NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Drew Barrymore, new episodes of her daytime talk show despite the ongoing writers and actors strikes, now says she'll wait until the labor issues are resolved. Hours later CBS' 鈥淭he Talk鈥� did the same.
鈥淚 have listened to everyone, and I am making the decision to pause the show鈥檚 premiere until the strike is over,鈥� Barrymore . 鈥淚 have no words to express my deepest apologies to anyone I have hurt and, of course, to our incredible team who works on the show and has made it what it is today.鈥�
Barrymore鈥檚 initial decision to return to the air Monday 鈥� without her three union writers and with picketers outside her studio 鈥� was met with pushback on social media. Her show resumed taping in New York last week and was picketed by striking writers.
鈥淲e support Drew鈥檚 decision to pause the show鈥檚 return and understand how complex and difficult this process has been for her,鈥� said a CBS Media Ventures spokesperson
Other daytime shows have resumed. 鈥淭he View鈥� has returned for its 27th season on ABC, while and 鈥淟ive With Kelly and Ryan鈥� 鈥� neither are governed by writers guild rules 鈥� have also been producing fresh episodes. is to restart Monday.
But 鈥淭he Talk鈥� scrapped its restart, planned for Monday. "We will continue to evaluate plans for a new launch date,鈥� CBC said in a statement Sunday.
Ariel Dumas, head writer and supervising producer for 鈥淭he Late Show With Stephen Colbert鈥� reacted on X, formerly Twitter: 鈥淭his is really great,鈥� she wrote, saying "The Drew Barrymore Show鈥� 鈥渄ecided to do the right thing. I hope @TheView and others will follow suit."
As long as the hosts and guests don鈥檛 discuss or promote work covered by television, theatrical or streaming contracts, they鈥檙e not technically breaking the strike. That鈥檚 because talk shows are covered under a separate contract 鈥� the so-called Network Code 鈥� from the one actors and writers are striking. The Network Code also covers reality TV, sports, morning news shows, soap operas and game shows.
Barrymore's stance prompted the National Book Awards to uninvite her as host in November. 鈥渋n light of the announcement that 鈥楾he Drew Barrymore Show鈥� will resume production.鈥�
The ongoing strike pits and the against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents Disney, Netflix, Amazon and others.
Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press
