Liz Hynes

a staff writer for “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” Sean Collins-Smith, story editor on “Chicago PD”

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More than 11,000 film and TV writers hit the picket lines today. Their contract expired at midnight. WGA and AMPTP did not agree on new terms.

Studios made ‘laughable’ counter to WGA proposals, says TV editor

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