Hundreds of WGA East members who work for Hearst Magazines Media are planning to stage a walkout Thursday to demand a fair contract. The half-day action is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Et and will last the remainder of the day.
“WGA East members at Hearst have been bargaining a first contract for over two years and their last scheduled day of negotiations is March 28,” the guild said. “With only one bargaining session left, the Hearst Union is taking collective action with a unit-wide walkout in their fight for a fair first contract.”
Rallies in support of the walkout will be held at four locations: outside the Hearst Tower in Manhattan; at the Hearst offices in Easton, Pa; at the Hearst offices in Ann Arbor, Mi; and the Hearst offices in Birmingham, Al.
The guild represents some 500 of the publishing giant’s editorial, video, design and photo staff at more than 25 brands including Esquire,...
“WGA East members at Hearst have been bargaining a first contract for over two years and their last scheduled day of negotiations is March 28,” the guild said. “With only one bargaining session left, the Hearst Union is taking collective action with a unit-wide walkout in their fight for a fair first contract.”
Rallies in support of the walkout will be held at four locations: outside the Hearst Tower in Manhattan; at the Hearst offices in Easton, Pa; at the Hearst offices in Ann Arbor, Mi; and the Hearst offices in Birmingham, Al.
The guild represents some 500 of the publishing giant’s editorial, video, design and photo staff at more than 25 brands including Esquire,...
- 3/21/2023
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
More than 400 prominent female writers and showrunners sent a letter today to the heads of the major studios expressing their “grave concerns” about the companies’ “lack of specific production protocols” to protect their workers in anti-abortion states.
The letters, which state that “it is unacceptable to ask any person to choose between their human rights and their employment,” also demanded that the companies “pledge to discontinue all political donations to anti-abortion candidates and political action committees immediately.”
Deadline has obtained a copy of the letter to Netflix, which organizers say was sent to top executives at Amazon Studios, AMC Networks, Apple, Disney, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount Global, , and Warner Bros. Discovery.
The letters, whose signers include Ava DuVernay, Shonda Rhimes, Amy Schumer, Marta Kauffman, Callie Khouri, WGA West vice president Michele Mulroney and WGA West secretary-treasurer Betsy Thomas, said that “this situation raises basic matters of equality, health, and safety in the workplace.
The letters, which state that “it is unacceptable to ask any person to choose between their human rights and their employment,” also demanded that the companies “pledge to discontinue all political donations to anti-abortion candidates and political action committees immediately.”
Deadline has obtained a copy of the letter to Netflix, which organizers say was sent to top executives at Amazon Studios, AMC Networks, Apple, Disney, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount Global, , and Warner Bros. Discovery.
The letters, whose signers include Ava DuVernay, Shonda Rhimes, Amy Schumer, Marta Kauffman, Callie Khouri, WGA West vice president Michele Mulroney and WGA West secretary-treasurer Betsy Thomas, said that “this situation raises basic matters of equality, health, and safety in the workplace.
- 7/28/2022
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
“Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” has been canceled at TBS after seven seasons.
“After 7 seasons, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee will not be returning to TBS this fall,” the show’s official Twitter account wrote. “We’re so thankful for our loyal audience, our amazing team, and that we got to annoy the right people every week—that there wasn’t wrestling or baseball or a very special episode of Big Bang.”
The weekly late-night series is the latest to be cut from the Warner Bros. Discovery slate, after shows “Chad” and “The Big D,” the latter of which was axed ahead of its premiere. News of these cancellations comes after WarnerMedia and Discovery completed their merger in April, which resulted in sweeping changes at the companies, including numerous executive staff exits.
Bee’s Emmy-winning satirical series first aired in 2016, following her tenure on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show...
“After 7 seasons, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee will not be returning to TBS this fall,” the show’s official Twitter account wrote. “We’re so thankful for our loyal audience, our amazing team, and that we got to annoy the right people every week—that there wasn’t wrestling or baseball or a very special episode of Big Bang.”
