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by Shannonn Kelly

As the Writers Guild of America has moved to end its three-month-old strike, Hollywood writers could be back behind their desks as early as Wednesday. Patric Verrone, president of the guild’s West Coast branch said membership meetings will be held Tuesday in New York and Los Angeles.

Since Sunday WGA membership maintained that there will be no picketing Monday or Tuesday, suspending all picketing until the WGA membership votes to either end or continue the strike. There will be lots of news this week about shows, deals and more. Click on the links below for more articles about the effects and chatter on the 3-month long Writers Guild of America strike.

• Read the Cynthia Littleton article on how it breaks down the WGA deal, analyzing things like “imputed value” and revenue formulas. For WGA voters - and SAG-AFTRA members - only
• WGA settlement will make an actors strike less likely
• Read the Brian Stelter article about Union leaders give up demands on animation and reality television
• Read about which shows might come back and which ones might not

written by RHIFF