‘SNL’ Star Bowen Yang Talks About the Final 3 Episodes Before WGA Strike | THR News - video Dailymotion

In this video, Bowen Yang speaks with The Hollywood Reporter from the picket line in Manhattan about his feelings regarding the WGA strike timing.

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00:00Bowen Yang is opening up about the three shows Saturday Night Live had planned for the rest of

00:04season 48 before the Writers Guild of America strike. Yang spoke to The Hollywood Reporter

00:09from the picket line outside Netflix's offices in Manhattan. He said,

00:14I'm really disappointed. We had a few good shows left, I think. We all came back rested and ready

00:18to work on Monday. Yang continued, Pete Davidson was very excited to host, even though he knew

00:24there was a big asterisk on the week. And there was a looming possibility it might not happen.

00:28I think we were all ready to give it our all for the next three weeks before the season ended.

00:32Along with several other late night shows, NBC's SNL shut down production on Tuesday after the union

00:38called the strike. Yang and several other cast members are also members of the WGA. Yang said

00:43he felt most for the new cast members and writers who joined SNL this season. He said,

00:48they didn't get a chance to ring in the end of their first season, which is always a big milestone.

00:52The WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, representing studios and

00:57streamers, haven't set a time to resume negotiations. But with the two sides far apart at their last

01:03talks on Monday, a quick resolution seems unlikely. For more on this story and the latest updates on

01:09the writer's strike, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.