As anticipated, TV and film writers went on strike at 12:01 a.m. PST on May 2 after the Writers Guild of America failed to reach an agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) on a new contract.
The strike, the first since 2007, will affect approximately 11,000 writers, mostly based in Hollywood and New York and will result in the shutdown of numerous scripted programs with its most immediate impact on late night talk shows which have now shut down.
