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Commotion: The brewing fight for the right to write

Today on Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud: television writer Michael Schur and entertainment journalist Teri Hart

Today on Commotion: Michael Schur and Teri Hart

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A man with "writer" printed on the back of a t-shirt joins members of the Writers Guild of America, East picket Rockefeller Center, the headquarters of NBC, 05 November 2007, in New York, a headshot of Michael Schur.
A man joins members of the Writers Guild of America, East as they picket Rockefeller Center, the headquarters of NBC in November 2007, showrunner Michael Schur. (STAN HONDA/AFP via Getty Images, Marlene Holston)
25:00The fight for the right to write TV, both then and potentially now

Today on Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud:

  • It's been 15 years since the Hollywood writers strike ended, and changed TV forever. Television writer Michael Schur shares memories from the front lines, having been a writer on The Office at the time, and why 15 years later the issues from back then are still unresolved.

  • With more labour strife brewing in writer's rooms across America, entertainment journalist Teri Hart shares why writers are demanding a better deal this time — and what's at stake.

You can also find today's episode — including an extended cut of our interview with Michael Schur — on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. 

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