The Drew Barrymore Show launched its fourth season Monday, and not a word was spoken about the strikes and controversy that has surrounded the show in recent weeks.
Barrymore introduced her guest Shania Twain, saying to the audience, “Alright everybody, welcome to season four. Let’s go girls,” without comment about her return following the recently ended writers strike and ongoing actors strike.
Barrymore went straight into her interview that was filmed with Twain at the Grammy-winning artist’s Vegas ranch. As announced earlier this month, the show returned without its writers, WGA members Chelsea White, Cristina Kinon and Liz Koe, who decided to depart the show.
Sources close to the show confirmed to Deadline that it extended three offers to the trio as soon as they were allowed to after the strike but they declined.
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