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After working late into the night, SAG-AFTRA & AMPTP suspended talks late on Monday – though no deal is in place on the 117th day of the strike, the union and studios & streamers are expected to resume negotiations on Tuesday, November 7th (though no formal update has been offered by either side so far[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? "Stranger Things" Day, Stephen King & Elon Musk, Crunchyroll's Jujutsu Kaisen, Paramount+'s Frasier, SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP, Marvel Studios' The Marvels, Friends/Matthew Perry, BBC's Red Dwarf, AMC's Fear the Walking Dead, BBC's Doctor Who, FX's Fargo, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, Prime Video's Invincible, Crunchyroll's Spy x Family, South Park/Kathleen Kennedy, Prime Video's Reacher, NBC's Saturday Night Live, and more! Images/Screencaps:[...]

SAG-AFTRA has responded to what the AMPTP tagged as its "Last, Best and Final" offer on Monday And while there's a lot riding on how this current round of talks goes – the union messaged its members that "the right deal" isn't there yet Confirming that SAG-AFTRA "formally responded to the AMPTP's 'Last, Best &[...]

As the 115th day of the SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP strike comes to a close, reports are that the union will need at least another day to review the studios & streamers' "Last, Best, and Final Offer" that was submitted to SAG-AFTRA on Saturday In a previous message to its members, the union's negotiating committee explained that it was[...]

UPDATE: SAG-AFTRA has messaged its members to inform them that it had "received an offer today from the AMPTP" that the union says the studios & streamers "characterized as their 'Last, Best, and Final Offer.'" The message went on to inform the members that the negotiating committee was "reviewing it and considering our response within[...]

With the AMPTP having submitted what's being called a comprehensive offer in response to the union's previous two proposals, both sides met briefly today before SAG-AFTRA began going over the specifics of what the studios & streamers were offering and discussing the union's next steps It's still not clear at the time of this writing[...]

Ahead of the start of the 114th day of the strike, we learned late on Friday that the AMPTP had delivered a new proposal offer to SAG-AFTRA – with further negotiations being eyed for Saturday That was confirmed late Friday/early Saturday in a message from the SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee to union members – along[...]

Earlier today, word hit the street that AMPTP was preparing a response to the union's two proposals with an overall offer that the studios & streamers hope can lead to a tentative agreement Now, reports are that the new proposal was delivered to SAG-AFTRA as the strike ends its 113th day – with further negotiations[...]

Three days into November and on the 113th day of the ongoing SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP strike, reports are that the studios & streamers are preparing to take SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher's social media advice from earlier today (more on that in a minute) Reports are that AMPTP is preparing a response to the union's two proposals with[...]

On Wednesday night, SAG-AFTRA messaged its members to inform them that they had met that day "to discuss and finalize our response to the AMPTP AI counter-proposal" that the union received from the AMPTP on Tuesday "The negotiators then met with AMPTP representatives for more than three hours" on Wednesday afternoon and evening "to present[...]

For some reason, those contrasting stories seem to sum up pretty much how things have been over the past several months between AMPTP and the WGA & SAG-AFTRA But the WGA has its new three-year deal now – and the rumblings surrounding the current talks between the actors' union and studios & streamers have been[...]

Ty SNL 💋👍💪👏," read the caption on the post from Dresher's official Instagram account (which also included a look at the sketch):   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Fran Drescher (@officialfrandrescher) SNL: SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP, Fran Drescher & Halloween Guidelines In the sketch, Bargatze and Nwodim portrayed a couple giving out candy on Halloween night – only to[...]

A day after the union messaged members that the two sides are still "far apart on key issues," SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP wrapped talks for the day but plan to continue negotiations on Wednesday, November 1st (with the remainder of the week set aside for additional talks, if necessary) With positive buzz building over how things[...]

Though SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP spent Monday working independently, the union and studios & streamers confirmed that the two sides are set to meet on Tuesday And despite the positive buzz that's been rumbling over the past few days, SAG-AFTRA's TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee made it clear that there are still some key issues that need to[...]

Although SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP won't be formally meeting today to finalize a new three-year deal to end the 109-day-long strike, work on both sides continues on Monday, with communication lines still active between the union and the studios & streamers (and an update on the negotiation schedule expected later today) Speaking with Deadline Hollywood (video[...]

