Letterman's company willing to negotiate with WGA
Statement from Rob Burnett, president and chief executive of Worldwide Pants and executive producer of "The Late Show With David Letterman," on talks with the Writers Guild of America:
"Worldwide Pants has always been a writer-friendly company. Dave has been a member of the WGA for more than 30 years, and I have been a member for more than 20. Because we are an independent production company, we are able to pursue an interim agreement with the Guild without involving CBS in that pursuit. Therefore, since the beginning of the strike, we have expressed our willingness to sign an interim agreement with the Guild consistent with its positions in this dispute. We're happy that the Guild has now adopted an approach that might make this possible. It is our strong desire to be back on the air with our writers and we hope that will happen as soon as possible."
-- Matea Gold
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I personally, will go out of my way to not watch the Letterman show, and try to influence all others to do the same. Why not go the honest route and just come back to work like all the other late nighters, on an even playing ground. I think this is not only going to backfire, but eventually ruin Letterman's career and his investment. Its sleezzy! Did the working writers realize that this was not a strike, but a war, and a war that could destroy the entire structure of show business as it is today. I am sure the non-working writers could care less, its a no lose for them.
Posted by: fly | December 16, 2007 at 10:42 AM
Want to bet, if Letterman has a WGA deal and the other shows return without one, which show will have the best guests?
Posted by: Jeff | December 16, 2007 at 01:28 PM