The Writers Guild of America said that its 11,500 unionized screenwriters will head to the picket lines on Tuesday. Negotiations between studios and the writers, which began in March, failed to reach a new contract before the writers' current deal expired just after midnight, at 12:01 a.m. PDT Tuesday. All script writing is to immediately cease, the guild informed its members.
In a statement, the AMPTP said that it was prepared to improve its offer"but was unwilling to do so because of the magnitude of other proposals still on the table that the guild continues to insist upon." The AMPTP said Monday that the primary sticking points to a deal revolved around those mini-rooms -- the guild is seeking a minimum number of scribes per writer room -- and duration of employment restrictions. The guild has said more flexibility for writers is needed when they're contracted for series that have tended to be more limited and short-lived than the once-standard 20-plus episode broadcast season.
On Friday's episode of"Late Night," Seth Meyers, a WGA member who said he supported the union's demands, prepared viewers for re-runs while lamenting the hardship a strike entails.
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