, we're all well aware that the 48th season of the long-running late-night comedy/music series was cut short due to the WGA/AMPTP writers' strike. On the downside? It royally sucks because it cost us three more shows. On the upside? Looking at the bigger picture, the strike is the only thing remaining that the writers can do to get the respect, compensation & technological protection that they deserve.
I was over the moon because it was my favorite show, Carrie was great on it, and it made me really want to do it. But it's not one of those things where your agent calls and says, 'Hey, book my client.' They pretty much pick who they want, and you go from there," Hamill shared withbefore touching upon the reason that Hamill feels he may have never gotten a call."I was asked to host 'Fridays,' which was ABC's answer to SNL.