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What to Watch: Documentaries, Broadway and the ongoing writers strike

Believe it or not, Broadway depends a lot on television for its survival and it turns out the ongoing writers strike in Hollywood almost derailed this weeks Tony awards.

Broadcast on:: 08 Jun 2023

The Writers Guild of America is on strike, in its first work stoppage since 2007-2008. In that strike, writers demonstrated in front of the Fox studio in Los Angeles.(Gabriel Bouys / AFP via Getty Images)

Believe it or not, Broadway depends a lot on television for its survival and the ongoing writer's strike in Hollywood almost derailed this week's Tony Awards. Plus, there are all kinds of new documentaries coming to a theater near you!

Morning Edition host and resident movie critic, George Prentice joined Idaho Matters to help break this down.