Drew Barrymore postpones show's premiere amid ongoing industry-wide strikes

Drew Barrymore has decided to pause the premiere of her show amid ongoing industry-wide strikes.

Barrymore posted an announcement on Instagram saying that she is pausing the show's premiere until the strike is over. 

This comes after Barrymore announced that she was going to go on with the show's premiere because it was within SAG-AFTRA's strike guidelines for actors. She received backlash over that, then posted an apology video, which she later deleted. 

Striking writers at Hollywood studios are set to get back to the negotiating table next week. Barrymore's show was not the only one to face backlash, as "Real Time with Bill Maher" is returning with a new season. Other daytime talk shows are under scrutiny, including "The View" and "Live with Kelly and Mark."

On Monday at 9 a.m. Pacific Time, Bill Maher posted on X, formerly known as Twitter: "My decision to return to work was made when it seemed nothing was happening and there was no end in sight to this strike. Now that both sides have agreed to go back to the negotiating table I'm going to delay the return of Real Time, for now, and hope they can finally get this done."

On the other hand, "The Talk," which was set to resume Monday, is pausing its season premiere and says it will continue to evaluate plans for a new launch date.

The WGA strike began on May 2, hit 100 days on August 9th, and is about two weeks away from becoming the longest writers strike in Hollywood's 100-year history, according to the Associated Press. SAG-AFTRA have been officially striking since July 14, just a little over two months.

Paramount+ and CBS News and Stations are part of Paramount Global, one of the companies affected by the strike. Some CBS News staff are WGA and SAG-AFTRA members but work under different contracts than the writers and actors who are on strike.