The weekly late-night series is the latest to be cut from the Warner Bros. Discovery slate, after shows “Chad” and “The Big D,” the latter of which was axed ahead of its premiere. News of these cancellations comes after WarnerMedia and Discovery completed their merger in April, which resulted in sweeping changes at the companies, including numerous executive staff exits.
Bee’s Emmy-winning satirical series first aired in 2016, following her tenure on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show...
- 7/25/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee is over at TBS.
The cable network has canceled the weekly late-night series after seven seasons.
It is the latest major cancellation at the Warner Bros. Discovery network following the merger. Other shows canceled on the network include the second season of Chad and reality series The Big D, which was axed ahead of its premiere.
TV Cancellations Photo Gallery: Shows Ending In 2022 & Beyond
It is a blow for diversity in the late-night space, Bee was the most high-profile female talk show host and her departure comes just days after Desus & Mero split and exited their Showtime late-night series. Bee was one of the few late-night talk show hosts that would dive deep into subjects such as abortion.
Bee’s departure follows that of Brett Weitz, general manager of TNT, TBS and truTV, who was her big supporter at the network.
A TBS spokeswoman told Deadline,...
The cable network has canceled the weekly late-night series after seven seasons.
It is the latest major cancellation at the Warner Bros. Discovery network following the merger. Other shows canceled on the network include the second season of Chad and reality series The Big D, which was axed ahead of its premiere.
TV Cancellations Photo Gallery: Shows Ending In 2022 & Beyond
It is a blow for diversity in the late-night space, Bee was the most high-profile female talk show host and her departure comes just days after Desus & Mero split and exited their Showtime late-night series. Bee was one of the few late-night talk show hosts that would dive deep into subjects such as abortion.
Bee’s departure follows that of Brett Weitz, general manager of TNT, TBS and truTV, who was her big supporter at the network.
A TBS spokeswoman told Deadline,...
- 7/25/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Maggie Haskins has a new title at Artists First: She’s been upped to partner.
Having started at the company more than 12 years ago as an intern, Haskins is considered an integral part of the company. Her focus is on female representation in front of and behind the camera, with clients like writer/producer Jen D’Angelo (Hocus Pocus 2), Stephanie Laing (Physical), Charmaine Bingwa (The Good Fight), Betsy Thomas (My Boys), Tawny Newsome (Space Force), comedian Heather McMahan, and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee head writer Kristen Bartlett.
She’s also producing the untitled sister comedy feature alongside her colleague Itay Reiss; it’s from Gloria Sanchez Productions at 20th for Hulu and stars Awkwafina and Sandra Oh. It was written by D’Angelo.
“I am so honored and thrilled to join the partnership at Artists First,” Haskins said in a statement. “I am grateful that from day one,...
Having started at the company more than 12 years ago as an intern, Haskins is considered an integral part of the company. Her focus is on female representation in front of and behind the camera, with clients like writer/producer Jen D’Angelo (Hocus Pocus 2), Stephanie Laing (Physical), Charmaine Bingwa (The Good Fight), Betsy Thomas (My Boys), Tawny Newsome (Space Force), comedian Heather McMahan, and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee head writer Kristen Bartlett.
She’s also producing the untitled sister comedy feature alongside her colleague Itay Reiss; it’s from Gloria Sanchez Productions at 20th for Hulu and stars Awkwafina and Sandra Oh. It was written by D’Angelo.
“I am so honored and thrilled to join the partnership at Artists First,” Haskins said in a statement. “I am grateful that from day one,...
- 5/19/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Maggie Haskins has been added as a partner at management and production company Artists First.
Haskins began at Artists First as an intern 12 years ago. Since then, she has become an essential arm of the company, emphasizing female representation in her work by advocating to have more women in positions of power in the entertainment industry, as well as in front of and behind the camera.
