When Drew Barrymore announced in May that she was stepping down as host of the MTV Movie & TV Awards to show solidarity with striking Hollywood writers, she received an outpouring of praise from fans and viewers who supported her stance.
One man held a sign that said, “Drew the right thing.”The network said “The Drew Barrymore Show,” a sunny, interview-oriented program that debuted in 2020, was returning without written material that is “covered by the W.G.A.
strike” — similar to the approach taken by some other talk shows during the dual strikes by writers and actors that have shut down much of Hollywood.
“The View,” the daytime juggernaut, began airing episodes from its new season this month.
On Monday afternoon, as “The Drew Barrymore Show” prepared to tape its first episode since April, a couple of dozen picketers from both the Writers Guild of America and the union that represents actors, SAG-AFTRA, marched outside CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street, as audience members lined up along the sidewalk for the day’s taping.
Persons:
Drew Barrymore, “ Drew, ”
Organizations:
MTV, CBS, Writers Guild of America, Center, West
Locations:
Manhattan, Hollywood