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It is Monday, September 25th.

It happened last night, 7.23 p.m.

While Craig was watching football, I was finalizing my Sunday night

puck newsletter, the Writers Guild alerted its members that it had reached a tentative deal with

the studios and streamers on a new three-year contract that paves away for an end to the WGA strike

after 146 days, second longest ever. The Guild still needs to ratify the

deal, which should take a couple weeks. Don't forget the actors union, SAGAFRA, they are still on strike.

Those negotiations should begin next week. And if all goes according to plan, production with

actors can restart around Thanksgiving. That's the best case scenario.

But it was a long road to this deal, and there were times this weekend where it kind of looked

like it might fall apart, despite the fact that four of the CEOs of the studios, Netflix, Warner

Discovery, Disney, NBC Universal, they negotiated last week in person. So, who won? That's

kind of impossible to tell before we see the deal, which won't happen until the negotiating

committee puts it in front of its members for a vote. But the Guild is using language like,

quote, exceptional and meaningful gains. And I've talked to sources on both sides.

The writers got broad protections against AI, though the studios kept certain rights to experiment.

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