Top primetime scribes Marc Cherry ("Desperate Housewives") and Shawn Ryan ("The Shield") were among those addressing the gathering in midtown's Pan Pacific Park, which was followed by a march by the hundreds in attendance past CBS' nearby Los Angeles headquarters.
"The truth of quote-unquote reality shows is that some of them require people to write them," Cherry told a reporter. "I know the networks would like to avoid that reality because it costs them money. But to me, it's just a simple matter of fairness."
Thursday, September 21, 2006
WGAw rally for reality writers
About 800 Writers Guild of America west members joined a rally yesterday in support of reality show writers in dispute with producers over union recognition, rates and rights, reports Carl DiOrio in The Hollywood Reporter.
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