Most people, myself included, didn’t give a rat’s ass about the Writers Guild of America strike for the first week or so. I don’t watch late night television, Saturday Night Live, or talk shows. I figure the writers are probably as greedy as the producers, so picking the “working man” in this fight is laughable. When the strike really hit home for me was looking at the upcoming schedule for The Office and seeing that repeats are starting next week! This thing is getting serious!

Fortunately, Variety is reporting that after no discussions between the WGA and the producers since November 4th, the contract talks will resume on November 26th. Starting earlier, like today, will interfere wil Thanksgiving I presume, and everyone wants to get them some turkey (or chicken nuggets, in the case of all the fired grips and camera operators out there.)

Without delving into the boring details and posturing, the factor that likely brought the two sides back to the table was the producers willingness to drop a requirement that the strike be called off before negotiations could start again. The same issues related to compensation for new media are still there. There is a general news blackout from both sides so stay tuned after Thanksgiving to see if we can get the script for the next Martin Lawrence star vehicle moving forward.