Comments on: Uh, What Constitutes An Awards Show?

By: devin

devin — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:06:36 +0000

WGA awards ’show’? hardly - and you can bet picketeers would be exiting from a lineup of limos.

By: Striking Writer

Striking Writer — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:39:44 +0000

The Guild did the right thing here. To proceed with our own awards presentation while others are cancelled in the wake of our strike would be unseemly at best.

By: i'd like krispy kreme please

i'd like krispy kreme please — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:48:28 +0000

If the producer’s picket will the agencies bring them coffee and doughnuts?

By: Non-disgruntled BTL

Non-disgruntled BTL — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:09:03 +0000

Is there no show because of all the rumors flying around that IATSE and the other BTL workers that are being screwed by the WGA were planning on picketing this event?Or - maybe the WGA are not a passel of insensitive brutes and were able to figure out all by themselves that a WGA awards show would be inappropriate.

My uninformed speculation’s just as good as yours, so it’s a tie.

Unemployed BTL Worker With No WGA Problem
But Sure Getting Screwed by the AMPTP

By: sam

sam — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:36:45 +0000

I think the WGAW did take the rumors of a massive picket on their awards night. There’s been a big buzz of it in the L.A. Times

By: Awards non groupie

Awards non groupie — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:00:38 +0000

The Producers Guild gives out awards and for some reason we call it an awards show - it is a major misnomer.

It’s a dinner that allows members to pat each other on the back. Similar to the WGA/DGA and yes, the SAG awards. (apologizes to any guild/union/splinter group that has an award that I omitted - it was not intentional)

By: writerperson

writerperson — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:25:32 +0000

I think you are being a bit mean. I’ve been to WGA Awards shows and PGA shows and Emmys and to me they are all the same… boring, but fun to dress up. In fact, the worst are the PGA ones because the producers can’t manage to ever start the event on time, and they order the strangest items from the menu for the dinner.

By: Frank G.

Frank G. — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:05:09 +0000

Is there no show because of all the rumors flying around that IATSE and the other BTL workers that are being screwed by the WGA were planning on picketing this event?

By: Scotty

Scotty — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:48:47 +0000

Really? The WGA awards looked like a really fancy shindig in the pilot episode of Studio 60. So there’s another myth ruined for me. Curse you, real world!

By: tv editor

tv editor — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:43:26 +0000

Wow, even the Writers Guild Awards can’t get a waiver. What hard asses.