Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Warner Bros. TV has suspended overall deals with more of its A-list, marquee producers, which is believed to include Greg Berlanti, Bill Lawrence, John Wells, Chuck Lorre and Mindy Kaling, as well as J.J.
Abrams’ Bad Robot shingle. Some of those names, including Wells and Lorre, may have seen their deals suspended earlier. The latest news comes months after Warner Bros.
TV, along with Amazon, HBO, Warner Bros. TV, NBCUniversal, Disney, CBS Studios and other major struck studios had previously suspended some first-look and overall deals amid the ongoing writers strike.
Those suspensions took place in May, soon after the WGA strike began, and didn’t include producers who still had shows in production.
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