Letterman Softens The Blow During Strike

Late Night Host Makes Sure Non-Writing Staff Members Don't Miss Payday





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(CBS)  The Writers Guild of America strike continues to impact late night television, but David Letterman is doing what he can to help out non-writing staff members.

Letterman's Worldwide Pants, Inc., which independently produces "The Late Show" and "The Late, Late Show" will continue to pay the non-writing staff of both shows, the company said in a statement Thursday.

That includes "fully compensating lower-salaried employees, and providing a substantial portion of salaries for those at the higher end -- at least through the end of the year," Worldwide Pants spokesman Steven Rubenstein said in a statement obtained by The ShowBuzz.

Rubenstein said that "it is important to Dave that our staff members have some degree of support during this uncertain time."

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Next week's tapings of both shows have been cancelled, CBS announced Friday. Worldwide Pants will "continue to make a week-by-week determination about future tapings."

The writers have been on strike since Monday, Nov. 5 over payments for film and TV shows streamed over the Internet.





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Dave, thats a first class move. What else would we expect from a first class guy.
Posted by thgdriver at 12:05 PM : Nov 18, 2007
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Good on ya Dave!! I knew I liked you better than Leno for a reason.
Posted by mgpm-2009 at 2:01 AM : Nov 18, 2007
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Dave is truly the greatest.
Posted by majordude2-2009 at 12:18 AM : Nov 18, 2007
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Dave is a BIG man. The writers have made him what he is today...rich. His actions will earn him even stronger loyalty from his staff. Bravo, Dave.
Posted by curtchester at 5:37 PM : Nov 17, 2007
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need to fire the writers and outsource to India

....oh wait a minute, that would really suck

how about make the actors pay for their own writers?..that''ll make the writers happy :)))
Posted by billpl-2009 at 10:32 PM : Nov 16, 2007
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ATTA BOY, DAVE
Posted by bill1fj at 5:13 PM : Nov 16, 2007
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Because the writers union is paying the writers while they strike.
Posted by yongamerica at 4:25 PM : Nov 16, 2007
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Good old Dave
Posted by yashman-2009 at 3:15 PM : Nov 16, 2007
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dave''s awesome. always edgier and funnier than leno or johnny.
Posted by straightener--2008 at 2:57 PM : Nov 16, 2007
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