“I am so honored and thrilled to join the partnership at Artists First,” Haskins wrote in a statement accompanying the news. “I am grateful that from day one, my partners and colleagues believed in and supported me. This has been an incredible journey so far, and I look forward to continuing to work on behalf of our inspiring clients. This might be the thing that will finally help stop my mom from mistakenly calling me an agent.”
Haskins’ clients include Stephanie Laing, Rob Riggle,...
Haskins began at Artists First as an intern 12 years ago. Since then, she has become an essential arm of the company, emphasizing female representation in her work by advocating to have more women in positions of power in the entertainment industry, as well as in front of and behind the camera.
“I am so honored and thrilled to join the partnership at Artists First,” Haskins wrote in a statement accompanying the news. “I am grateful that from day one, my partners and colleagues believed in and supported me. This has been an incredible journey so far, and I look forward to continuing to work on behalf of our inspiring clients. This might be the thing that will finally help stop my mom from mistakenly calling me an agent.”
Haskins’ clients include Stephanie Laing, Rob Riggle,...
- 5/19/2022
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Real-life husband and wife Jack Cutmore-Scott (Deception) and Meaghan Rath (Hawaii Five-0) are taking their partnership back to the small screen.
The couple, who co-starred on Fox’s short-lived sitcom Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life, will headline and executive-produce the romantic workplace comedy Wouldn’t It Be Nice, which is in development at CBS, our sister site Deadline reports.
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The couple, who co-starred on Fox’s short-lived sitcom Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life, will headline and executive-produce the romantic workplace comedy Wouldn’t It Be Nice, which is in development at CBS, our sister site Deadline reports.
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- 12/15/2021
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Hawaii Five-0 alumna Meaghan Rath and former Deception star Jack Cutmore-Scott are set to star in and executive produce Wouldn’t It Be Nice, a single-camera comedy series in development at CBS from CBS Studios.
Written by Kristen Bartlett (Full Frontal with Samantha Bee) and to be directed by James Griffiths, Wouldn’t It Be Nice is a romantic workplace comedy inspired by Cutmore-Scott’s family wedding business in the UK.
Set at Walnut Hill on the Water, a small family-run wedding venue in Black Mountain, North Carolina, Wouldn’t It Be Nice centers around Georgina (Rath) and Nick (Cutmore-Scott), two co-managers who both wish they were a solo act. Together with their dedicated but dysfunctional staff, they work each week to set aside their hatred for each other and celebrate couples in love. The show is a celebration of partnerships – in love, business, and friendship – and...
Written by Kristen Bartlett (Full Frontal with Samantha Bee) and to be directed by James Griffiths, Wouldn’t It Be Nice is a romantic workplace comedy inspired by Cutmore-Scott’s family wedding business in the UK.
Set at Walnut Hill on the Water, a small family-run wedding venue in Black Mountain, North Carolina, Wouldn’t It Be Nice centers around Georgina (Rath) and Nick (Cutmore-Scott), two co-managers who both wish they were a solo act. Together with their dedicated but dysfunctional staff, they work each week to set aside their hatred for each other and celebrate couples in love. The show is a celebration of partnerships – in love, business, and friendship – and...
- 12/15/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
TNT and TBS have set winter premiere dates for three of their top series.
The third-season bow of TNT’s Snowpiercer is set for Monday, January 24. TNT’s late-nighter Full Frontal with Samantha Bee returns for Season 7 on Thursday, January 20, with Season 17 of its Seth McFarlane toon American Dad! set for Thursday, January 24.
Snowpiercer‘s second season ended with Layton (Daveed Diggs) and Ruth (Alison Wright), who were banished to Big Alice’s compost car, plotting to take back Snowpiercer. With the help of Javier (Roberto Urbina) and Alexandra (Rowan Blanchard), Layton and Ruth made it back to the train and rallied with their supporters. Josie (Katie McGuiness) destroyed the Aquarium car, separating Snowpiercer’s head from the remaining 1,023 cars. Season 3 picks up with Layton and his inner circle commanding a small 10-car “pirate train” in search of Melanie (Jennifer Connelly) and a possible warm location to restart civilization. Meanwhile,...