We have an update to pass along regarding the negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP on a new three-year contract to end the 109-day-long strike After working over the weekend, the union confirmed in a message to its members that both parties discussed "all open proposals, including AI" over the course of the past two days[...]

With the strike now at its 108th day, communications between SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP continued on Sunday regarding their efforts to reach a new three-year deal While there has been a growing optimistic buzz over the past few days, both the studios & streamers and actors union have kept their on-the-record public comments on lockdown –[...]

Though negotiations between the actors' union and the studios & streamers have wrapped for the day, reports are that talks between SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP on a new three-year deal will continue on Sunday In attendance for today's virtual meeting were AMPTP president Carol Lombardini & their negotiating team and union president Fran Drescher, chief negotiator Duncan[...]

And that brought us to today, with reports that discussions to end the 106-day strike will continue into the weekend (possibly virtually) – with both the union and AMPTP committed to working through the weekend to finalize a new three-year deal Once again, we like to tread lightly in these situations, so we'll just add[...]

After the month that October has been, the fact that some folks have a sense of "cautious optimism" heading into today's next round of talks between SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP is something we're tagging as a "little victory." Today's negotiations come after several weeks that saw the studios & streamers throwing a pissy fit and walking[...]

Earlier today, SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland was on the picket line at Paramount when he was asked about the state of talks between the union and the AMPTP While reaffirming that the union is "100% focused on making a fair deal at the table," Crabtree-Ireland also added that he was feeling "cautiously optimistic" heading[...]

Note: make a deal, AMPTP!] And if that means stripping down to his underwear and singing Taylor Swift's hit single, "Anti-Hero"? Well, then it's gonna happen – as it did on Wednesday night during "The Give Back-ular Spectacular!" co-sponsored by The Union Solidarity Coalition. JACK BLACK/TAYLOR SWIFT (Image: Lucasfilm, NBCUniversal) But before his spectacular performance, Black kicked[...]

Looks like there won't be talks between SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP today after all, with negotiations reportedly rescheduled for Thursday after the actors' union took additional time to craft a response to the most recent proposals from the studios & streamers (never a bad thing) During Tuesday's meeting, the AMPTP presented a revised take on its[...]

Nearly two weeks after the studios & streamers "suspended" negotiations with the actors' union over a new three-year deal, the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA resumed talks on Tuesday Included in the discussions on the AMPTP side were Disney's Bob Iger, NBCUniversal's Donna Langley, Warner Bros Discovery's David Zaslav, Netflix's Ted Sarandos, and AMPTP President Carol Lombardini[...]

Not long after the actors' union and AMPTP announced in a joint statement that negotiations on a new three-year contract would resume on Tuesday, October 24th, at the union's headquarters, SAG-AFTRA released a statement to its membership, making it clear that it was the studios & streamers who "asked us to return to the table."[...]

After a rollercoaster week for the actors' union leading into this weekend's national convention, SAG-AFTRA released a joint statement with the AMPTP to announce that negotiations on a new three-year deal will resume at SAG-AFTRA Plaza on Tuesday, October 24th The statement also notes that "several executives from AMPTP member companies will be in attendance."[...]

SAG-AFTRA released a statement on Friday regarding its Halloween costume guidelines, which is getting some pushback from union members.

In a post earlier today, we discussed how SAG-AFTRA had been having a very "interesting" week on a number of fronts – including the actors' union posting Halloween costume guidelines to guarantee that members keep in compliance with strike deadlines by not dressing up as popular characters from any of the struck companies comprising the AMPTP[...]

Beyond donating extraordinary sums of money to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation in support of members during the strike, these influential individuals have sought to offer suggestions, in particular with regard to our streaming sharing proposal and the AMPTP's characterization that we are asking for too much," read the statement from SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee – before[...]

Earlier today, SAG-AFTRA posted holiday guidelines to guarantee that members keep in compliance with strike deadlines by not dressing up as popular characters from any of the struck companies comprising the AMPTP and posting them on social media In fact, the union offered some options costume-wise – including how members can "choose costumes inspired by[...]