#warren leight

[thatesqcrush]

poor bby looks so tired

[fans4wga]

Again, this is the anticipated broadcast network TV (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, etc.) fall season timeline, given the possible SAG-AFTRA + WGA strike on July 1st.

Late night shows will return first.

If writing resumes in September, shooting might begin early/mid October. Episodes will most likely air starting in Jan 2024.

Networks can't afford a strike until December. The longer [the] strike goes, the more it will benefit deep-pocketed streamers who are trying to put the networks out of business. If networks don't cut a deal on mini rooms, and streaming $, they'll lose a season, and streamers will replace them.

[thefirsthogokage]

More Strike Tweets I've Collected But Hadn't Posted Yet

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That chart:

The strike is into its 6th week. Fuck those directors and producers.

[thena0315]

Mini SVU reunion last at 24 Hour on Broadway Plays

Others include:

Octavio Pisano

Ari'el Stachel

Andy Karl and his wife

[bensonnstabler]

warren leight and william lewis sharing the same initials is not a coincidence and is a further attempt to remind viewers that olivia benson's character suffered from a severe shift towards performative healing that was purely orchestrated for the male gaze. the dichotomy between her being seen as ultimately 'unfuckable' at the hands of a psychopathic rapist; and yet somehow depicted as sexually transgressive by becoming a single mother of an adopted son by the showrunner is a yet another reminder of the constant and problematic misogynistic undertones in svu 2.0. in this essay i will

[detectivechen]

Tomorrow (Friday, June 23) is the last call to vote NO on ratifying the DGA's deal with the AMPTP.

The sentiments expressed in interviews run counter to the prevailing mood on Twitter, where members have been urging a “no” vote. Opponents of the deal include prominent writer-directors such as Warren Leight, Larry Charles and Lilly Wachowski.

[taylorkellyreporting]

“i am stepping down at the end of #svu23.”

[sweaterkittensahoy]

They're really naming Rollins's last episode--where it appears she's getting fucking MARRIED--"And a Trauma in a Pear Tree."

Just.

Doing that.

I would like to remind you that Warren Leight does not have a Peabody.

[iamknicole]

Ion got nobody else to say it to so I'll say it to all (because I've annoyed everyone around me with it just so nobody takes offense)🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️

Watching SVU ain't the same no more. Season what 13 and 14 were already shaky by they got better. But season 21 and on, it got questionable.

Whether it was Dick, Warren or writers in that writers room.... ima need them to tighten up. It doesn't have that spark anymore or feel compete. Just feels like a bunch of things thrown together.

But what do I know🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️

SN: ion wanna hear "just giving what some other fans wants" or "just stop watching" Cause go to hell... I'm venting🙄

[svu-bracket]

championship (round 12)

episode descriptions under the cut

burning with rage forever -> a boy disappears after meeting up with an online gamer. benson suspects her son is being bullied (imdb). after defeating brooke shields, noah comes out as a Bisexual King. the case also reinforces some unfortunate ideas about the cycle of abuse. and ummm yeah noah is in a dog cage at the beginning :/

confess your sins to be free -> when the only evidence of a crime is a church confession, carisi must find another way to prove his suspect guilty. benson agrees to meet with an old friend seeking to make amends for past transgressions (imdb). also known as, The One Where Olivia Decides The Rapist is The Victim. too many issues to note.  b-storyline about a priest doing weird rapist vigilante stuff and carisi having thoughts on catholicism. fuck u warren leight!

[fans4wga]

"There goes the fall season." –Mini Q&A w/ WGA Strike Captain Warren Leight

[Mod Note: Please encourage SAG-AFTRA members to VOTE YES on the strike authorization here by 5:00 PM PT on Monday, June 5th, 2023.

It is not a guarantee that SAG-AFTRA will strike, unless 75% of their members vote yes to authorize one in the event that negotiations, starting on June 7, fall through. Their contract expires on June 30, at midnight, meaning they could strike as early as July 1.

Having an overwhelming majority of members (aka 99%) authorize a strike allows the board to negotiate from a place of strength.

Unions are stronger together, so this move would not only benefit SAG-AFTRA members, but also members of the WGA. As a reminder, if everyone in show business agrees to not work and/or not cross a picket line, then the studios will be under great pressure to agree to a fair deal in order for productions to resume.]

[thefirsthogokage]

Oh fuck. And ONCE YET AGAIN, FUCK RYAN MURPHY

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A WGA leadership memo notes the threatened litigation prompted showrunner Warren Leight to step back from captaining duties and also implored members: "Our foe in this fight is not other members, it is the AMPTP. If we turn on each other, the AMPTP wins."

I do remember John Rogers tweet that as a WGA board member, it wouldn't be right to comment on certain things at this time, so he hoped other members would do it. I can't remember the specifics, but I know Google doesn't pick up Twitter anymore, so, 🙃. I should have saved it. But I don't 100% remember the timing of it and it was vague enough it could have applied to a few things.

Anywho, it's perfectly fair - in my opinion - to turn on scabs like Ryan Murphy who feel they're above everything because they know that networks will keep hiring him.

The article has a lot of stuff in it about the lawsuit. But I just want to say, I remember seeing Warren's work on Twitter...

