The Drew Barrymore Show has a "meandering" return with no acknowledgement of writers' strike controversy

https://variety.com/2023/tv/columns/drew-barrymore-season-premiere-writers-strike-1235757661/

Although co-head writers Chelsea White, Cristina Kinon and Liz Koe opted not to return after Barrymore decided to return to work amid the writers' strike — a decision she later reversed after backlash — Variety reports a new writing staff was assembled in time for the premiere.