Tag: Writers Guild of America
Animation Writers Demand Union Coverage for PBS-Made Animated Series
A contingent of prominent animation writers are fighting to get PBS to agree to cover its animated series in a new Writers Guild of...
Writers Guild Authorizes PBS Writers Strike with Support from Animation Faction
Writers Guild of America (WGA) members at PBS member stations WGBH, THIRTEEN and PBS SoCal voted to authorize a strike if management does not...
Sesame Workshop Writers Ready to Strike
Writers at Sesame Workshop, the not-for-profit company behind the 50-plus-year perennial kids' classic Sesame Street, have voted unanimously to authorize a strike through the Writers...
Elvis Has Left the Building: Netflix Cancels Animated Originals ‘Farzar,’ ‘Captain Fall’ & ‘Agent Elvis’
After reviewing the effects of seven months of production shutdowns due to the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild strikes -- which...
WGA Ratifies New Contract with AMPTP
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has announced the ratification of a 2023 minimum basic agreement with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television...
WGA Reaches Tentative Agreement to End Strike
An end to the months-long Hollywood writers' strike could be on the horizon, with the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Association of Motion...
Hollywood Strikes Delays Marvel’s ‘What If…?’ S2, ‘X-Men ’97’, ‘Bob’s Burgers’
The impact of the WGA strike begun in May and the solidarity strike by SAG-AFTRA is rippling into the animation industry. News out of...
East Coast Animation Writers Join WGA Picket Lines in Push for Coverage
On Tuesday, roughly 100 people marched in support of the Writers Guild of America outside the Warner Bros. Discovery building on Park Avenue South...
SAG-AFTRA Joins WGA Strike in Bid to Rewrite the Industry Script
On Thursday, July 13, the National Board of SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) voted to issue a...
Event Updates: Sandra Equihua Designs for WIA Summit, Henry Selick at VIEW Conference & More
In line with the Annecy Festival's spotlight on Mexican animation, Women in Animation has tapped accomplished artist and Emmy Award winner Sandra Equihua (El Tigre,...
Awards Wrap: ‘Undone’ Wins WGA; ‘Pinocchio’ & ‘Bad Traveling’ Score ACE Awards, PETA’s Cruelty-Free Honorees
Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) tonight announced the winners of the 2023 Writers Guild Awards (awards.wga.org) for...
‘Tuca & Bertie’ Creator Lisa Hanawalt Joins WGA Rebuke of Warner Bros. Discovery
In a follow-up to its 2021 report "Broken Promises: Media Mega Mergers and the Case for Antitrust Reform," the Writers Guild of America West...
WGA Nominates Trio of ‘Simpsons’ Eps., ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ ‘Undone’ and ‘Tuca & Bertie’
Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for categories including outstanding achievement in television during...
400+ WGA Members Commit to Fight for Animation Coverage
Following The Animation Guild's ( IATSE Local 839) new ratified contract, more than 400 members of the Writers Guild of America have signed onto...
Emmy-Winning ‘Animaniacs’ Writer Gordon Bressack Dies Age 68
Writer Gordon Bressack, best known for his work on iconic '90s toons Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain, died Friday, August 30 in Los...
‘BoJack Horseman’ Takes TV Animation WGA Award
On Sunday night, Patton Oswalt hosted the 69th annual WGA Awards -- with honors presented by the Writers Guild of America at dual ceremonies...
Writers Guild Awards Timeline Announced
The Writers Guild of America West and East have unveiled the deadline schedule for the 2017 Writers Guild Awards. The 69th annual WGAs will...
Seth MacFarlane Nabs WGA Lifetime Achievement Award
Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show, has been honored with the 2015 lifetime achievement award from the Writers...
‘Simpsons’ Dominates WGA Animation Noms
The Writers Guild of America have released the list of nominations for the 2015 Writers Guild Awards, which honor outstanding achievement in television, new...
Len Uhley to Receive WGA Animation Award
Veteran television animation writer Len Uhley (Ben 10, Static Shock, Duck Tales) is set receive the Writers Guild of America, West Animation Writers Caucus'...
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