罢工结束Striking Hollywood writers are going back to work.
Striking Hollywood writers are going back to work.The Writers Guild of America said its members voted Tuesday to end their devastating, three-month strike that brought the entertainment industry to a standstill. o R|+?"f,q
Writers will go back to work Wednesday after voting in Beverly Hills and New York.
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"At the end of the day, everybody won. It was a fair deal and one that the companies can live with, and it recognizes the large contribution that writers have made to the industry," said Leslie Moonves, chief executive officer of CBS Corp. m#pG u9x3N$B3st
Moonves was among the media executives who helped broker a deal after talks between the guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers collapsed in acrimony.
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One winner in the vote was the Academy Awards, which can now be staged Feb. 24 without the threat of pickets or a boycott by actors that would have dulled the glamour of Hollywood's signature celebration.
The strike's end would allow many hit series to return this spring for what's left of the current season, airing anywhere from four to seven new episodes. Shows with marginal audience numbers may not return until fall or could be canceled.
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"It will be all hands on deck for the writing staff," said Chris Mundy, co-executive producer of CBS' drama "Criminal Minds." He hopes to get a couple of scripts in the pipeline right away, with about seven episodes airing by the end of May.
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The combined New York-Beverly Hills count was overwhelmingly in favor of ending the strike: 3,492 voted yes, with only 283 voting to stay off the job. W j qov~"zCD
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Writers did not vote on whether to formally accept the tentative contract that already has won approval from the union's board of directors. ^xi(iB6j]
The guild will mail contract ratification ballots to members over the next few days. Writers can also vote at meetings. All ballots must be cast by Feb. 25.
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The union's board approved a deal Sunday giving writers a share of the growing revenue from programs offered on the internet and other new media.
Guild leaders say they were fighting for a piece of the future, reflecting the widespread belief that Internet-delivered entertainment fare would inevitably claim an increasing and perhaps even dominant market share. &~M b/u t|1P N Y5L
The walkout stopped work on dozens of TV shows, disrupted movie production, and turned the usually star-studded Golden Globes show into a news conference. 好莱坞编剧决定结束罢工
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美国编剧工会(Writers Guild of America)的罢工会员周二晚间投票，以压倒性多数决定结束这场严重打击了美国娱乐业、已持续3个月之久的罢工。 Ht7f3m+r1Jh Xg9^
在投票的前两天，该工会表示已经同好莱坞主要的制片厂和电视广播网就新的三年期合同达成了临时协议。预计几周后美国编剧工会将会正式批准此合同。在该工会的10,500名活跃会员中，有3,775人参加了投票。该工会称，有92.5%的投票者支持结束罢工。 8N K3\'d g Bq5L;FZ
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预计编剧将在周三开始复工。 U#Q*sW RB9K \:r$GBy
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在美国编剧工会与代表制片厂的电影与电视制片人协会(Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers)之间的合同谈判破裂后，工会编剧于去年11月5日开始罢工。主要的症结在于在互联网和其他新媒体上使用编剧的作品后应如何对其进行补偿，在网上重播和下载其作品的情况下这个问题尤为突出。
在美国编剧工会领导层和大制片厂的管理人员进行了两周的会谈后，这个问题最终在上周五得到了解决。持续了14周的罢工在好莱坞产生了深远的影响：它几乎摧毁了电视剧播出旺季、令众多故事片项目面临困境，也导致该行业年度颁奖季节发生混乱。
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但随着罢工的结束，好莱坞最大的颁奖典礼奥斯卡奖将会顺利举行，电视转播也将在2月24日按计划进行。
电视业已开始为复工着手准备。一些剧本制作人周一已经开始工作，为其作品进行准备。电视网也在同制片公司制订计划，以在罢工结束后尽快恢复正常。
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比如，哥伦比亚广播公司(CBS)预计，将分别在在3月中旬和4月第一周开始播出《好汉两个半》(Two and a Half Men)和《犯罪心理》(Criminal Minds)等剧目。与此同时，美国全国广播公司(NBC)表示《周六夜现场》(Saturday Night Live)将于2月23日复播。 6O;v ]| lcx
不过，电视业传统的秋季制作周期预计会发生很大变化。试播季可能会比往常单薄许多。一些电视网可能还会放弃面向广告客户的预告片。
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一些电视网的管理人员曾预计，罢工将成为改变电视剧制作周期的催化剂。 \ H7`P W&[ K j
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