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After 146 days, nearly five months on the picket line,

the writers Guild of America reached a tentative deal Sunday night on a new

contract with Major Hollywood Studios. Screenwriters have been waiting for this

moment. They celebrated the news and posted videos to social media.

The dust hasn't settled quite yet, though. WGA leadership is scheduled to vote

Tuesday on accepting the new deal, passing it on to the guild's entire membership

for ratification. It'll take longer for WGA members to learn the details and

vote. So, writers are not going back to work quite yet. Talk shows like the

Drew Barrymore Show and Real Time with Bill Marr had announced plans to return

a new episode last week, but they wound up standing down amid a significant

backlash. That is NPR TV critic and media analyst Eric Deggins. So, as we

enter into the fall season, not all the shows you have been anticipating will

resume production right away, but some may be coming back soon.

The Trade magazine variety published a story on Sunday night that quoted

unnamed producers saying that late night TV shows, which suspended their

production, when the strike started about 146 days ago, they might come back as

soon as next week. That's because the host of these shows aren't covered by the

actor's strike, though you probably won't see performers appearing on talk

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