The third-season bow of TNT’s Snowpiercer is set for Monday, January 24. TNT’s late-nighter Full Frontal with Samantha Bee returns for Season 7 on Thursday, January 20, with Season 17 of its Seth McFarlane toon American Dad! set for Thursday, January 24.
Snowpiercer‘s second season ended with Layton (Daveed Diggs) and Ruth (Alison Wright), who were banished to Big Alice’s compost car, plotting to take back Snowpiercer. With the help of Javier (Roberto Urbina) and Alexandra (Rowan Blanchard), Layton and Ruth made it back to the train and rallied with their supporters. Josie (Katie McGuiness) destroyed the Aquarium car, separating Snowpiercer’s head from the remaining 1,023 cars. Season 3 picks up with Layton and his inner circle commanding a small 10-car “pirate train” in search of Melanie (Jennifer Connelly) and a possible warm location to restart civilization. Meanwhile,...
- 11/3/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Talk show host Ziwe, playwright Hilary Bettis and journalist Gabriel Sherman are among the 30 participants set for the WGA East’s first Showrunner Academy program.
The program aims to help established writers gain the training and skills needed to advance to showrunners. The academy will be led by veteran showrunners Diana Son (“Law & Order: Criminal Intent”) and Frank Pugliese (“House of Cards”).
The program, which runs through November, and will include a host of panels and workshops led by prominent writers and showrunners. The list includes: “Things to Know Before Running Your First Series” with Meredith Scardino, Rj Fried and Sarah Treem; “Crisis and Risk Management for Showrunners” with Glen Mazzara; “Managing Multiple Series in Development” with Tina Fey and Robert Carlock; “Hiring Writers” with Michelle King and Elizabeth Kruger; “Managing a Comedy Writers Room and Managing a Drama Writers Room” with Carly Mensch, Liz Flahive and David Simon...
The program aims to help established writers gain the training and skills needed to advance to showrunners. The academy will be led by veteran showrunners Diana Son (“Law & Order: Criminal Intent”) and Frank Pugliese (“House of Cards”).
The program, which runs through November, and will include a host of panels and workshops led by prominent writers and showrunners. The list includes: “Things to Know Before Running Your First Series” with Meredith Scardino, Rj Fried and Sarah Treem; “Crisis and Risk Management for Showrunners” with Glen Mazzara; “Managing Multiple Series in Development” with Tina Fey and Robert Carlock; “Hiring Writers” with Michelle King and Elizabeth Kruger; “Managing a Comedy Writers Room and Managing a Drama Writers Room” with Carly Mensch, Liz Flahive and David Simon...
- 10/7/2021
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
TBS announced that “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” has been renewed for a seventh season. The network also renewed its first look deal with Bee’s production company Swimsuit Competition, which aims to develop original content while discovering new talent.
Bee’s late night talk show will move from its current Wednesday slot to Thursday nights in Jan. 2022, and production for Season 7 will also begin early next year. “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” spotlights Bee as a political satirist who discusses issues such as sexual assault in the media, climate change and child marriage in the U.S. The show also implements charitable initiatives such as last year’s #MailedIt campaign to support the United States Postal Service, and has reported segments from all over the world, including Rwanda, Jordan, Germany and other countries.
“Shining a spotlight on important issues and people, Sam provides needed commentary and asks questions of...
Bee’s late night talk show will move from its current Wednesday slot to Thursday nights in Jan. 2022, and production for Season 7 will also begin early next year. “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” spotlights Bee as a political satirist who discusses issues such as sexual assault in the media, climate change and child marriage in the U.S. The show also implements charitable initiatives such as last year’s #MailedIt campaign to support the United States Postal Service, and has reported segments from all over the world, including Rwanda, Jordan, Germany and other countries.
“Shining a spotlight on important issues and people, Sam provides needed commentary and asks questions of...
