The WGA/SAG-AFTRA Strike: Deal Is Brought To You By Letter D

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

They got major pay increases and major protections against AI anything

They really made out like bandits in this deal and good for them for f***ing sticking to it

So much for Hollywood being prepared to starve them out. Eat good everyone!

[Tom Turkey]

Now it’s SAG-AFTRA’s turn, and here’s hoping they get as big a win as WGA did.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

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Sept 26, 2023 23:59:12 GMT -5 Tom Turkey said:

Now it’s SAG-AFTRA’s turn, and here’s hoping they get as big a win as WGA did.

Given the deal WGA just publicly got, they're really not gonna have much choice but to give SAG what they want tbh. WGA set the bar real nicely for them

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Sept 27, 2023 2:18:32 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Given the deal WGA just publicly got, they're really not gonna have much choice but to give SAG what they want tbh. WGA set the bar real nicely for them

The DGA right now:

[thechase]

Yes Bill, the coast is clear



deadline.com/2023/09/real-time-with-bill-maher-return-date-writers-strike-1235557125/

[thechase]

Late-night is back.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel Live! are also returning on Monday. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver returns on Sunday.

It comes as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers also return on Monday.

It marks the first time that the late-night shows will be on air since the writers walked out in May. It comes after the writers strike officially ended at midnight after the WGA and AMPTP struck a deal.

“Their mission complete, the founding members of Strike Force 5 will return to their network television shows this Monday 10/2 and one of them to premium cable on 10/1,” the late-night hosts wrote.

“Of course, in a greater sense, the Strike Force 5 will never end because Strike Force 5 is not a place, Strike Force 5 is not a people, Strike Force 5 is barely a podcast, nay Strike Force 5 is an idea. An idea five men could talk on top of each other for 12 episodes and maybe somebody would listen. As we say goodbye, we would like to thank all those somebodies, truly, you were the heroes. We were mostly the heroes, but you were in there, too. We want to thank the entire Strike Force 5 team, our wives, our special guests and apologize to Conan O’Brien, who agreed to do the pod but Stephen forgot to send him any possible dates and the strike ended.”

deadline.com/2023/09/stephen-colbert-jimmy-kimmel-john-oliver-return-date-1235557282/

[horsemen4ever]

Sept 27, 2023 12:10:13 GMT -5 thechase said:

Late-night is back.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel Live! are also returning on Monday. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver returns on Sunday.

It comes as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers also return on Monday.

It marks the first time that the late-night shows will be on air since the writers walked out in May. It comes after the writers strike officially ended at midnight after the WGA and AMPTP struck a deal.

“Their mission complete, the founding members of Strike Force 5 will return to their network television shows this Monday 10/2 and one of them to premium cable on 10/1,” the late-night hosts wrote.

“Of course, in a greater sense, the Strike Force 5 will never end because Strike Force 5 is not a place, Strike Force 5 is not a people, Strike Force 5 is barely a podcast, nay Strike Force 5 is an idea. An idea five men could talk on top of each other for 12 episodes and maybe somebody would listen. As we say goodbye, we would like to thank all those somebodies, truly, you were the heroes. We were mostly the heroes, but you were in there, too. We want to thank the entire Strike Force 5 team, our wives, our special guests and apologize to Conan O’Brien, who agreed to do the pod but Stephen forgot to send him any possible dates and the strike ended.”

deadline.com/2023/09/stephen-colbert-jimmy-kimmel-john-oliver-return-date-1235557282/

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think SNL can't comeback till the SAG strike is settled.

[The Captain]

I wondered about SNL because variety shows are covered under the Network TV Code IIRC. But SNL has a lot of skits with acting, so maybe it doesn't count for that. Maybe it'd cover stuff like the monologue and Weekend Update but that's it.

[Tom Turkey]

Sept 27, 2023 12:36:43 GMT -5 The Captain said:

I wondered about SNL because variety shows are covered under the Network TV Code IIRC. But SNL has a lot of skits with acting, so maybe it doesn't count for that. Maybe it'd cover stuff like the monologue and Weekend Update but that's it.

Weekend Update still has some acting with the guests played by SNL regulars who show up.

[cjmb]

After looking through the reported ins and outs of the deal, it certainly looks like the WGA got a lot of what they wanted. I can’t see this being considered anything other than a huge win for the writers, and a huge win for the film and television industry.

[The Captain]

Sept 27, 2023 13:41:13 GMT -5 Tom Turkey said:

Sept 27, 2023 12:36:43 GMT -5 The Captain said:

I wondered about SNL because variety shows are covered under the Network TV Code IIRC. But SNL has a lot of skits with acting, so maybe it doesn't count for that. Maybe it'd cover stuff like the monologue and Weekend Update but that's it.

Weekend Update still has some acting with the guests played by SNL regulars who show up.

Yeah but WU can work without those characters.

Granted that doesn't cover all the other content that'd be considered acting. Monologue, WU, and musical performances is 3-4 segments max out of many, many more that are acted skits.

[Feargus McReddit]

Sept 27, 2023 15:00:11 GMT -5 cjmb said:

After looking through the reported ins and outs of the deal, it certainly looks like the WGA got a lot of what they wanted. I can’t see this being considered anything other than a huge win for the writers, and a huge win for the film and television industry.

What more adds to it is that this new deal is worth $220m a year to writers after the originally rejected $86m a year deal.

Like, imagine holding off for so long, spreading what was essentially propaganda to the broadsheets and ending up having to pay $660m for three years for it. There are Super Bowls with less costly stumbles.

[Lizuka #BLM]

My understanding is conventional wisdom with a strike is to ask for triple and hope for double, so the fact they effectively got triple on top of all of the other concessions is a huge victory.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Sept 27, 2023 15:27:25 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

My understanding is conventional wisdom with a strike is to ask for triple and hope for double, so the fact they effectively got triple on top of all of the other concessions is a huge victory.

And as an added bonus, they put the studio execs in a position where they outed themselves as even bigger scumbags that most people thought, and how little power they actually hold. Hopefully the next time contract negotiations roll around all the unions will have to do is:

[Feargus McReddit]

Hell of a week for entertainment workers all around.

[thechase]

SAG-AFTRA said today that its scheduled talks with the video game industry, which began Tuesday, have ended with no agreement.

In a terse statement tonight, the union said: SAG-AFTRA and video game employers concluded scheduled negotiations for the Interactive Media Agreement. No deal was reached and the current agreement will remain in effect while the parties make final efforts to reach a deal.”

deadline.com/2023/09/sag-aftra-video-game-strike-talks-no-deal-1235559424/

[Alice Syndrome]

It's almost like trying to face writers in a game of "do something for a long time without making any money" was a bad idea.

[Feargus McReddit]

Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Lori Alan and John O’Hurley have all made contributions to the SAG Foundation for performers in desperate need.

[Savage Gambino]

Sept 30, 2023 2:36:02 GMT -5 Feargus McReddit said:

Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Lori Alan and John O’Hurley have all made contributions to the SAG Foundation for performers in desperate need.

I immediately recognized the name John O'Hurley... from Seinfeld. Can't believe I never clocked that was King Neptune.

Love the "we" mentality of the Guilds throughout these strikes. That united front is what unions are for.