Writers strike over in 2 weeks?

It seems that what was assumed would happen, WGA modeling their deal after the DGA deal, is happening;
Writers Strike Could End in Two Weeks as Key Players Show Clout

Monday, January 21st, 2008

The WGA wisely invited key Showrunners and hyphenates to be part of the process. Now they are pushing the DGA deal as a model to get the writers back to work

By Alex Ben Block

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) – 1/21/2008 – The same group of top TV show runners and industry hyphenates who added credibility, muscle and enhanced unity during the Writers Guild strike are now also going to be a force pushing within the guild for a contract modeled after the DGA deal. That is one reason we believe the WGA strike will be over in two weeks, and the Academy Awards will proceed as usual.

These Showrunners — the people who run day-to-day operations of a TV show, often with titles like executive producer, producer-writer or some combination of hyphenates — are under tremendous personal and professional pressure to get back to work before their well paid careers go through the corporate shredder.

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