Leight, an outspoken New York-based WGA member, had been dubbed as the East Coast’s “Air Traffic Controller” for his efforts leading the so-called Rapid Response Team that directs striking writers to filming locations. Leight declined to comment for this story.

...he did a HELL of a job. It sucks that this is happening because he's work was definitely needed. Like, I might not like the guy, and he got himself into this position by tweeting what he did even though he was the co-chair of the Strike Rules Compliance Committee, there must have been some rules about this.

So one of the things that pisses me off here is that he should have known better, had to bench himself, and the strike may suffer because he's not doing what he was, and it's on him not keeping his fingers from typing things he knew shouldn't have. Things other people were already saying.

According to the memo, Leight has stepped back from his duties as co-chair of the Strike Rules Compliance Committee and as a captain.

Sources say the WGA’s letter followed a regularly scheduled strategy meeting with WGA East leadership, including Michael Winship, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen and Chris Kyle, and strike captains that turned contentious. “We were talking about themed pickets. Nobody discussed Warren and everyone was like, ‘When is someone going to talk about Ryan Murphy?’” says one East Coast strike captain. “People were pissed. We wanted an explanation and answer about why Warren lost his captain’s hat and what happened. He was our leader.”

🙃🙃🙃 He was doing SUCH AN amazing job. It really, really sucks that he stepped down. And he's partially to blame. I mean, who the fuck would have thought being a guy in his position as a Captain that it would be a good idea to go after giant bastard Ryan Murphy?

Again, this is just frustrating from both angles: Warren Leight pulling a dumb as a Captain, and the loss of Warren Leight as a strike captain.

Multiple sources tell THR that only four scripted TV series remain in production on the East Coast — with three of them produced by Murphy: American Horror Story, American Sports Story and the episodic anthology American Horror Stories (the fourth is Lionsgate/Starz’s Power Book 2: Ghost). In addition to being a member of the WGA West, Murphy is a producer and director and is permitted to continue working provided he is not rendering services performed by writers. Multiple sources say Murphy was spotted twice last week in New York crossing WGA picket lines. Sources close to Murphy say he has not been in New York for the past month.

Those last two statements contradict each other, but I would take anything from Murphy's circle with a huge, huge, grain of salt. Still wish people took pictures. Writers crossing the picket lines need to be named and shamed.

“He is following the letter of the law and going to set as a producer/showrunner/director and says he’s not doing writing — and no guild can convict somebody of conjecture,” says another East Coast captain. “A million of us would love to see it, but there’s no proof that he’s scabbing; he’s doing scripts that were done before strike started.”

Bullshit. No way even "The Great Ryan Murphy" can predict all the problems that would come up beforehand and have everything written out. No fucking way.

The WGA, meanwhile, said in its memo that we will “continue to picket [Murphy’s] shows,” and that the Strike Rules Compliance Committee will investigate all leads concerning potential violations. (If Murphy is found in violation of the strike rules, he can be suspended or expelled from membership, hit with monetary fines or censured. After the 2007-08 writers strike, the WGA brought members alleged to have violated strike rules before a trial committee, as in the case of Jay Leno, who was cleared of wrongdoing).

HE BETTER BE FUCKING EXPELLED!

The internal squabbling comes as news leaked June 20 that Murphy, one of the industry’s most powerful showrunners, has been negotiating with Disney to return to the studio with a rich overall deal after his $300 million Netflix pact expired. In the memo to captains, the WGA officers implored them to stay focused on the fight at hand, noting, “Our foe in this fight is not other members, it is the AMPTP. If we turn on each other, the AMPTP wins.”

How is this not expulsion worthy? HOW?! Your foe is ALSO PEOPLE WILLINGLY PULLING THIS BULLSHIT!

From the letter:

Losing Warren as a strike captain is the last thing any of us wanted, but he understood that his actions on this particular issue exposed the Guild to potential liability, especially as co-chair of the very committee investigating Murphy. His tweet was also in direct contradiction with instructions he had received multiple times from WGAE and WGAW leadership and staff about his use of social media.

LIKE I SAID, WARREN WAS A GODDAMN DUMBASS!

• We will not quit on Ryan Murphy. We continue to picket his shows, and the Strike Rules Compliance Committee continues to investigate all leads. Send. Us. Leads.

This kind of sounds like they're looking for any and all reason to give that son of a bitch Murphy the boot. I hope they find it.

Fuck Ryan Murphy!

No way someone hasn't had to make at least one edit this far into strike with THREE shows in production. No way. Someone has to have proof.

Fuck Ryan Murphy, his ass needs to kicked from the Guild.

[thena0315]

“she wasn’t that into him.” - Warren Leight

Yeah Warren, we can tell from the way she hugged him that she wasn’t that serious with Carisi

[rahleeyah]

Never gonna be over the writers having Burton promise Olivia he won't talk about her at his meeting and then immediately talking about her as soon as she walks in and still wanting us to be sympathetic to him like!!!!! No!!!! What was the point of 500 having Olivia come to terms with the fact that what he did was in fact abusive and seeing his true colors in his final scene and walking away with her head held high only to beat every ounce of self respect out of her when they brought him back if I ever see Warren Leight on the street I'm gonna punch him in the dick

[always-rolling-my-eyes]

Very nice of Ryan Murphy to continuously remind us what a piece of shit he is