If a writer is striking doesn’t their health insurance stop except in the rare cases when someone was paying premiums like I think at least one of the late night talk show hosts is doing it for their writing team. I understand going fi core as a writer if you need to keep your insurance… at least there is accountability with ficore as we knew who did it after the fact unlike when a show has no on listed as writing a program.

Glad I moved to LA...

1 hour ago, Errol said:

Glad I moved to LA...

Did you actually drive by the studio?

12 hours ago, BoldRestless said:

Did you actually drive by the studio?

Yup 😆

25 minutes ago, Errol said:

Yup 😆

Now you're just being a tease! 😋

1 hour ago, BoldRestless said:

Now you're just being a tease! 😋

I will have something more later today.

EXCLUSIVE: "General Hospital" targeted by picketers during WGA strike, allegedly utilizing "Fi-Core" writers. Plus, find out who has gone "Fi-Core" in 2023.

https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2023/06/exclusive-wga-strike-general-hospital-picketed-allegations-of-scab-writing

Damn @Errol got the tea! Why only GH? Is it just because of the FI CORE writers?

Errol with the exclusive!

1 minute ago, dragonflies said:

Damn @Errol got the tea! Why only GH? Is it just because of the FI CORE writers?

As noted in the article: Members added to the Fi-Core list this year includes Sheri Anderson, a former head writer and current story consultant at “Days of our Lives,” Mark Pinciotti, a producer at “The Bold and the Beautiful,” and Michael Minnis, the co-head writer of “The Bold and the Beautiful.”

No one from "General Hospital" has been named, but allegedly people have been installed based on why there are picketers there. My understanding is the show does have long-term scripts already written prior to the strike, so that could also be the reason why no one has been formally named right now, maybe down the line.

Actors should take the opportunity to adlib so they don't all sound like bored robots.

Thanks @Errol so Michael Minnis will probably be BOLD's scab writer during the strike then?

1 minute ago, dragonflies said:

Thanks @Errol so Michael Minnis will probably be BOLD's scab writer during the strike then?

Officially, he went "Fi-Core," according to the WGA itself. WGAW Financial Core List

These are the 2023 members (so far): 

2023

• Sheri Anderson
• Michael Minnis
• Mark Pinciotti 
• Matthew Sand

Thanks @Errolyou da best!

Does that mean Sheri Anderson is returning to DAYS, because she left back in 2019?