As the writers strike lingers, TV showrunners are opting out of publicity for their work
LOS ANGELES — Every Wednesday night since early February, D.J. Nash, the creator and showrunner of ABC's "A Million Little Things," regularly tapped out scads of Twitter posts to his more than 14,000 followers, live-tweeting during new episodes of the tear-jerker drama. The series was in its final season, making his routine, which he started after the show launched in 2018, all the more important.
Two days before the series finale was set to air on May 3, movie and television writers went on strike after contract negotiations between the Writers Guild of America and major studios ended without a new deal in place. Although the finale aired as scheduled, Nash told viewers that he wouldn't be discussing it: "The writers are on strike, so in support of the WGA, I am going to step away from promoting any shows I worked on. Which is hard," he wrote in a tweet.
Instead, in the hours before the series finale, he joined his colleagues on the picket line outside Disney Studios in Burbank, hoisting a protest sign. And by airtime, he settled in for a new approach to his
