Tick-Tock: No WGA Deal Language Yet

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Strike update: Saturday Night Fever
Published 2/8/2008 by Ms Interpreted at No Fact Zone
... As noted over at UnitedHollywood, Deadline Hollywood Daily and other sites, there is a meeting scheduled for Saturday night with active WGA members, ostensibly to discuss the points of the proposed agreement. Nikki Finke notes that the WGA membership still has yet to see the deal language, which must be frustrating to the members, as it stands to reason that they might want a little bit of time to read through it and see what’s going on. On that point, UnitedHollywood blogger John Aboud had this to say: ...

Writers, Producers Reach Deal
Published 2/9/2008 by karina at SpoutBlog
... The WGA and the AMPTP apparently reached a tentative deal sometime between 3 and 4 AM PST this morning.  Nikki Finke (who, BTW, really knows how to rock the stock photography) seemed to say in her last post that last night’s talks eliminate the need for tonight’s proposed bi-coastal WGA meetings, but as of this morning United Hollywood says those meetings are still on. Everyone seems to be stopping *just* short of saying the strike is definitively over. ...

Deadline Hollywood Daily relays reports opinions from the WGAE meeting
Published 2/10/2008 by Ms Interpreted at No Fact Zone
... Tick-Tock Update: WGA Deal Draft Delivered After Delayed By 11th Hour Mogul Haggling; Will It Be OK’ed? Today WGA Leaders Will Hear From Members ...

Strike update: Reports from the WGAW meeting
Published 2/10/2008 by Ms Interpreted at No Fact Zone
... Tick-Tock (Continuously Updated): Writer-Mogul Deal Informally OKed By WGA East And West Today; Leaders And Members Will Vote On Ending Strike; Hollywood Back To Work Next Week? ...

The WGA strike: It's nearly over, writers should pick up pencils by Wednesday
Published 2/10/2008 by Tempo at The Watcher
... Deadline Hollywood Daily oracle Nikki Finke says the strike is essentially "over." She reports that at the Saturday WGA meeting in Los Angeles, the guild membership appeared to OK the deal that the leadership negotiated in the last few weeks. Writers should be back at their desks by Wednesday, according to Finke. ...

Writers Strike: And Now The Vote
Published 2/10/2008 by Joel Brown at TV with MeeVee
... deal and end the strike - hallelujah! Here are all of the items I've been able to find this morning. Yes, TV With MeeVee works the weekend when we have something as important as this to talk about!!! WGA Boards will meet today to endorse the contract and then there will be a 48-hour "expedited" vote for the membership. That's the word for now, anyway. (Variety) Nikki Finke says the union membership wants the strike over. (Deadline Hollywood Daily) Writers coming out of the L.A. meeting echo that. ( ...

WGA Strike Over! Or Over?
Published 2/10/2008 by Zoot at TV Bloggin
... Depending on who you ask and how you define “Over” - it looks like the WGA strike may finally be ending as a tentative deal was reached last night and voted on by the WGAW and WGAE. It appears that the only think keeping the writers from writing is the “official” vote of the members that is supposed to be completed in 48 hours. Meaning that the writers could return to work as early was Wednesday, according to some sources. ...

Strike update: More good news
Published 2/10/2008 by Ms Interpreted at No Fact Zone
... Deadline Hollywood Daily oracle Nikki Finke says the strike is essentially “over.” She reports that at the Saturday WGA meeting in Los Angeles, the guild membership appeared to OK the deal that the leadership negotiated in the last few weeks. Writers should be back at their desks by Wednesday, according to Finke. (And if you want to know whether your favorite show will return this season, check out ...

Pencils Up? TBD.
Published 2/10/2008 by ProgGrrl at GALACTICA SITREP
... were well attended and an outline of the deal terms was presented and questions answered by the negotiating committee. There will be a vote soon across the WGA to accept or reject the deal. Nikki Finke notes that if the membership votes to take this deal, picketing will end and writers may be back to work as early as this Wednesday. ...

BREAKING NEWS! WGA Press Conference results
Published 2/10/2008 by DB at No Fact Zone
Courtesy of the ever-vigilant Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood Daily: SUNDAY 12:30 PM [PST]: At the WGA’s news conference today, union leaders declared the new contract is “a huge victory for us”. Trumpeted WGAW President Patric Verrone, “This is the first time we actually got a better deal in a new media than previously.” Verrone credited News Corp. No. 2 Peter Chernin and Disney chief Bob Iger, and also CBS boss Les Moonves, with “being instrumental in making this deal ...

WGA Strike News From Around the Web
Published 2/10/2008 by theTVaddict at the TV addict
With a tentative agreement now official (did I mention, best day ever!?), showrunners could be back to work as early as Monday with writer’s heading back to work by Wednesday. Here’s the latest from around the web. WGA Leaders Declare “Huge Victory” [Deadline Hollywood Daily] Deal Points Revealed [Variety] Writers May Be Doin’ It For Themselves [TV Decoder] Vote to end strike set for Tuesday [Hollywood Reporter] An Entertainment Lawyer’s Perspective [Digital Media Law] Union Boards Back Deal ...

So Say We All
Published 2/11/2008 by Logan Gawain at GALACTICA SITREP
The strike is over. At least unofficially. Showrunners like Ron Moore can report back to work on Monday. The members of the WGA will vote on Tuesday to officially end the strike, and once that vote is made public, they will return to work on Wednesday. But, all picketing is now over. We congratulate the writers on this victory, and the Galactica Sitrep is proud to have been involved among the many fan websites and blogs supporting the writers.

WGA members to vote on Tuesday; Back to work Wednesday?
Published 2/11/2008 by Mike at A Mike Life
... According to Nikki Finke’s amazing blog on the inner working of Hollywood, she says the deal that has been struck between the WGA and AMTPT has been agreed upon and the WGA leaders have approved it. ...

Strike takes a walk
Published 2/11/2008 by Ed Bark at Uncle Barky's Bytes
... Strike takes a walk 02/11/08 08:30 AM Ding-dong, the writers' strike is pretty much history. But it will take a while, for prime-time dramas especially, to return to the living. For now, here's a detailed account of what happened over the weekend. Ed Bark | ...

Writers Will Vote Tomorrow...And Might Be Back At Work On Wednesday
Published 2/11/2008 at MSN TV Blog
... on whether to accept the deal drafted by negotiators over the weekend and end their three month strike. So what's gonna happen? Is it a good deal? At this point, everything looks great! Ace reporter Nikki Finke has posted a statement made by Patric Verrone, one of the key players on the writers' side: ...

The Office: Two Good News
Published 2/11/2008 by LiRa at Watching The Office
... Things are beginning to pick up, aren’t they? With the Writers Strike almost a done deal, we are looking at the return of those shows we’ve missed for three months. And according to TV news reports, The Office should be back in production to deliver four to five episodes beginning March until the end of the season in May. We should be expecting some eight to ten episodes for the series. ...