SAG-AFTRA members and supporters on the picket line in front of NBC Studios in New York City.The writers and actors have already won the battle of solidarity and righteousness; the question now is how long before the studios get over themselves and make a deal.
It would be great to say something sensible like “a week,” but given the unfiltered arrogance, shocking hostility and general bone-headednessthus far, it’s difficult to know. They could double themselves down into a 2024 with few new series and the least surprising Oscar race in history Every attempt the AMPTP has made to control the negotiations or the public narrative has backfired. After the Writers Guild of America went on strike in May, “tough” talking from anonymous executives about how they were in it to win it even if it meant writers losing their homes only served to strengthen the writers’ unity.