Former Disney exec, Michael Eisner revealed in a CNBC interview, the other day. that the major studio execs and the WGA shook hands, last Friday, on a deal to end the strike. Saturday, 9 February, The contract will go before the WGA general assembly for final acceptance. When asked about the possibility that the assembly won’t accept the deal Eisner stated that acceptance was “inevitable.”

This, of course, is bittersweet news for fans of scripted television. Many shows will likely not have any more episodes written and produced, until Autumn 2008.

Go to CNBC to read more from Eisner on the strike ending.

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La-La Land generally practices “pattern bargaining”, meaning that, once one class of creative types signs a contract with moguls, it sets a precedent to aid in negotiations between other creative guilds. This leads to similar rate patterns for subsequent agreements.

That said, let’s hope this will be over soon. Movie and TV lovers, we, may have suffered a bit mentally. Imagine the issues faced by those whose tables were a bit harder to fill, as studios went dark. This includes various lesser known writers all the way to all manner of crew personnel.

Read more in the LA Times.

What do you think? Is it close to over now?

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