There is a light at the end of the WGA Strike Tunnel. At a new conference held yesterday WGA leaders announced that a tentative deal is in place and that WGA members not have 48 hours to call off the strike and 10 days to accept the deal. Showrunners can get back to work immediately.
Union leaders un-surprisingly hailed the new deal as a "a victory for us." They also credited News Corp. second in command Peter Chernin, Disney CEO Bob Iger, and CBS head honcho Les Moonves as being instrumental in the deal getting done.
Don't have all the details yet, but I do know that writers will get 2% of distributors gross on all new media.
Keep in mind, even if the deal is signed off on by all sides, it does not mean your favorite shows will immediately come back. They still need to be written and/or shot.
More details as I get them...
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