Your
shows are
safe: WGA
reaches deal to
avoid a**ther writers strike
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It went down to the wire, but the
writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have reached a new three-year
deal in their contract negotiations,
avoiding a possible writers' strike that could've shut down production on countless projects and cost the industry millions. This is especially good news for fans of late night
shows like
Saturday Night Live, which would've been the first to have been affected by a work stoppage.*
The negotiations stretched past the midnight deadline, with official word of a
deal an**unced after 1 a.m. PT on Tuesday morning.
In a letter to its members, the WGA an**unced a "tentative agreement" with the AMPTP that they estimate will give the guild an additional $130 million over the three years of the contract.*
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