From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Taverny-Sea, and this is The Daily.

After 148 days on strike, one of the longest in history.

Writers for movies and televisions will return to work today,

with a deal in hand that amounts to a major win for organized labor in Hollywood.

Today, my colleague, John Koblin, on why the studios acquiesced

and what the deal means for the future of American entertainment.

It's Wednesday, September 27th.

So John, we're talking on Tuesday afternoon, and by all accounts,

the writers and the studios have reached a deal on a contract,

after the writers striking for months and months.

And we wanted to come to you to talk about this and, you know,

how this deal came about, what's actually in it.

But right off the bat, top line, highest level, what's your read on all of this?

Who's really the winner here?

It looks like at this moment that the writers really prevailed.

You know, it's funny, when the writers last went on strike,

which was 15 years ago, 100-day strikes, more than three months.

After that strike had ended, after they reached that tentative agreement,

the guild leader sent out an email that said something like,

you know, we didn't get everything we wanted,

and, you know, we've sacrificed countless hours during the struggle,

but we did well.

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