during a press conference on July 13 led by SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher and lead negotiator Duncan Crabtree., which has been ongoing since May 2, the actors strike will complicate things even further.
This will further hurt the networks and streamers, who are relying on their pipeline of already completed shows to fill out their release schedules for the remainder of the year. Now they will have no hope of completing any productions until both strikes are resolved. That leads to the mega media corps that own all these entities having a rough Q2 earnings season ahead.
Then there are the myriad of events for which Hollywood is so famous. The upcoming San Diego Comic-Con has, with most major studios stating they will not have their usual massive presence on the convention floor and in the famous Hall H amid the writers strike. Without actors in attendance, any hopes of pulling together some TV panels are gone.