SAG-AFTRA & AMPTP Ink Tentative Deal

0:00It's May 3rd. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today. Pop culture powered by AI. SAG AFTERA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television producers just aimed a tentative deal for the next contract after the 2023 TV and theatrical agreements. This covers movies, scripted primetime drama on TV, streaming shows, and new media. Both sides strapped a joint statement confirming it, but they're keeping the details under wraps until the SAG after National Board checks it out in. The next few days. Talks kicked off February 9th, pause March 15th, then pick back up April 27th, and wrap May 2nd, 2026 earlier. Then the May or June timeline folks expected. Now it heads to the National Board for a review, and if they greenlight it, all about 160,000 guild members will vote on whether to, ratify. This comes right after the writer's guild of America sealed their own deal with the AMPTP on April 4th. A far cry from the messy strike talks back in 2023, WGAs negotiating chairs said the

1:06studio showed up ready to bargain from jump, cutting through the usual weeks of stall tactics and getting to real. Issues Fast. Meanwhile, the director's guild sits down with the AMPTP May 11th, so more Hollywood labor news on the horizon. With the board meeting soon and that big member vote looming, eyes stay glued to how this shakes out for performers across the board.