As the Writers' Strike Ends, Your Favorite Actors Keep Hitting the Picket Lines

Coolidge received the Comedic Genius Award at the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards on May 7, which still aired — though was not broadcast live due to the strike. "Almost all great comedy starts with great writers," Coolidge said in her acceptance speech. ". . . I stand here before you tonight side by side with my sisters and brothers from the WGA that are fighting right now, fighting for the rights of artists everywhere."