Last week, it was announced that “The Drew Barrymore Show” was resuming production, with the fourth season kicking off in mid-September.
When the WGA initiated strike action back in May, Barrymore was among the first to stand in solidarity with striking writings, announcing that she was stepping away from hosting the MTV Movie & TV Awards, in support of the strike.
When her show returns, it will be without writers. One wrinkle to the show’s planned return, however, will be WGA picketers outside her show’s studios, which will mean audience members will be forced to cross a picket line in order to attend tapings. “The Guild has, and will continue to, picket any struck show that continues production during the duration of the strike,” WGA spokesperson Jason Gordon told Cracked.
In fact, the outlet is reporting that picketers will be protesting outside CBS Broadcast Center in NYC, where the show is taped, on Monday, Sept.
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