To recap, the last meeting between representatives from SAG and AMPTP on May 6th didn't exactly end on a high note. After 18 days of talks both the SAG and AMPTP conceded in their own ways that the two sides were still far apart from making a deal. Variety is reporting that SAG representatives have accepted the AMPTP's invitation to begin negotiations again on May 28th or earlier.
The feature-primetime deal expires on June 30th and has created a "de facto" strike in which major studios aren't greenlighting any projects until a new deal is reached. However, the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists (AFTRA) and AMPTP are on track to make a deal within the next few days. For the first time in three decades, SAG and AFTRA are negotiating separately and some hostility has developed between the two unions revolving around actor consent for web distributed film clips. While AFTRA agreed to a formula that doesn't include actor consent, SAG is still opposed to the idea despite the studios asserting that doing otherwise is infeasible.
AFTRA's contract also expires on June 30th, but with the progress they're making, it seems unreasonable we'll lose shows like Curb Your Enthusiasm (collective sigh of relief), Reaper (do the studios even want it back?), and 'Til Death (who watches this besides Brad Garrett?).
