A picketer at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles carries a sign with references to the television shows <em>Grey's Anatomy, Abbott Elementary</em> and <em>Succession</em>.

A picketer at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles carries a sign with references to the television shows Grey's Anatomy, Abbott Elementary and Succession. / AFP via Getty Images

As the Writers Guild of America strike continues into its third day, the jokes aren't on late night TV anymore — they're on the picket lines.

More than 11,000 movie and television writers have stopped working after contract negotiations stalled out between their union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the trade association that represents Hollywood's studios and production companies.

The standoff could last months and shut down Hollywood production. (The last writers' strike lasted from November 2007 into February 2008.) Some of the sticking points include questions over staffing levels for new TV programs and income from episodes aired on streaming services.

Since the strike kicked off Tuesday, hundreds of writers have picketed in the Los Angeles area and in New York, outside the studios and offices of Netflix, NBCUniversal, Disney, Sony, Paramount, Warner Bros. and others.

Among the signs were jokes about the artificial intelligence service ChatGPT, the wealth of studio executives and many, many references to the HBO hit Succession. Here are some of our favorites:

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On left, a picket sign outside Netflix headquarters in Hollywood. On right, writer K.C. Scott pickets outside Amazon Studios in Culver City, Calif.

On left, a picket sign outside Netflix headquarters in Hollywood. On right, writer K.C. Scott pickets outside Amazon Studios in Culver City, Calif. / NPR

Writers picket in front of Netflix offices in Hollywood on Tuesday as the WGA strike began.

Writers picket in front of Netflix offices in Hollywood on Tuesday as the WGA strike began. / AFP via Getty Images

Outside Netflix headquarters in Hollywood on the first day of the writer's strike

Outside Netflix headquarters in Hollywood on the first day of the writer's strike / NPR News

Writer Jono Matt holds a sign referring to the short-lived streaming service Quibi at the WGA picket line outside Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank.

Writer Jono Matt holds a sign referring to the short-lived streaming service Quibi at the WGA picket line outside Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank. / AP

A WGA protest outside the Netflix headquarters in New York City.

A WGA protest outside the Netflix headquarters in New York City. / AP