The writer's strike ... could it really be "The End"?

Two importants items we found after we wrote the item below: United Hollywood, the Writer's Guild blog, is holding a live conference at 1 p.m. today (Friday). We're guessing you have to be members for this.
Also, the WGA is holding a general membership meeting at the Shrine Auditorium, 665 W Jefferson Blvd., Los Angeles, at 7 p.m. Saturday night. We assume they're hoping to have a contract to present to the members.


After all the false alarms and false hopeful (and really unfounded) reports in some papers lately, the writer's strike is really showing signs of ending. The Los Angeles Times reports writers could be back to work Monday if a deal currently being hammered out is presented to members this weekend.

And the New York Times had a great background story today about how the efforts of one woman helped turned the strike from possibility of becoming a hopeless impasse to the real possibility of a settlement. 

Props to both sides for hammering this thing out. Early reports say the writers did get some measure of income from the internet use of their material. That was only fair and we're glad that both sides were able to discuss it civilly.

But it ain't over 'till it's over. Cross your fingers. And we hope both sides will persevere to get this thing done and get this strike over with and put behind them. 

Then, we can make this the dramatic conclusion and really say it's "The End."