The return of Jimmy Kimmel

In the end, it’s all about Uncle Frank and the rest of the gang.

As expected, ABC’s late-night host, Jimmy Kimmel, announced Tuesday that he, like NBC’s Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien, will be crossing the picket line to go back to work on his live show Jan. 2. Kimmel, who has picketed and served lunch to picketing writers, has declined to speak publicly about the strike. But Tuesday’s announcement contained a statement from the host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live."

"Though it makes me sick to do so without my writers, there are more than a hundred people whose financial well-being depends on our show,” said Kimmel, who also employs a handful of family members and close friends on the show's staff.  “It is time to go back to work. I support my colleagues and friends in the WGA completely and hope this ends both fairly and soon.”

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-- Maria Elena Fernandez

Comments

[kim]

ABC CBS NBC what does it spell, SCABS

[stew]

ITS INEXCUSEABLE FOR KIMMEL AND THE REST TO CROSS THE LINE, AFTER ALL THEY ARE ALL PERFORMERS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. IT IS NOT AS IF THEY COULDNT WING IT USING THEIR INATE TALENTS?
ITS A COP OUT...

[Paul]

Kimmel is helping 100 people at the expense of the other 73,000 of us, who will now have to wait months longer for a resolution. What a generous man, both supporting the strike and pumping millions into the studios, helping them holdout longer.

[Libic]

I love the show so much...and I love Uncle Frank and the rest of the gang...I think Kimmel's show is one of the best...cus he is employing his fam. members and others like that faunny dude Giermo...I don't think i spelled his name as he would like me...Kimmel we need you back....

[JimBob]

Any actors who appear on late-night as guests should lose their tables at Mr. Chow's. To say you "support" a brother/sister union while undermining their strength is the height of hypocrisy.

[Jenn]

I'm glad to see that someone is thinking of all the other people who are part of a television show besides the writers. I wish more writers would take into considersation the 10's of 1000's of people that are involuntarily being put out of work because of this strike.

[JimBob]

Scabbing is an ugly thing, always couched in terms of "I hate to do this, but I really have to." No, you don't.

[AtomicZ...]

“Y.. .’d g. b.ck t. w.rk t.. b.t . w..ldn’t .s. .ny v.w.ls… Th.t’ll t..ch .m!!!”

Translation:“Yea I’d go back to work too but I wouldn’t use any vowels… That’ll teach em!!!”

[brian]

ALL the crew people who are getting laid off during the strike will gain nothing no matter how it is resolved. It's not like their wages are going to increase. So in fact, the writers are taking away the crew members livelihood for their personal gain. To ask them to sacrifice for the writers is offensive. If the writers want to offer to compensate the crews, give them a % of their residual increase, then you could argue the crew shouldn't go back to work Otherwise, the crew people need to work and the writers should leave them alone. It's not like the writers would stop working if the crew were to go on strike (they haven't in the past).

[Mjr. Tom]

Selfless idiots... what do they think they're going to actually help all those poor smucks that are trying to work and make a living? Don't they understand they could be in our club and screw everybody who plays on the same team? What happened to solidarity? If we all stick together on this we'll break the nasty companies!

Just look at what a strong union has done for Detroit... uh, I mean beijing!
SHUT 'EM DOWN!

[Jonathan D.]

Okay -after reading about the MILLIONS this one studio head is getting -- I now get how WRONG the studios-producers are for prompting the writers to strike - from the bloomberg.com news:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=aT093mA41W2A
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CBS's Moonves Avoids Plight of Striking Writers

While striking Hollywood writers are still negotiating a contract, CBS chief Les Moonves has "a honey of a new one" -- a base salary of $3.5 million, a target bonus of $10.5 million and several perks. CBS's performance, however, has been on a decline since Moonves became CEO in 2006.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=aT093mA41W2A