The writers' strike is settled?

[Hamlette]

It seems this week's rumors that the writers' strike is coming to an end may indeed be true. We are hearing from several sources that the WGA and the AMPTP are "very close" to a deal, which could be announced as early as later today.

According to reliable insiders who asked not to be named, the writers and producers were in talks for nine hours yesterday and made a "staggering amount of progress," as all of the major sticking points have been settled.

"We are 99.9 percent of the way there," one source inside the negotiations said. "As of late yesterday, just a few small issues remained."

http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/detail/index.jsp?uuid=77f5e2d3-ff3f-4d82-95a1-35421ae4b07a

Anyone hear more?

[aquart]

1. You don't read Late Breaking News?

Picketing Monday as usual.

[Hamlette]

2. ah, I missed it, thanks. n/t

[alfredo]

5. The picketing will go on until an agreement. As long as there is

one percent to work out, the strike continues. The members will need to vote on the agreement.


http://www.wga.org/

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

3. Nikki Finke says the same

UPDATE: United Hollywood, the unofficial website for WGA info, says: "UH has confirmed from off-the-record sources that progress is indeed being made in the informal talks, and that creative solutions to the biggest differences between the AMPTP and the WGA have gotten the tentative and cautious approval of both sides. This does not mean there is a deal in principle yet. It means we may, finally, be very close to one -- as close as days away. And while we're cautiously optimistic about what we're hearing, it comes with a real caveat. Just as happened with the DGA deal, points that are agreed to in informal negotiation can be thought of as points on a deal memo -- but it's the drafting language that comes from hammering out those points that makes them legally binding. And our sources say that draft language doesn't yet exist. That's a big part of what will be happening in the next few days, as negotiations continue. Until the WGA and the companies have enshrined the deal points -- whatever they are -- into real draft language, those deal points can't be thought of as final."

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/is-wga-mogul-deal-about-to-clinch/

[RB TexLa]

4. So new garbage produced for the ignorant soon?

Guess they'll be happy, "som ins new on da tee vee."

[alfredo]

6. Commercial TV is the packaged "food" in the inner aisles of

the supermarket. It's worthless garbage to a great degree.