‘The Talk’ has delayed its season 14 premiere amid the ongoing writers' and actors' strikes.Photo:Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty
Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty
The Talkis no longer returning on Monday.
PEOPLE can confirm that the CBS daytime talk show, which has been on air since 2010, has decided to delay its originally scheduled season 14 premiere following backlash for returning amid the ongoingWriters Guild of America (WGA)andSAG-AFTRA actors' unionstrikes.
“The Talkis pausing its season premiere scheduled for September 18,” CBS said in a statement to PEOPLE on Sunday. “We will continue to evaluate plans for a new launch date.”
According toDeadline, WGA members began picketing outside the Radford Studio Center in Studio City, California, whereThe Talkand other CBS productions are filmed, after it was announced on Wednesday that the series would return amid the Hollywood strikes.
‘The Talk’ has decided not to go ahead with its scheduled season 14 premiere date.Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty
At the time, the outlet reported that the Daytime Emmy Award-winning series is mostly unscripted, with only one staff writer position out of 150 total jobs on the show. In compliance with the WGA strike, the staff writer position will not filled for the upcoming season and the hosts are expected to ad-lib.
Barrymore, 48, issued astatementon Instagram Sunday following criticism she received for initially moving forward with the show’s return despite the strikes.
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Drew Barrymore has reversed her decision to bring back her talk show amid the ongoing Hollywood strikes.Taylor Hill/FilmMagic
Taylor Hill/FilmMagic
“I have listened to everyone, and I am making the decision to pause the show’s premiere until the strike is over,” Barrymore wrote.
She continued, “I have no words to express my deepest apologies to anyone I have hurt and, of course, to our incredible team who works on the show and has made it what it is today. We really tried to find our way forward.”
“And I truly hope for a resolution for the entire industry very soon,” she concluded.
In a statement, a CBS Media Ventures spokesperson said, “We support Drew’s decision to pause the show’s return and understand how complex and difficult this process has been for her.”
Members of the WGA-EAST and SAG-AFTRA picket outside of The Drew Barrymore Show.Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty
Barrymore, who has hosted her talk show since 2020, received negative feedback for bringing the program back during the strikes. The actress initiallydefended the decisionin a Sept. 10 statement onInstagram.
She later shared anow-deleted videoon Instagram on Friday in which she apologized and maintained her stance on resuming the show. Within hours, the post was deleted from her account, along with the original announcement.
The WGA hasbeen on strikesince May 2 after the Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) were unable to come to an agreement before the previous contract expired. The writers are seeking higher pay, minimum staffing requirements, residuals from streaming and regulation of artificial intelligence (AI), to name a few key issues. This marks the first dual strike since 1960.
source: people.com
