No 'Real Time with Bill Maher' due to Hollywood strike?

[DutchLiberal]

Is it true there was no Bill Maher-show last Friday due to the writers' strike?

[babylonsister]

1. Yes-it was a repeat. nt

[MrSlayer]

2. Yes, it was a replay.

And that was supposed to be the season finale so he'll probably be back in February.

[Cleita]

3. If you haven't noticed, there's been no new Daily Show, Colbert

Report, David Letterman or Tonight Show either because of the writers strike. :-(

I miss the comedians' skewering of our government, satire and pointing out of absurdities.

[DutchLiberal]

9. I have heard about the strike and talkshows not airing. But since I don't live in the US,

I don't watch all of those shows regularly, and didn't know the latest 'status' of the strike.

I religiously watch Bill Maher every sunday night on YouTube, but I was surprised not to see any clips from the show. So then I immediately thought about the strike. But Bill made it seem last week (I think the strike had just begun) as if there would be a new show last friday. They did announce Ben Affleck and George Carlin as their guests.

[ThomWV]

4. Just one more reason to support Unions.

[Cha]

5. I would think "Real Time" meant

that they had their own lines. I support the Writers wholeheartedly but is it crossing the line to have a show on that doesn't require lines being written?

[dsc]

7. His opening monologue and the new rules

plus the prop gags are all written for him.

[Cha]

8. I was afraid of that..

:)..oh well.

[Trajan]

6. Maher is a writer and belongs to the WGA

As is Letterman, Leno and Stewart ....

I presume Colbert is as well ...

[cuke]

10. Does anyone know of Maher's opinon about unions?

Just wondering

[SoCalDem]

11. It was his last show anyway..so he just got an extra week off.

MOST headliners on entertainment/chat shows are writers, themselves, so of course they would strike as well..not because they need the money, but because they used to be in the positions that many/most writers are in..Unions are about solidarity of the group..if the ones who "have made it" don;t support the ones who haven't, any strike will fail.. The bosses can easily replace the rank-and-file writers, but they cannot easily replace Bill Maher, Dave letterman and yes.. even those stooges Jay leno & Jimmy Kimmel :)

[DutchLiberal]

12. By the way: that picture is brilliant!

I can't stop :rofl: !

[SoCalDem]

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[DutchLiberal]

14. Cool!

:smoke:

Do you think that's where Bill Maher gets all his prop-jokes from? ;-)