It's over! [Writer's Strike]

[Tomiko]

Saw this on a Lost site:

http://www.docarzt.com/lost-news/the-st ... nitely.php

In advance of the meeting today, the WGA released a memo to members via e-mail at 3:00am - after the end of the media blackout for most members - stating that a deal had been made that, quote, "protects a future in which the Internet becomes the primary means of both content creation and delivery."

Additionally, WGA President's Patric Verrone and Michael Winship say in the memo "...we believe that continuing to strike now will not bring sufficient gains to outweigh the potential risks and that the time has come to accept this contract and settle the strike."

In addition, the note contained an outline of the specifics of the new deal, which can be downloaded here in PDF.

Taking the language of the memo at face value it is difficult to imagine that the WGA leadership is not going to tell its members to return to work Monday.

I've been talking to people on the other side of the fence for weeks now about what an end to the strike means for Lost and this is what I have for information:

It will take 4-6 weeks to get back to actual filming.
NO discussions have been had regarding the logistics of a return to production.
The industry is planning on extending the TV season to the end of June.
If the season is extended a maximum of 6 episodes could be produced.
Regardless, a minimum of 3 new episodes will be produced.
There has been NO discussion with regards to whether the un-produced episodes will be made up.

The most important thing to remember is that there have been no formal discussions between the LOST writers/show runners and the studios since the strike began. We shouldn't expect a boatload of answers to any of these questions for at least a few days, possibly longer.

I'm going to continue to ping everybody on my radar connected to the show to get updates on what the production schedule looks like, but suffice to say we have two things to celebrate: the writers got a deal they are happy with, and we WILL see more than eight episodes of LOST this season.

Pretty sure this means that other shows should start filming soon as well.

[Cheerios]

Dugg by other users as possibly innacurate.

[kuronosan]

No heroes no care

[Day]

No heroes no care

[Xavier]

The WGA strike is over (practically), a lot of sources have picked it up.

The irony is that the SAG (more lovingly called the FAG) is preparing to strike in June, haha.

[Headspace]

No heroes no care

They should've just hired scabs for the new season and got rid of the writers responsible for that clusterfuck of a season 2.

[Remyo]

The WGA strike is over (practically), a lot of sources have picked it up.

The irony is that the SAG is preparing to strike in June, haha.

gdi I hate unions.

[Shuemue]

The WGA strike is over (practically), a lot of sources have picked it up.

The irony is that the SAG is preparing to strike in June, haha.

gdi I hate unions.

Yeah, fuck the little guy.

[Exoduso]

So is it confirmed to be over or just rumored?

[Remyo]

The WGA strike is over (practically), a lot of sources have picked it up.

The irony is that the SAG is preparing to strike in June, haha.

gdi I hate unions.

Yeah, fuck the little guy.

fuck yea!

[Conrad]

So is it confirmed to be over or just rumored?

It seems there's a proposal made by the AMPTP to the WGA, the terms of which would be insane not to accept. It's not official yet, but it's highly likely.

[Exoduso]

So if it will indeed be over, how soon can shows be back on the air?

[sunb1ind]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/23057002
Judging from this man's enthusiasm, I think they may have laid out an "offer they can't refuse"

[Titanss]

Good more Lost and now 24 will come back. brb posting in Lost thread.

[Venture]

I had forgotten they had even gone on strike until this popped back up. You wonder why they even bother hiring them back on when it's gotten obvious during the strike that it's been about as medicore without them as with them. I would pay them to get Kiefer Sutherland smash-faced drunk and let him write the next season of 24. It couldn't be any worse then last season, and it'd prolly be [___] this much more epic.

[Cephius]

All I know is the Colbert vs Stewart vs Conan skits were the funniest shit I've seen in a long time, who the hell needs writers!

[octopus]

Come on more heroes pls!

[Remyo]

i can't remember where but I read that they won't be able to salvage most seasons.

[Xavier]

I had forgotten they had even gone on strike until this popped back up. You wonder why they even bother hiring them back on when it's gotten obvious during the strike that it's been about as medicore without them as with them. I would pay them to get Kiefer Sutherland smash-faced drunk and let him write the next season of 24. It couldn't be any worse then last season, and it'd prolly be [___] this much more epic.

I'm a little confused by what you said so I want to make sure that you're aware that every "new" episode you've seen on tv this season was still written by the same group of writers, before the strike began.

[Norelco]

All of this will be for naught if those faggots at NBC don't bring back Journeyman.