‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ Returning After the Strikes: Drew’s Apologies, Premiere Date & More We Know

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Drew Barrymore has hosted her discuss present since Sep. 2020.
Drew introduced plans for the present to return, regardless of the SAG and WGA strikes, in an Instagram publish on Sep. 10, 2023.
The WGA has introduced plans to picket Drew’s present.
‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ is reportedly planning to return in October.

Drew Barrymore will return to her discuss present very quickly! The actress, 48, introduced that her present would make its return later in Sep. 2023 in an Instagram publish on Sep. 10. While she introduced that The Drew Barrymore Show could be again on air quickly, the actress confronted backlash because the WGA strike was nonetheless underway. She introduced that the present would cease manufacturing after the response, however now that the WGA strike has reached a deal, the present is trying to return.
The WGA introduced that it reached a “tentative settlement” within the strike on Sunday, September 24, 2023. Following the announcement, a brand new report from Entertainment Tonight revealed that The Drew Barrymore Show is eye-ing an October return.
Ahead of the present’s return, listed below are all the small print you’ll want to learn about when it is going to be again on air, and the controversy surrounding its return.
Drew Barrymore introduced that her discuss present would return in a Sep. 10 Instagram publish. (Broadimage/Shutterstock)
Drew Backs Out of MTV Movie & TV Awards Amid Strike
Season 3 of The Drew Barrymore Show ended again in April earlier than the writers’ strike started in May. At the time, Drew was tapped to host the 2023 MTV Movie and TV Awards, however she backed out in solidarity with the strike. She mentioned she’d return for the 2024 present. “I’ve listened to the writers, and with a view to really respect them, I’ll pivot from internet hosting the MTV Movie & TV Awards stay in solidarity with the strike,” she mentioned in an announcement on the time, through Variety. 
Drew defined her reasoning additional in her publish saying her discuss present’s return. “I made a option to stroll away from the MTV, movie and tv awards as a result of I used to be the host and it had a direct battle with what the strike was coping with which was studios, streamers, movie, and tv. It was additionally within the first week of the strike and so I did what I believed was the suitable factor on the time to face in solidarity with the writers,” she wrote in her Instagram publish.
Drew Announces Her Show Will Return
Drew revealed her plans for her present to return again on Sep. 10. “I’m additionally making the selection to return again for the primary time on this strike for our present, that will have my title on it however that is larger than simply me,” she wrote, after explaining why she backed out of the MTV Movie and TV Awards. “I personal this selection.”
After explaining that she wouldn’t talk about struck motion pictures or reveals, she gave extra of her reasoning for the return. “I wish to be there to supply what writers achieve this properly, which is a strategy to convey us collectively or assist us make sense of the human expertise,” she mentioned. “I hope for a resolve for everybody as quickly as doable. We have navigated troublesome occasions since we first got here on air. And so I take a step ahead to start out season 4 as soon as once more with an astute humility.”
The WGA Announces Plans to Picket ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’

While Drew mentioned that her present was “in compliance with not discussing or selling movie and tv that’s struck of any type,” the WGA had a distinct response. “The @DrewBarrymoreTV Show Show is a WGA lined, struck present that’s planning to return with out its writers. The Guild has, and can proceed to, picket struck reveals which can be in manufacturing in the course of the strike. Any writing on ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ is in violation of WGA strike guidelines,” the guild wrote in a publish on X (previously Twitter).
The Drew Barrymore Show has seemingly begun tapings already, however two viewers members have been reportedly requested to go away for carrying WGA pins, in keeping with The Hollywood Reporter. Two college students mentioned that they have been handed “Writers Guild on Strike” pins. They mentioned that safety requested them to take away the buttons as they entered. One complied, however the different didn’t. A crew member noticed the button as they arrived for the taping and reportedly requested them each to go away. They mentioned they joined the picket line after the incident. “I’ve been utterly alarmed and disheartened by this entire course of,” one of many followers mentioned.
A spokesperson for the present defined that they have been engaged on getting the pair new tickets in an announcement to THR. “It is our coverage to welcome everybody to our present tapings. Due to heightened safety issues at the moment, we remorse that two viewers members weren’t permitted to attend or weren’t allowed entry. Drew was utterly unaware of the incident and we’re within the means of reaching out to the affected viewers members to supply them new tickets,” they mentioned.
Drew Pauses the Show Amid Backlash
Following the backlash, Drew launched an emotional video on her social media. “I deeply apologize to [the] writers. I deeply apologize to unions. I deeply apologize,” she mentioned within the since-deleted clip. “I don’t precisely know what to say as a result of generally when issues are so robust, it’s onerous to make choices from that place.”
Shortly after her video, Drew introduced her plans to place the present on maintain till the strike ends on September 17. “I’ve listened to everybody, and I’m making the choice to pause the present’s premiere till the strike is over,” she wrote. “I’ve no phrases to precise my deepest apologies to anybody I’ve damage and, in fact, to our unimaginable workforce who works on the present and has made it what it’s at the moment.”
‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ Season 4 Premiere Date
The Drew Barrymore Show has not introduced a correct return date, however the Writer’s Guild of America did attain a tentative settlement on September 24. The present was initially scheduled to return on Sep. 18, 2023, per CNN. Other daytime discuss reveals equivalent to The View, Tamron Hall, and The Kelly Clarkson Show have continued amid the strikes.

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