On February 3, 2008, the WGA reached an agreement with four other filmmakers in New York. [105] WGA organizers are looking for straws and have never had a coherent strategy for conducting serious negotiations. AMPTP may have different companies with different assets in different companies, but they are all united in a common goal – to reach an agreement with the authors that positions everyone in our industry to succeed in a rapidly changing market. The guild stated that it had no intention of targeting Leno and O`Brien with protests[116] directed against Carson Daly, a non-WGA member, who was accused of setting up a hotline for jokes as part of a strike-breaking effort.[117] [118] However, after returning to the air, Leno was accused by the WGA of violating a strike after writing and delivering monologues, but it is unclear what actions the guild would take. [119] [120] [121] Later, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert announced that their respective shows, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, would also return without writers on January 7, 2008. [122] The WGA accused Comedy Central and NBC of forcing the hosts back on the air by threatening the jobs of their show staff and crew, saying they would hit them. [114] [118] [123] [124] To pay tribute to the authors, The Daily Show was renamed A Daily Show with Jon Stewart for the duration of the strike. Similarly, The Colbert Report was renamed The Colbert Report (with hard T`s) for its first new episode since the strike began. In support of the strike, the Screen Actors Guild called on its members to appear on shows that had independent deals with the WGA, such as the Late Show with David Letterman and the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. [125] After returning to broadcasting, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report saw their ratings increase. At the end of January 2008, compared to January 2007, The Daily Show increased by 17% among viewers aged 18 to 34 and by 9% among those aged 18 to 49 over the same period. Over the same period, the Colbert report increased by 21% among 18- to 34-year-olds and by 15% among 18- to 49-year-olds. On the other hand, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O`Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson saw a drop in ratings compared to the previous year, while The Late Show remained tied with David Letterman.

On the 19th. In November 2008, the Writers Guild of America announced that it was filing arbitration against the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers for non-compliance with the agreement that ended the strike. [273] The issue was resolved with the WGA and amptp and a new agreement came into force on May 2, 2011. [274] Every three years, the WGA negotiates a new basic contract with the AMPTP that employs its members. This contract is called the Minimum Basic Agreement (MBA). [17] In 2007, MBA negotiations reached an impasse and WGA members voted to give their board of directors permission to call a strike, which it did on Friday, November 2, 2007; the strike began the following Monday, November 5, 2007. Any increase in health insurance benefits, pensions or residual profits made by the WGA is also likely to be demanded by other entertainment industry unions when their contracts expire. This is a practice known as the bargaining model – the first union to enter into an agreement with the AMPTP usually sets the model for the agreement with other unions.

The contracts of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the Directors Guild of America (DGA) expired on June 30, 2008. [264] On February 12, 2008, WGAW President Patrick Verrone announced the end of the strike at 100 days. Of the 3,775 WGA authors who voted, 92.5 percent were in favor of ending the strike. Verrone said the WGA had achieved two of its three main objectives of the negotiations; Material written by WGA members for new media would be covered by their contracts with production studios and production studios in the base payment for the reuse of material based on a gross formula for residual amounts. The WGA`s objectives regarding the payment of animation and reality television were not achieved through negotiations with the AMPTP. On 26 February 2007, the WGA officially approved (93.6% of the 4,060 voters) its new contract with the AMPTP, which was to last until 1 May 2011. It is estimated that the writers` strike cost the Los Angeles economy more than $3 billion. On July 16, 2007, the WGA Bargaining Committee began meeting with amptp to negotiate its MBA. The negotiations lasted until 31 September. October 2007, when the current WGA MBA with AMPTP expired and the groups had not reached an agreement on a renewed contract. The WGA acceded to his request to double the amount paid for DVD sales on the last day of negotiations, hoping to reach a compromise, but the WGA remained dissatisfied with the AMPTP`s proposal for the authors` internet scraps. In an interview with cable news network (CNN), AMPTP President Nick Counter expressed dissatisfaction with the WGA`s decision to suspend negotiations and strike at the end of his current MBA, rather than choose to ”close the clock” and continue talks.

The agreement expired on Wednesday, October 13, and talks continued throughout the weekend until the strike began on Monday. In anticipation of the strike, WGA leaders organized strike captain orientations for WGA members, who would oversee picket teams during the strike. .