Why have the Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel shows been cancelled?

As of today, the most popular late night shows in the United States have been cancelled. This includes shows such as The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Tonight Show, hosted by Jimmy Fallon, and The Daily Show.

All of these shows have been canceled in support of the Writers Guild of America (WGA), which has just called an indefinite strike until the working conditions of writers across the country are reviewed. Moreover, they will not be the only ones to fall: all programs with regular writers are likely to be cancelled in the near future.

Screenwriters’ strike severely affects the industry

This can also happen with fiction series, movies and documentaries. Screenwriters’ strikes in the United States are very serious. The last one came in 2007 and caused the loss of 2 billion dollars to California, so everything seems to indicate that they are not going to mess around.

In the case of Jimmy Fallon, the host has made it very clear that he wouldn’t be what he was without writers, nor would his show be the same. In a short interview at the Met Gala, he got serious for the first time in a long time and gave his support to the writers:

The unions are asking for several improvements in their profession, among which are integrated some 600 million dollars more in salaries, a dignification of their work, optimized schedules and a good distribution of royalties for copyright, since Netflix and other platforms do not yield their data.

But one of the most interesting complaints from the WGA is the fight against Artificial Intelligence. They ask that chatbots cannot affect their work in any way, and demand that it be regulated by law. However, the producers’ guild does not agree.

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