The Fashion Police strike started April 17, and now the show's writers are speaking out about their disappointment with Joan Rivers' lack of support to help them receive a fair agreement, including health insurance, a pension plan and industry-standard compensation, with E! Network. In a YouTube video posted by Writers Guild of America West, writers Jackie Beat, Dante, Eliza Skinner, Rob Nolan, Ned Rice, Todd Masterson and Bryan Cook describe how excited they felt when they initially started working for Rivers but were later disappointed by her unwillingness to help them receive standard labor benefits. The video begins with words
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- 7/9/2013
- by Stephanie Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Joan Rivers may have ripe new fodder for her own reality TV show. Writers on E! Network.s .Fashion Police. have gone on strike against the network and Joan Rivers. Rugby Productions, which jointly employ the writing staff according to Variety. Earlier the writers had filed complaints with the state of California, alleging that E! and Rugby Prods. have not paid the writers a total of $1.5 million for regular wages and overtime. Variety writes that the Writers Guild of America is sanctioning the strike and has told the 12,000 members not to work on .Fashion Police.. .This is very simple,. said .Fashion Police. writer Ned Rice to Variety. .We have earned the right to be a Guild show,...
- 4/17/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Update: To answer your first question first: Yes, E!’s Fashion Police has writers.
Second, they’re going on strike. The Writers Guild of America has called on its members to halt work on the fashion chat show, which is hosted by comedian Joan Rivers and produced by her production company, Rugby Productions.
“This is very simple,” said Fashion Police writer Ned Rice in a statement. “We have earned the right to be a Guild show, we deserve to be a Guild show, and we want to be a Guild show. The ball is clearly in E! and Rugby’s...
Second, they’re going on strike. The Writers Guild of America has called on its members to halt work on the fashion chat show, which is hosted by comedian Joan Rivers and produced by her production company, Rugby Productions.
“This is very simple,” said Fashion Police writer Ned Rice in a statement. “We have earned the right to be a Guild show, we deserve to be a Guild show, and we want to be a Guild show. The ball is clearly in E! and Rugby’s...
- 4/17/2013
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
"The Dark Knight," "Slumdog Millionaire," "Doubt," "Frost/Nixon," and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" are among the nominees in the Adapted Screenplay category for the WGA's (Writers Guild Awards) 61st Anniversary awards show.
Winners will be announced February 7th, and will be held simultaneously between two ceremonies -- West Coast at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, and the East Coast at the Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City.
What about "Milk" or "The Wrestler?" Click Read More to see full list of nominees!
Original Screenplay
Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Focus Features
Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen, The Weinstein Company
The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy, Overture Films
The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay...
Winners will be announced February 7th, and will be held simultaneously between two ceremonies -- West Coast at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, and the East Coast at the Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City.
What about "Milk" or "The Wrestler?" Click Read More to see full list of nominees!
Original Screenplay
Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Focus Features
Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen, The Weinstein Company
The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy, Overture Films
The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay...
- 1/7/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
NEW YORK -- Fox News Channel will air the first of two episodes of "24" executive producer Joel Surnow's conservative-leaning "The Daily Show"-like satire on Sunday night.
If the ratings for Sunday's "The Half-Hour News Hour" do well, then it could become a weekly show on Fox News Channel. Two episodes of the show were ordered last year for telecast in the winter after a 12-minute pilot was developed (THR 11/20). It's hosted by comedians Kurt Long and Jennifer Robertson, and both shows were filmed in front of a studio audience last month in Los Angeles.
The show is developed by Surnow, Manny Coto and former "Politically Incorrect" writer Ned Rice. Rice is the head writer along with former "Late Night With David Letterman" writer Sandy Frank.
Surnow said Monday that the show comes from a "right leaning point of view," more so than other shows of its kind.
"We're just going to even out the playing field a little bit and hit targets that we think are hilarious and do it in a very spirited, but warm-spirited, way.
If the ratings for Sunday's "The Half-Hour News Hour" do well, then it could become a weekly show on Fox News Channel. Two episodes of the show were ordered last year for telecast in the winter after a 12-minute pilot was developed (THR 11/20). It's hosted by comedians Kurt Long and Jennifer Robertson, and both shows were filmed in front of a studio audience last month in Los Angeles.
The show is developed by Surnow, Manny Coto and former "Politically Incorrect" writer Ned Rice. Rice is the head writer along with former "Late Night With David Letterman" writer Sandy Frank.
Surnow said Monday that the show comes from a "right leaning point of view," more so than other shows of its kind.
"We're just going to even out the playing field a little bit and hit targets that we think are hilarious and do it in a very spirited, but warm-spirited, way.
