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I can't comment on the quality of his show but once upon a time Jon Stewart did this on The Daily Show and people applauded him for it. Why is it different when Maher does it? Stewart still supported the writers but wanted to keep the rest of the people who worked on his show working, isn't that the same thing Maher is doing?
Maher doesn't still support the writers and Stewart was not in the WGA. Maher is.
I didn't know that about the WGA (Maher being in it but not Stewart), that is an important distinction, thanks.
I might be wrong about this, but I believe in the John Stewart situation (or whatever show this happened with), restarting the show was a collaborative effort between the show and the union. In this case, the union has stated that they would consider restarting a show without writers as crossing the picket lines.