The Hollywood Reporter
Not every TV and film production will stop amid dual strikes by SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America. A host of projects stopped work after writers went on strike against media companies for better pay, streaming data transparency and protections against artificial intelligence (among other issues), and many more have paused since actors walked out on July 14.
There are exceptions, however. SAG-AFTRA’s strike rules allow for work on productions covered under different agreements, and the union can grant waivers or sign interim agreements with independent productions. Below is a list of TV shows and films that fall under those designations; this story will be updated as more productions earn waivers.
Interim Agreements
As of July 18, SAG-AFTRA had reached interim agreements with 39 independent productions, including movies from A24 (Death of a Unicorn, starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega, and Mother Mary with Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel) — which is not part of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers — and the Mel Gibson-directed, Mark Wahlberg-led Flight Risk. The Chosen, a crowdfunded TV series about the life of Jesus, also reached an agreement to finish filming on its fourth season. The full list of titles is below.
Aguadilla
Anniversary
Armadilla
Beneath the Grass
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Beyond the Walls
Bob Trevino Likes It
Bride Hard
The Cafone
The Chosen
Death of a Unicorn
A Desert
Don’t Move
Dream Devil
Dust Bunny
Exhibiting Forgiveness
F-Plus
Flight Risk
Ganymede
The Greatest Ever
Ick
Isaac
Just Breathe
King Ivory
Mother Mary
Mother, May I?
Mourning Rock
Osiris
Paradise and Lunch
Queen of the Ring
The Ritual
Rivals of Azmiah King
Sell Out
The Short Game
Sight Unseen
Sod and Stubble
The Sound
The Killer’s Game
The Tower
Transamazonia
Untitled Rebuilding Project
The Watchers
Week End Escape Project
Weekend Escape
The Yellow Tie
Network Code Productions
SAG-AFTRA’s National Code of Fair Practice for Network Television Broadcasting, aka the Network Code, covers daytime dramas, variety shows, game shows and other unscripted projects. The current contract for Network Code shows is in effect through June 2024; below are shows The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed will remain in production.
America’s Got Talent (live episodes beginning Aug. 22)
Days of Our Lives
General Hospital
Jeopardy! and Celebrity Jeopardy!*
Wheel of Fortune and Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
*Both the syndicated Jeopardy! and ABC’s Celebrity Jeopardy! are written by WGA members. Sources tell THR that writing on season two of Celebrity Jeopardy! was completed before writers went on strike in May, while the syndicated show will draw on material from its past four decades to begin the 2023-24 season.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