- 9/23/2021
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Samantha Bea’s TBS late night show “Full Frontal” is getting a seventh season and new time slot. Starting in January, “Full Frontal” will air on Thursday nights.
“Full Frontal” is moving to a new night to make way for All Elite Wrestling’s ““Aew: Dynamite,” which is moving over from TNT to TBS next year and also airs on Wednesdays. Next month, TNT begins airing NHL hockey on Wednesday nights at 7 pm and 10 pm Et.
TBS also re-upped its first-look deal with Bee’s production company, Swimsuit Competition.
“I’m beyond excited to be returning to TBS for a seventh season,” said Bee. “Now we have enough seasons for you to binge one every day of the week. I warned you I was tenacious.”
“Shining a spotlight on important issues and people, Sam provides needed commentary and asks questions of authority and ourselves that need to be asked,” added Brett Weitz,...
“Full Frontal” is moving to a new night to make way for All Elite Wrestling’s ““Aew: Dynamite,” which is moving over from TNT to TBS next year and also airs on Wednesdays. Next month, TNT begins airing NHL hockey on Wednesday nights at 7 pm and 10 pm Et.
TBS also re-upped its first-look deal with Bee’s production company, Swimsuit Competition.
“I’m beyond excited to be returning to TBS for a seventh season,” said Bee. “Now we have enough seasons for you to binge one every day of the week. I warned you I was tenacious.”
“Shining a spotlight on important issues and people, Sam provides needed commentary and asks questions of authority and ourselves that need to be asked,” added Brett Weitz,...
- 9/23/2021
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
The Writers Guild of America, East is hosting their annual “And the Nominees Are…” Panels on March 10th, and Variety will host the livestreams.
The Comedy/Variety Series Panel will take place at 10:00am Pt / 1:00pm Et, while the Long-Form TV Movie & Limited Series Panel will take place at 4:00pm Pt / 7:00pm Et. Both will be streamed on Variety.com via the YouTube link below.
The Comedy/Variety Series panel will feature the following nominees:
Kristen Bartlett (“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee”)
Alex Baze (“Late Night With Seth Meyers”)
Jenny Hagel
Michael Koman (“How To with John Wilson”)
Mike Pielocik (“Desus & Mero”)
The panel will be moderated by Variety‘s Cynthia Littleton.
Later in the day, the Long-Form TV Movie & Limited Series Panel will feature the following nominees:
Alan Ball (“Uncle Frank”)
Ian Brennan (“Hollywood”)
Alexandra Cunningham (“Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story”)
Scott Frank...
The Comedy/Variety Series Panel will take place at 10:00am Pt / 1:00pm Et, while the Long-Form TV Movie & Limited Series Panel will take place at 4:00pm Pt / 7:00pm Et. Both will be streamed on Variety.com via the YouTube link below.
The Comedy/Variety Series panel will feature the following nominees:
Kristen Bartlett (“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee”)
Alex Baze (“Late Night With Seth Meyers”)
Jenny Hagel
Michael Koman (“How To with John Wilson”)
Mike Pielocik (“Desus & Mero”)
The panel will be moderated by Variety‘s Cynthia Littleton.
Later in the day, the Long-Form TV Movie & Limited Series Panel will feature the following nominees:
Alan Ball (“Uncle Frank”)
Ian Brennan (“Hollywood”)
Alexandra Cunningham (“Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story”)
Scott Frank...
- 3/5/2021
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
The Television Academy Foundation has reworked its Summer college internship and fellowship programs for 2021, in recognition of the pandemic and the resulting uncertain job market. Applications for the summer 2021 programs are now available for eligible undergraduate and graduate students, and can be filed through Jan. 19, 2021.
Among 55 early career opportunities, the Academy will provide 20 full-time paid remote internships in development for a variety of television programs.
The foundation will also offer the “Start Trek Command Training Program,” established in partnership with CBS Studios, to offer immersive experiences with the creatives behind the “Star Trek” franchise. And internships for Los Angeles-area foster youth will be available through Dick Wolf’s Wolf Family Foundation. These two in-person programs will run from mid-June through mid-August 2021.