- 2/14/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Fox News Channel will air the first of two episodes of "24" executive producer Joel Surnow's conservative-leaning "The Daily Show"-like satire Sunday night.
If the ratings for Sunday's "The Half-Hour News Hour" do well, then it could become a weekly show on Fox News Channel. Two episodes of the show were ordered last year for telecast in the winter after a 12-minute pilot was developed (THR 11/20). It's hosted by comedians Kurt Long and Jennifer Robertson, and both shows were filmed in front of a studio audience last month in Los Angeles.
The show is developed by Surnow, Manny Coto and former "Politically Incorrect" writer Ned Rice. Rice is the head writer along with former "Late Night With David Letterman" writer Sandy Frank.
Surnow said Monday that the show comes from a "right leaning point of view," more so than other shows of its kind.
"We're just going to even out the playing field a little bit and hit targets that we think are hilarious and do it in a very spirited, but warm-spirited, way.
If the ratings for Sunday's "The Half-Hour News Hour" do well, then it could become a weekly show on Fox News Channel. Two episodes of the show were ordered last year for telecast in the winter after a 12-minute pilot was developed (THR 11/20). It's hosted by comedians Kurt Long and Jennifer Robertson, and both shows were filmed in front of a studio audience last month in Los Angeles.
The show is developed by Surnow, Manny Coto and former "Politically Incorrect" writer Ned Rice. Rice is the head writer along with former "Late Night With David Letterman" writer Sandy Frank.
Surnow said Monday that the show comes from a "right leaning point of view," more so than other shows of its kind.
"We're just going to even out the playing field a little bit and hit targets that we think are hilarious and do it in a very spirited, but warm-spirited, way.
- 2/14/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fox News Channel might air two episodes of a Daily Show-like program with a decidedly nonliberal bent on Saturday nights in late January, with the possibility that it could become a weekly show for the channel.
The half-hour show is executive produced by 24's Joel Surnow and Manny Cota and creator Ned Rice, who previously wrote for Politically Incorrect and "Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" through This Just In Prods. It would take aim at what Surnow calls "the sacred cows of the left" that don't get made as much fun of by other comedy shows.
"It's a satirical news format that would play more to the Fox News audience than the Michael Moore channel," Surnow said. "It would tip more right as 'The Daily Show' tips left."
The show was pitched as This Just In when it first got life as a 20-minute pilot presentation for Fox Broadcasting Co.'s late-night division. But when that network passed, Surnow said it attracted the attention of Fox News Channel chief Roger Ailes.
The half-hour show is executive produced by 24's Joel Surnow and Manny Cota and creator Ned Rice, who previously wrote for Politically Incorrect and "Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" through This Just In Prods. It would take aim at what Surnow calls "the sacred cows of the left" that don't get made as much fun of by other comedy shows.
"It's a satirical news format that would play more to the Fox News audience than the Michael Moore channel," Surnow said. "It would tip more right as 'The Daily Show' tips left."
The show was pitched as This Just In when it first got life as a 20-minute pilot presentation for Fox Broadcasting Co.'s late-night division. But when that network passed, Surnow said it attracted the attention of Fox News Channel chief Roger Ailes.
- 11/20/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fox News Channel might air two episodes of a Daily Show-like program with a decidedly nonliberal bent on Saturday nights in late January, with the possibility that it could become a weekly show for the channel.
The half-hour show is executive produced by 24's Joel Surnow and Manny Cota and creator Ned Rice, who previously wrote for Politically Incorrect and "Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" through This Just In Prods. It would take aim at what Surnow calls "the sacred cows of the left" that don't get made as much fun of by other comedy shows.
"It's a satirical news format that would play more to the Fox News audience than the Michael Moore channel," Surnow said. "It would tip more right as 'The Daily Show' tips left."
The show was pitched as This Just In when it first got life as a 20-minute pilot presentation for Fox Broadcasting Co.'s late-night division. But when that network passed, Surnow said it attracted the attention of Fox News Channel chief Roger Ailes.
The half-hour show is executive produced by 24's Joel Surnow and Manny Cota and creator Ned Rice, who previously wrote for Politically Incorrect and "Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" through This Just In Prods. It would take aim at what Surnow calls "the sacred cows of the left" that don't get made as much fun of by other comedy shows.
"It's a satirical news format that would play more to the Fox News audience than the Michael Moore channel," Surnow said. "It would tip more right as 'The Daily Show' tips left."
The show was pitched as This Just In when it first got life as a 20-minute pilot presentation for Fox Broadcasting Co.'s late-night division. But when that network passed, Surnow said it attracted the attention of Fox News Channel chief Roger Ailes.
- 11/19/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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