[TV orNotTV] WGA and AMPTP reach settlement… to be voted on on Tuesday

2023-09-24 Thread Kevin M.
Specifics haven’t yet been made public, but both sides are patting themselves on the back, so it’s probably another deal that will unravel in a few years after the next big tech breakthrough occurs. https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/writers-strike-ends-wga-amptp-deal-2-1235733452/ -- You receive

Re: [TV orNotTV] WGA and AMPTP reach settlement… to be voted on on Tuesday

2023-09-24 Thread 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV
Obviously SAG-AFTRA would still need to reach an agreement with AMPTP for much of anything to resume on television.  Certainly some pre-production could resume, but the late night shows would still need guests, unless they want to go all-in on the comedy bits.  (Personally I'd love this, but wo

Re: [TV orNotTV] WGA and AMPTP reach settlement… to be voted on on Tuesday

2023-09-24 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Potential talk show guests (i.e., the kind of people Drew Barrymore had on that week of shows she taped): news personalities, reality show personalities, YouTube influencers, authors, musicians. > On Sep 24, 2023, at 8:28 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV > wrote: > > Obviously SAG-AFTRA w

Re: [TV orNotTV] WGA and AMPTP reach settlement… to be voted on on Tuesday

2023-09-24 Thread PGage
We will have to wait and see the details, But the Variety story seems to assume that the WGA has been successful in getting minimum guaranteed staff levels and a significant formula for providing streaming residuals. Union rhetoric during the strike suggests that they would not set up without some