[REACTIONS] Writers Strike Has Started – Here’s What People Are Saying

Writer’s strike has started and the people are either agreeing or not exactly caring about the strike.

There are some who are remembering the last writer’s strike that was held in November of 2007 but was resolved in a matter of 3 months.

During the 2023 Met Gala, many actors and actresses were asked how they felt about the writer’s strike. Most stated that they stand with the writers and they should get what they deserve.

Many writers from television shows, movies, sitcoms and more are stopping their talents to enforce more pay for the work that they are doing.

The Writer Guild of America sent writers to vote for the strike on April 3, 2023. The voting lasted between April 11-17 where it was officially announced that they will be striking.

The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers and the Daily Show will be affected by this strike with production shutting down. They will still show re-runs of these shows.

The strike will not stop until both the Writer’s Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers come to an agreement.

The last time that writers went on strike it lasted for 100 days and they are willing to stop everything to obtain what they deserve.

Here’s What People Have to Say

Reminder that the last time we had a writers strike, it caused this.

So yeah, they better resolve this shit FAST https://t.co/YaSL95aesg pic.twitter.com/0onss5aX7t
— MP / Amethyst (@Amethyst_siMP) May 2, 2023

you can pinpoint the minute the ‘07 writers strike hit and drastically changed the quality of every early 2000s piece of media and i need people to understand not only how bad that was, but how that impacted tv going forward. if you like the shows you watch, support the wga.
— alyssa ღ burzek canon era (@ruzekburgess) May 2, 2023

A weird thing I see keep cropping up is "The last writers strike made reality TV more popular!" in a "be careful what you wish for!" way.

Except this is just completely untrue?
— Emily St. James (@emilystjams) May 2, 2023

Yes! Pushing Daisies, Gilmore Girls, and Girlfriends were laid to rest because of the writer's strike.

They don't understand how so many shows' entire trajectory were altered because of the strike. Reality TV became the go to because of ithttps://t.co/ltxeVqDJxH
— TaryntheRealtor (@TaryntheR) May 2, 2023

may the momentum of the writers strike also be granted to vfx workers, animation workers, stop motion workers, below the line workers in iatse, video game workers, and all other creative workers without enough protection i love you and i wish for your success as well <3
— klaudia amenábar (@kaludiasays) May 2, 2023

‼️| @sethmeyers on the impending writers strike:

"I … feel very strongly that what the writers are asking for is not unreasonable, and as a proud member of the Guild, I'm very grateful that there's an organization that looks out for the best interests of writers." #WGAstrong pic.twitter.com/2UUaY3Ucc7
— Stephanie Aly (@latenightist) April 28, 2023

This is true. Here's Conan spinning his wedding ring during the 2007 writers' strike just to fill airtime. It was like this for months.

NBC was lucky that Conan is the GOAT, but it's impossible to explain to Gen Z how bad the content will get if there's another one. https://t.co/tNkduyiNac pic.twitter.com/5Eo1WqQG0l
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) May 2, 2023

‘We have to stand up for our rights and I support unions… I wish it didn’t have to come to this.’

Olivia Wilde speaks about the Hollywood writers’ strike as the deadline looms https://t.co/IfYY9mlmEf #MetGala pic.twitter.com/ww41Qd4Lsd
— Reuters Showbiz (@ReutersShowbiz) May 1, 2023

the children don’t remember how bad TV got during the 2007 writers strike
— ashley "big shoes" ray (@theashleyray) May 1, 2023

So to be clear how are we supposed to help with the writers strike? What specifically should we not be watching/streaming?
— 𝙇𝙚𝙛𝙩-𝙃𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙨™️ (@fluffyblkboy) May 2, 2023

"the writers' strike will make tv and movies suck" pic.twitter.com/TsCuImuoAX
— olivia (@0liviaolive) May 2, 2023

Nightly talk shows, including The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, to shut down immediately after writers strike called https://t.co/swFiXoDaW3
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 2, 2023

The 2007 writers strike ruined Heroes, Prison Break, and Desperate Housewives. We lost an entire season of The Office and Family Guy. It very nearly killed Lost.

Be afraid, kids. Your treasured shows could be slaughtered because Wordsmiths are yet again not respected. https://t.co/IkPBjA5C6u
— Del Walker (@TheCartelDel) May 2, 2023

Netflix didn’t start producing content until 2011. They’ve never truly experienced a writers strike. Amazon has made sure to keep unions out of their workforce but entered Hollywood after guilds were established… this is going to be interesting.
— Leah Poulliot (@astoldbyLP) May 2, 2023

i feel like we should talk about how Julia Louis-Dreyfus was a real one during the 2007 writers strike pic.twitter.com/EvUhP1g9E2
— Petty Is Praxis (@rtyson82) May 2, 2023

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