Debunking Myths About the Writers' Strike
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On Tuesday we entered the third week of one of the largest entertainment strikes in recent memory, the first TV writer\'s strike since 2007. More than 11,000 people are participating in the action by the Writers Guild of America, resulting in shows like The Tonight Show and Last Week Tonight going dark.\\xa0
\\nAt the heart of the strike are concerns about the changes streamers like Netflix have presented for writer pay and career development. For one, the streamers don\\u2019t pay writers residuals, the cut of money they would traditionally get every time their show was rerun on television. Now writers are more likely to be paid for the number of days they work on any given show. But while writer\'s fight for a new contract some old myths are resurfacing about the strike\'s impact, including the idea\\xa0that when writers stopped working in 2007, there was an explosion of reality tv shows.\\xa0For this week\'s podcast extra,\\xa0Brooke speaks with former TV critic turned TV writer\\xa0Emily St. James about some of the less than true notions about the current strike and previous strikes and why they keep circulating.\\xa0
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