Writers and supporters speak out in Los Angeles and New York City

The presence of showrunners from dozens of television programs, among them some very popular ones, is a further indication of the widespread support enjoyed by the writers within the entertainment industry. The showrunners wore baseball caps with “United Showrunners” inscribed on them and carried signs indicating their particular shows. Those represented included “Madmen,” “Samantha Who?,” “Army Wives,” “The Riches,” “Without a Trace,” “Weeds,” “30 Rock,” “Criminal Minds,” “Family Guy,” “Bionic Woman,” “Big Shots,” “Smallville,” “Gossip Girl,” “October Road,” “My Name is Earl,” “South of Nowhere” and many others.

The cacophony produced by drivers honking their car and truck horns on West Alameda Avenue in Burbank, including sanitation and parcel delivery truck drivers, provided proof of the general sympathy for the writers or any section of the working population taking on the multi-national corporations.