Actors Union, Studios Will Return to Bargaining Table on Oct. 2

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Executives from AMPTP companies expected to attend

SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher and picketers outside New York City Hall in August.
SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher and picketers outside New York City Hall in August. (Image credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

The actors union, SAG-AFTRA, and the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers said they will resume negotiations on a new contract on October 2.

A joint statement from SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP specified that “several executives from AMPTP member companies will be in attendance."

The announcement follows the end of the strike by the Writers Guild of America at 12:01 a.m. (PT) on Wednesday. The writers have been on picket lines since May.

Union officials recommended the proposed new contract and have given the OK for writers to return to work, pending ratification by members.

The writers strike ended after senior media company executives personally joined the bargaining.

SAG-AFTRA went on strike in July, joining the writers and effectively shutting down production of nearly all theatrical films and scripted television shows.

With the end of the writers strike, some talk shows have started making plans to produce new episodes.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.