Comment on Mayim Bialik Declines to Host ‘Celebrity Jeopardy!’ Amid Strikes, Replaced by Ken Jennings

• AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The person he’s replacing is a member of SAG AFTRA (and maybe also WGA?) and he’d already been hired as her replacement. She’s not going on sympathy strike.

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  • AnonTwo@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I...don't see how that changes anything I said. It still sounds like Jennings is replacing someone who is striking.

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    • AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      A scab is hired to replace someone who is striking. He had previously (as in years) been hired to replace Bialik when she was unavailable. Due to her commitments to the strike, she is unavailable. He, not being a member of the WGA or SAG, has no commitments to the strike, but does have commitments to his contract, which states he is to replace Bialik when she is unavailable. Does that make sense?

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      • AnonTwo@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So Jennings had a clause to replace Bialiik, and it's being used to make them scab?

        Sounds very scummy on the network's part.

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• CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  She’s literally an actor and thus a member of the union that is striking. He is neither.

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• gowan@reddthat.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  She is part of SAG. SAG is striking so she needs to in order to remain in the union. Jennings is NOT part of SAG and there’s no reason for him to join the strike as that would harm all the other staff on the show who would be out of work.

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  • Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The important part is that he is already an employee there who does this job already. If he wasn’t and he was hired to do the job because he’s not union he would be a scab.

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  • ryathal@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why is Jennings not part of SAG? I find it hard to believe the union is cool with a host not being a member unless they don’t care about game show hosts in general, which is on them.

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    • gowan@reddthat.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      He is not an actor. SAG- Screen Actors Guild

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