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters is calling on the Department of Justice to block the proposed Paramount–Warner Bros. unless worker protections are put in place. Union leaders announced on Thursday that they had […]
Google and Range Media Partners are getting serious about microdramas — and have enticed some heavyweight Hollywood producers to make these bite-sized stories for them. The companies’ joint production initiative, 100 ZEROS, announced a slate […]
The Writers Guild of America may be facing a contracting business, a staff strike on its doorstep and a funding crisis for its health plan, but on Tuesday, union leaders made clear they are uncowed […]