Actors and Writers Picket Temptation

About 100 members of the WGA West, AFTRA, SAG and Teamsters picketed FremantleMedia outside Tribune Studios in Hollywood on Thursday over the company's alleged refusal to negotiate with the guild for writers working on the game show "Temptation."

Last month, four WGAW writers walked off the show, claiming Fremantle ignored requests by the guild to negotiate a contract, WGAW president Patric Verrone said.

"Temptation," he said, is on an accelerated schedule to film 170 episodes over an eight-week period.

"We worked 14 to 18 hours a day on 'Temptation' for two months," said guild member Aaron Solomon, head writer for "Temptation" and one of the four who walked. "The fact that Fremantle wouldn't negotiate with the WGAW felt like a slap in the face."

Having a contract would provide health care and other benefits to the writers, including overtime, he said.

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