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Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Saturday Night Live, WWE NXT & The CW, SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, Prime Video's Invincible, Critical Role's Candela Obscura: Tide & Bone, FX's Shōgun, Please Don't Destroy & Taylor Swift, Marvel Studios' The Marvels/Ms Marvel, Prime Video's Reacher, Crunchyroll & Walmart, FX's What We Do in the[...]

After reports that the studios & streamers had adjusted the language of its "Last, Best & Final" offer to the union, negotiations between AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA have wrapped for the day – with more talks expected on Wednesday SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland and AMPTP president Carol Lombardini led today's talks, which reportedly saw the[...]

With the strike having now reached its 117th day, SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP are reportedly planning to meet again today to see if an agreement can be reached on the studios & streamers' "Last, Best & Final" offer that leads to a new three-year deal for the union Heading into this afternoon, the rumblings were that[...]

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 &[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, AMC's Fear the Walking Dead, Prime Video's Gen V/The Boys, SAG-AFTRA, Prime Video's Reacher, AEW, Netflix's Stranger Things Day, Netflix's Pluto, Netflix's One Piece, Marvel Studios' The Marvels, Disney+'s Loki, BBC's Doctor Who, and more! Images/Screencaps: Netflix, Marvel Studios, Toei Animation, SAG-AFTRA, BBC, AMC Networks, Prime[...]

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[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Amazon's Wytches, Netflix's Nocterra, Crunchyroll's Spy x Family, AEW/WWE, Max's Creature Commandos, Skybound's Spike & Mike's Festival of Animation Revival, SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP, AMC's Fear the Walking Dead, Cartoon Network's Steven Universe, Apple TV+'s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Marvel Studios' Marvel Spotlight, Disney+'s Loki, BBC's Doctor Who, and more! Images/Screencaps: Marvel Studios, S[...]

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 114th day of the strike coming to an end, the pendulum has now reportedly shifted to SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher, Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, and the union's negotiating committee 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[...]

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[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP, FX's Fargo, Disney+'s Echo, The CW's Superman & Lois, FX's American Sports Story, AEW, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, Apple TV+'s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Prime Video's Gen V/The Boys, AMC's Fear the Walking Dead, Prime Video's Invincible, Netflix's Stranger Things, BBC's Doctor Who, FOX/WWE SmackDown, Crunchyroll's Code Geass, FOX's Bob's Burgers, Two and[...]

Now, reports are that the new proposal was delivered to SAG-AFTRA as the strike ends its 113th day – with further negotiations being eyed for Saturday Adding to the sense of urgency to get a new three-year deal in place, NBCUniversal's Donna Langley, Disney's Bob Iger, Warner Bros Discovery's David Zaslav, and Netflix's Ted Sarandos[...]

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[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? CBS' After Midnight, SAG-AFTRA, Paramount+'s Frasier, Disney/Hulu, AEW, Fran Drescher/SNL, FX's Fargo, Prime Video's Gen V, Marvel Studios' Loki & Jonathan Majors, Netflix's Stranger Things, The Flash's Grant Gustin, Neil Gaiman, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds/Voyager, Crunchyroll/Anime NYC 2023, BBC's Doctor Who, and more! Images/Screencaps: Marvel Studios, SNL, FX Networks, Paramount+,[...]

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[...]

If you had a chance to check out NBC's Saturday Night Live this past weekend, then you know that first-time host/stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze and SNL cast members Ego Nwodim & Sarah Sherman had some fun twisting the satirical knife on SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher and the recent Halloween costume guidelines that the union posted[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Matthew Perry, FXX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Max's Young Justice, Les Ghouls, South Park/Elon Musk, SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP, The Marvels/X-Men, Wondery's The Lesser Dead, BBC's Doctor Who, Disney+'s Loki, Hulu/The Orville, WWE/AEW, Prime Video's Invincible, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, Prime Video's Gen V, The X-Files, Hulu's American Horror Stories, Netflix's Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Peacock's John Carpenter's Suburban[...]

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[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? NBC's Friends/Matthew Perry, SAG-AFTRA, BBC's Doctor Who, AMC's Nautilus, Amazon's Poltergeist, AMC's Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, AMC's Fear the Walking Dead, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Lower Decks, WWE, "Star Trek"/Sir Patrick Stewart, and more! Images/Screencaps: AMC Networks, Warner Bros[...]

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[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? NBC's Saturday Night Live, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, AMC's Fear the Walking Dead, Crunchyroll's Jujutsu Kaisen, SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP, Crunchyroll's Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Marvel Studios' The Marvels, BBC's Ghosts, AEW, BBC's Doctor Who, Barry Manilow/NBC, Disney+'s Loki, HBO's Game of Thrones, and more! Images/Screencaps: Adult Swim, AMC Networks, Disney+, SAG-AFTRA, Crunchyroll, BBC, NBCUniversal BCTV Daily Dispatch:[...]

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 –[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? NBC's Saturday Night Live, SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP, RIP Matthew Perry, Crunchyroll's Spy x Family, Netflix's Star Trek: Prodigy, WWE/AEW, Max's Our Flag Means Death, BBC's Doctor Who, Paramount+'s South Park/Gina Carano, Netflix's Bodies, Peacock's Community, AMC's Fear the Walking Dead, Hulu's Moving, Bruce Lee, HBO's Game of Thrones, and more! Images/Screencaps: Max, HBO, SNL, AMC Networks,[...]

While our full SNL review will hit on Sunday morning, we didn't want to wait to pass along one of the best sketches of the night as Sarah Sherman took on the role of SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher for a sketch that twisted the knife on the union's posted Halloween costume guidelines that saw some[...]

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[...]