The Academy will offer 30 remote fellowships across 18 television disciplines, including directing, animation, casting, interactive media and scriptwriting. The summer fellows will be paired up with industry mentors and invited...
Among 55 early career opportunities, the Academy will provide 20 full-time paid remote internships in development for a variety of television programs.
The foundation will also offer the “Start Trek Command Training Program,” established in partnership with CBS Studios, to offer immersive experiences with the creatives behind the “Star Trek” franchise. And internships for Los Angeles-area foster youth will be available through Dick Wolf’s Wolf Family Foundation. These two in-person programs will run from mid-June through mid-August 2021.
The Academy will offer 30 remote fellowships across 18 television disciplines, including directing, animation, casting, interactive media and scriptwriting. The summer fellows will be paired up with industry mentors and invited...
- 11/17/2020
- by Janet W. Lee
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: ABC has put in development Big Wishes, a half-hour single camera comedy from Full Frontal with Samantha Bee co-head writer Kristen Bartlett, director James Griffiths and his Fee-Fi-Fo Films, 2 Dope Queens co-creator Phoebe Robinson and ABC Signature, where Griffiths is under a deal.
Written by Bartlett and directed by Griffiths, in Big Wishes, plenty of charities make wishes come true for sick kids, but Big Wishes asks who’s there to fulfill the dreams of dying adults? Karla and her best friend Hyacinth set out to right this wrong and give the 18 and older set a reason to live another day.
Bartlett executive produces with Griffiths via his Fee-Fi-Fo films banner and Robinson via her Tiny Reparations production company. ABC Signature is the studio.
“I couldn’t be happier to partner with Kristen,” said Robinson. “I fell in love with this project after reading the first page of the script.
Written by Bartlett and directed by Griffiths, in Big Wishes, plenty of charities make wishes come true for sick kids, but Big Wishes asks who’s there to fulfill the dreams of dying adults? Karla and her best friend Hyacinth set out to right this wrong and give the 18 and older set a reason to live another day.
Bartlett executive produces with Griffiths via his Fee-Fi-Fo films banner and Robinson via her Tiny Reparations production company. ABC Signature is the studio.
“I couldn’t be happier to partner with Kristen,” said Robinson. “I fell in love with this project after reading the first page of the script.
- 8/31/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Life comes at you fast. For Kristen Bartlett and Mike Drucker, who became head writers for “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” in February 2020, they thought the year’s biggest challenge would be the presidential campaign. They were expecting “an easy spring, we’ll ease into this in the summer, and then really ramp up in the election,” Drucker remembers. “I think two or three weeks into our job is when [the Covid-19 pandemic] happened.” Now they’re nominated for three Emmys including Best Variety Talk Series and Best Variety Series Writing. Watch our exclusive video interview with Bartlett and Drucker above.
“I was afraid of dying,” Bartlett admits. “We’re in New York City, surrounded by sirens nonstop … I would go to bed every night reading the scariest possible articles about what coronavirus is and what it could do, and how it was inescapable. So I would go to bed with that and...
“I was afraid of dying,” Bartlett admits. “We’re in New York City, surrounded by sirens nonstop … I would go to bed every night reading the scariest possible articles about what coronavirus is and what it could do, and how it was inescapable. So I would go to bed with that and...
- 8/18/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Many late-night hosts have regular segments they can turn to again and again to get laughs. Seth Meyers has “A Closer Look.” Jimmy Kimmel has “Mean Tweets.” Jimmy Fallon has his “Thank You Notes.” And James Corden has “Carpool Karaoke.”
On “Full Frontal,” one of TBS’ late-night entries, host Samantha Bee has none of those things. With a program that airs once a week, she doesn’t have the luxury of relying on regular concepts. “We expect to change things up for our personal interests,” says Bee in a recent interview. “I like to reinvent things as much as possible.”
