Actors who host podcasts were divided on how or whether to continue their programs this week, as the 8-day-old Hollywood actors’ strike reverberated through an adjacent industry that didn’t exist during the union’s last work stoppage 43 years ago.
The official targets of the strike are film and television productions associated with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, a group that includes all of the major Hollywood studios and streamers like Netflix, Amazon and Apple.
But messaging from the actors’ union, SAG-AFTRA, barring promotion of past or future work for the studios has left some members unsure of whether their podcasts are in violation of union policy.
The actors hosting podcasts that recap the TV shows “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “One Tree Hill” and “Bones,” for example, canceled or did special episodes this week.
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Alliance, Television Producers, Hollywood, Netflix, SAG
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Philadelphia