Lily Tomlin Will Receive SAG Life Achievement Award
Now would be a good time to look at Lily Tomlin’s filmography, catch up anything you’ve missed from her long and storied career, and really get into why she absolutely deserves a SAG Life Achievement Award.
Hopefully, you watch her latest great performance in Grandma.
(via Deadline)
Another couple of comedy reality series, like Last Comic Standing on NBC and Laughs on Fox, are clashing with unions yet again.
SAG-AFTRA has found that upcoming series Esquire Network’s Comedians of L.A. and Oxygen’s Living With Funny are not up to meet SAG-AFTRA’s minimum basic agreement and thus have barred SAG-AFTRA members from working on either show.
Why this is a recurring problem with comedy reality series might have something to do with some production companies trying to pinch every penny possible when making these types of shows. While comedy can certainly be done on the cheap, in many situations, putting more into the budget could go a long way for series that’s already entering the crowded fields of comedy and reality.
Hopefully, a resolution can come soon and this won’t continue as a trend.