Ty Pennington's New Show Celebrates Small Businesses
The "Extreme Makeover" alum and his new co-host Amanda Brinkman are getting ready for Season 3 of "Small Business Revolution on Main Street." They say so-called mom-and-pop shops are central to small towns' communities, identities, and economies.
For full interview [click here](https://cheddar.com/videos/ty-pennington-and-amanda-brinkman-talk-small-businesses-big-dreams).
Hollywood writers picketing to preserve pay and job security outside major studios and streamers braced for a long fight at the outset of a strike that immediately forced late-night shows into hiatus, put other productions on pause and had the entire industry slowing its roll.
The 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike this week after negotiations with Hollywood studios that began in March failed to result in an agreement.
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