Why Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert are off-air
May 17, 2023•23 min•Season 4Ep. 119
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Episode description
11,500 Hollywood television and screenwriters are on strike, they’re determined to get better pay and conditions and want safeguards in place against AI. The studios say they can’t hand out pay rises as investors are no longer gung-ho about streaming.
We go inside the strike with writer Josh Gondelman who used to work on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver to find out exactly what’s going on.
Headlines:
- Prince Harry and Meghan in “near catastrophic car chase”
- Melbourne truckdriver granted bail
- Quad meeting officially cancelled
- Falls Festival canned
- Sherpa climbs Everest for record 27th time
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