HOW THE STRIKE AFFECTS VIEWERS

THE POSSIBILITY THAT writers and actors will have ended their bitter work stoppage by the time you read this is about as remote as Beth making nice with her brother Jamie on Yellowstone

- Jim Halterman

Not since 1960 have both the Writers Guild of America (which began its strike May 2) and the Screen Actors Guild— American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (striking since July 14) walked the picket line simultaneously, and corporate and labor remain far apart on the issues.

What does this mean to viewers? For now, networks have pivoted to provide as much fall TV as possible. CBS will feature already aired episodes of Paramount Network’s Yellowstone and Paramount+’s SEAL Team, from its sister networks, plus the original U.K. version of sitcom hit Ghosts (see “Fall Sneak Peek”