Bill Maher had the perfect Plan B for the ongoing Hollywood strikes – the host of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” joined the podcasting revolution earlier this year as a creative side hustle.
So when the May 2 writers’ strike shut down every late-night talk show save Fox News’ “Gutfeld!” Maher kept on talking via his “Club Random” podcast.
Now, Maher is ready to resume his “Real Time” duties even though the strike is far from over. Drew Barrymore is doing the same on her eponymous talk show.
“It has been five months, and it is time to bring people back to work,” Maher says. “The writers have important issues that I sympathize with, and hope they are addressed to their satisfaction, but they are not the only people with issues, problems, and concerns.