“My decision to return to work was made when it seemed nothing was happening and there was no end in sight to this strike,” the host said, reversing course just five days after announcing his late-night homecoming.
Kenya Barriswas canceled on Friday after the WGA told members: “The WGA and AMPTP are in the process of scheduling a time to get back in the room.”
Maher’s program, which he previously admitted would “not be as good as our normal show” without a writing team, was also facing planned picketing outside of its Los Angeles studio on Tuesday. The Writers Guild of America West, of which Maher is a member, took to social media last week tohis decision to return “disappointing.” “If he goes forward with his plan, he needs to honor more than ‘the spirit of the strike,’” the organization said in a tweet.
Prior to confirming his now scrapped return, Maher had been openly critical of the writers strike; as he said on his
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