Over the course of four seasons (the show’s fifth cycle just got underway), Bee has changed the set, the opening, and in recent weeks, some of her regular contributors and head writers. Earlier this month, “Full Frontal” elevated Mike Drucker and Kristen Bartlett to head writer titles, replacing Melinda Taub.
On “Full Frontal,” one of TBS’ late-night entries, host Samantha Bee has none of those things. With a program that airs once a week, she doesn’t have the luxury of relying on regular concepts. “We expect to change things up for our personal interests,” says Bee in a recent interview. “I like to reinvent things as much as possible.”
Over the course of four seasons (the show’s fifth cycle just got underway), Bee has changed the set, the opening, and in recent weeks, some of her regular contributors and head writers. Earlier this month, “Full Frontal” elevated Mike Drucker and Kristen Bartlett to head writer titles, replacing Melinda Taub.
- 2/24/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee has promoted Mike Drucker and Kristen Bartlett to co-head writers for the late-night talker’s fifth season, which kicked off last week. They replace former head writer Melina Taub.
The show’s writing team is coming off winning the 2020 Comedy/Variety Special WGA Award for last year’s Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
“Wait, we promoted who?”, said Bee. “I’m kidding, of course we promoted Mike and Kristen. They have been an instrumental part of our writing team. I’m an incredible recognizer of the incredibly talented.“
Writer-comedian Drucker joined the Full Frontal team in 2018. Before that, he was a staff writer on such shows as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Adam Ruins Everything, Bill Nye Saves the World, and The President Show. Bartkett is an alumna of Saturday Night Live and the Upright Citizens Brigade
“After three drafts of this statement,...
The show’s writing team is coming off winning the 2020 Comedy/Variety Special WGA Award for last year’s Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
“Wait, we promoted who?”, said Bee. “I’m kidding, of course we promoted Mike and Kristen. They have been an instrumental part of our writing team. I’m an incredible recognizer of the incredibly talented.“
Writer-comedian Drucker joined the Full Frontal team in 2018. Before that, he was a staff writer on such shows as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Adam Ruins Everything, Bill Nye Saves the World, and The President Show. Bartkett is an alumna of Saturday Night Live and the Upright Citizens Brigade
“After three drafts of this statement,...
- 2/13/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The WGA Awards boosted a pair of movie screenplays into Oscar frontrunner status on Saturday night, handing its marquee Original Screenplay award to Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won for Neon’s Parasite, and its Adapted Screenplay award to Taika Wiatiti for Searchlight’s Jojo Rabbit. Both of the winning scripts are nominated for Oscars on February 9.
This year the guild wasted no time in its 72nd edition, awarding its marquee prizes early in the night in simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. Many of the film-side nominees gathered in the Edison Ballroom in NYC, so as to make the shorter jump to the BAFTAs which are Sunday in London.
Last year, the guild did not line up with Oscar’s screenwriting prizes, awarding Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade in original screenplay and Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty’s Can You Ever Forgive Me? in adapted. Green...
This year the guild wasted no time in its 72nd edition, awarding its marquee prizes early in the night in simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. Many of the film-side nominees gathered in the Edison Ballroom in NYC, so as to make the shorter jump to the BAFTAs which are Sunday in London.
Last year, the guild did not line up with Oscar’s screenwriting prizes, awarding Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade in original screenplay and Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty’s Can You Ever Forgive Me? in adapted. Green...
- 2/2/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Following an exceptional break-out run that began in late 2016 and included landing a finalist spot in the Launch Pad Pilot Competition for her pilot Gilfs, signing with UTA, joining the writers room on “Saturday Night Live”, earning Emmy and WGA nominations, winning a WGA award, being named one of the Top new screenwriters to watch on the 2017 Young & Hungry List, seeing her show “The Dead Dads Club” sell out at the Upright Citizens Brigade, when it comes to Kristen Bartlett, we're genuinely not sure there's anything she can't do!
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- 5/3/2018
- by TBA
- The Tracking Board
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