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Lynette Rice
Senior TV Writer/TV Editor, Awards
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Before joining Deadline in 2022, Lynette spent 22 years at Entertainment Weekly where she covered the TV business for the magazine and website. Before that she worked for The Hollywood Reporter and Broadcasting & Cable. The San Diego State graduate is the author of the 2021 bestseller "How to Save a Life: The Inside Story of Grey's Anatomy."
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Fran Drescher Follows Up Comments Made On Picket Line, Says “I Think It’s Important That We Sit By Our Sister Unions In Solidarity”
SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher took some heat for comments she made on the picket line May 8, including how she doesn’t think what is “very important to writers … is the kind of the stuff that we’re [the actors] going after.”
But while guesting Tuesday on SiriusXM's The Julie Mason Show, the…
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Buchwald Promotes Angelo Padilla, Marion Campbell Kammer to Leadership Roles
EXCLUSIVE: Buchwald has upped veteran talent agents Angelo Padilla and Marion Campbell Kammer to Senior Vice President of Talent and Vice President of Talent, respectively. Both are based in the agency’s Los Angeles office.
Padilla has been a rising star at the agency, where he started as an agent…
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‘Tracker’: CBS To Premiere Justin Hartley Starrer After Super Bowl In 2024
Justin Hartley is about to get a prime berth on CBS: His new drama Tracker will debut after the network’s telecast of Super Bowl LVIII on February 11.
Previously known as The Never Game, the series follows a lone-wolf survivalist named Colter Shaw (Hartley), who roams the country as a "reward…
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‘Fantasy Island’ Canceled By Fox
No more tropical island escapes for Fox: the network is not renewing Fantasy Island for a third season.
Fox greenlit the contemporary version of the classic drama series in 2021. The series, which takes place at a luxury resort, starred Roselyn Sanchez stars as Elena Roarke, a descendant of the…
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Writers Get Creative With Picket Line Slogans: “Paulina Porizkova Is Dating A Writer. We Can Do Anything”; Porizkova Responds – Update
UPDATED, 5:56 PM: There’s no reason why writers can’t have a little fun while hitting the picket lines, right?
Protesting over past and future lost wages is serious business, but leave it to Hollywood scribes to find the levity in the most dire of situations. Besides trying to keep spirits up by reco…
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Story Arc:
Writers Guild Strike
May 10, 2023
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Chuck Lorre Joins Bill Prady On Picket Line In Front Of Warner Bros.
Some of Hollywood’s high-profile show creators with big overall deals have been noticeably absent from the picket line over the last eight days — that is, until Tuesday.
Chuck Lorre, the most successful sitcom creator working in television today, hit the picket line outside of Warner Bros. TV with…
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‘Sinking Spring’: Production On Apple TV Series Halted Due To Strike
The presence of picketers has temporarily shuttered another production, this time in Philadelphia.
Strike Captain Warren Leight announced via Twitter that Sinking Spring has shut down for the day. A notice went out earlier that encouraged WGA members to picket production on the Apple TV show.
And…
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‘Minx’ Creator Says Season 2 “Was Written In A 20 Week Room With Nine Writers And Zero Robots”
Minx Creator Ellen Rapoport has reason to celebrate today — her show has a premiere date on its new Starz home — but she hasn’t forgotten that it’s also day eight of the WGA strike.
After Starz revealed that her comedy would bow July 21, Rapoport reminded folks via Twitter how she was able to…
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George R.R. Martin Addresses Mini-Rooms, Calls Them An “Abomination”
George R.R. Martin has no patience with mini-rooms and how they make it impossible for new writers to succeed.
In his latest blog post, the author talks about how he got his start in TV by writing for The Twilight Zone in 1985. Had it not been for the old system where writers worked their way up, he…
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‘SNL’ Alums Tina Fey, Seth Meyers & Fred Armisen Join WGA Picket Line At Silvercup Studios
A trio of SNL greats joined the WGA picket line Tuesday at Silvercup Studios in Queens.
Tina Fey waved strike placards along with Seth Meyers and Fred Armisen outside of the studio, where American Horror Story continues to film its 12th season.
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‘Yellowstone’: Peacock To Stream First Half Of Season 5 Later This Month
On the heels of Paramount’s announcement that it will wrap Yellowstone later this year, Peacock is once again reminding folks that it has the exclusive rights to those ultra valuable reruns.
The streamer announced today that it will air all eight episodes of the first part of season five beginning…
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‘FBI: International’ Star Eva-Jane Willis Promises Tonight’s Episode Will Show New Side Of Smitty
FBI: International fans are about to learn a lot more about their good pal Smitty.
In tonight’s episode dubbed “Tradition of Secrets,” Europol Agent Megan “Smitty” Garretson (Eva-Jane Willis) will be forced to run interference for a troublesome family member. We asked Willis — who is about to wrap her…
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