It's not easy being a TV show warm-up comic amid the pandemic

Entertainment Weekly

"A month ago, I was working seven days a week on seven different shows like The Conners and World of Dance," says comedian Bill Sindelar, a veteran warm-up comic whose last job was on The Talk. "I was supposed to do Supermarket Sweep for ABC. I'm an independent contractor. Thankfully, because I'm SAG-AFTRA, I get benefits. I know people who lost all their benefits. What about those poor people who are audience pages? I mean, security guards are getting laid off. My buddy works for a company that does promos for all these shows. I don't think people even realize there's a separate company. It's not in-house. They don't have any work because none of the shows are doing anything."