Ugly Betty Knee-Deep In WGA Strike
America Ferrera joined the Writer’s Guild of America picket lines Monday in solidarity with the writers. Notice from this photo that she’s wearing her Betty necklace, and I think, one of Betty’s dresses. Did she come stright from the set? If so, that would be quite interesting. Hopefully the actors and runners, showing solidarity will bring the producers back to the table more quickly.
Speaking of, there is a very helpful article in Variety about the runners and others who have dual roles, like Ugly Betty executive producer Silvio Horta:
Silvio Horta, creator-exec producer of ABC’s “Ugly Betty,” was mulling over his next move Tuesday afternoon while walking the picket line in front of Paramount Pictures.
He’s been a part of every final mix session for his show since it began. He and his writers worked until 3:30 a.m. Saturday to finish work on episode 13 of the season.
Horta said he definitely won’t cross a picket line to work on his show, but he knows it would be possible for him to participate by phone. As of late afternoon, he hadn’t decided what to do about the mix session.
“The perfectionist in me wants to participate,” he said. “The Norma Rae in me wants to support my union.”
Read on…Horta isn’t wavering on the issues. “The producers’ position is just abominable,” he said, adding that he’s “been swayed much more” in the past few days due to the letters from Rhimes and Ryan. [Shonda Rhimes (”Grey’s Anatomy,” “Private Practice”) and Shawn Ryan (”The Shield,” “The Unit”) ]
“It’s a tough position because it’s your baby, and you want to protect it,” he said. “But none of us want to be in a position where we’re helping producers get more episodes out of us.”
Horta planned to attend today’s showrunners’ picket and a possible lunch, where he said he’ll be listening to what other hyphenates have to say.
There is much more in the original post. Did you notice that they just finished work on the 13th episode? Number 7 will air tomorrow - there will be a few more before the slow holiday season. So, it looks like Ugly Betty will continue on the air through early next year, unless ABC decides to hold onto them.
I’ll keep you posted on strike news as I get it. Stay tuned.
Source: Variety, MEtro.co.uk
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1 opinion for Ugly Betty Knee-Deep In WGA Strike
TracyLynn
Nov 7, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Thanks for keeping us up to date…..I really hope this is resolved so that there isnt much of a hiccup in programming.
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