Bill Maher‘s speak present is coming again to HBO … he says he cannot preserve ready round for the writers’ strike to finish and desires to get people again to incomes a paycheck.
The “Real Time with Bill Maher” host introduced his program’s return Wednesday in a social media submit … he does not say when the present will air however says it is going to have a unique look with out writers.
Bill, a author himself, says he sympathizes with placing writers’ “important issues … and hope they are addressed to their satisfaction” … however he says after 5 months on strike it is time to deliver others again to work.
As he explains … writers “are not the only people with issues, problems, and concerns. Despite some assistance from me, much of the staff is struggling mightily.”
9/7/23
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Bill’s been outspoken concerning the strike lately, even calling for California Governor Gavin Newsom to step in and assist finish the stalemate.
Bill says he hoped the strike would finish after Labor Day, however that is since handed and he feels “there still seems to be nothing happening.”
He provides … “I love my writers, I am one of them, but I’m not prepared to lose an entire year and see so many below-the-line people suffer so much.”
Bill says he’ll honor the “spirit of the strike” by removing a written monologue, desk piece, editorial or his widespread New Rules section … all of which leaned on writers in previous seasons.
The HBO star has a message for the viewers too … “The show I will be doing without my writers will not be as good as our normal show, full stop. But the heart of the show is an off-the-cuff panel discussion that aims to cut through the bullshit and predictable partisanship, and that will continue.”
It will probably be fascinating to see how writers guilds react to Bill’s plan … at the very least one guild successfully labeled Drew Barrymore a scab for bringing her speak present again amid the strike.
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