{"id":2418,"date":"2017-05-02T15:12:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T20:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=2418"},"modified":"2017-05-02T15:12:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T20:12:09","slug":"hollywood-writers-strike-averted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/02\/hollywood-writers-strike-averted\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Writers&#8217; Strike Averted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2417\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/amptp-vs-wga-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/amptp-vs-wga-cropped.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/amptp-vs-wga-cropped-300x71.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The WGA, a union representing the writers of television shows and movies announced they had tentatively agreed to a new three-year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.<\/p>\n<p>Today at 1:30AM PT it was announced: &#8220;The Writers Guilds of America, West and East and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have concluded negotiations and have reached a tentative agreement on terms for a new three-year collective bargaining agreement.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-1978987232\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The WGA and the AMPTP, which negotiates on behalf of studios and networks, had been holding contract talks in recent weeks in an effort to reach a new deal before the expiration of the current agreement.<\/p>\n<p>A vast majority of WGA members recently gave their union negotiators authorization to call a strike if no deal was reached by the time the contract ended, so writers could have been walking picket lines.<\/p>\n<p>The last strike was ten years ago and CBS filled the void of scripted TV with an extra season of Big Brother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WGA, a union representing the writers of television shows and movies announced they had tentatively agreed to a new three-year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. 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