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The 5 Biggest Narratives After Week 1 of the Writers Strike

The Town with Matthew Belloni

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The Guild's View on Mandatory Staffing

I read last night that Netflix hasn't cut the overalls yet. I wonder why they are hesitant there or if they're just trying to be the good guys here for a little bit. The writers want a level of mandatory staffing on shows, meaning you have to hire a certain amount of writers for a writer's room on a show. And the studio say that is not only not really feasible, but it's not antithetical to the creative process.

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