SAG-AFTRA leaders reach tentative deal with Hollywood studios to end 4-month strike

SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher joins Good Day LA

On Thursday, SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher joined Good Day LA after a tentative deal was reached with Hollywood studios.

LOS ANGELES - The Hollywood actors' strike is officially over. The news comes as SAG-AFTRA's negotiating committee reached a tentative deal with the film and television studios Wednesday night.

Fran Drescher. (Photo by Momodu Mansaray/Getty Images)

SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher joined Good Day LA Thursday to discuss the resolution with Hollywood studios.

Tentative deal ends actors' strike

A tentative agreement has been reached between SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood studios.

The agreement marks the end of a four-month walkout, which is the longest actors vs. film studios strike in Hollywood history.

The strike will end at midnight, on November 9. SAG-AFTRA published a loudly-designed social media graphic celebrating the end of the walkout.

Below is a statement released, in part, by SAG-AFTRA:

"We are thrilled & proud to tell you that today your TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee voted unanimously to approve a tentative agreement with the AMPTP. As of 12:01 a.m. PT on Nov. 9, our strike is officially suspended & all picket locations are closed. We will be in touch in the coming days with information about celebration gatherings around the country.

In a contract valued at over one billion dollars, we have achieved a deal of extraordinary scope that includes "above-pattern" minimum compensation increases, unprecedented provisions for consent and compensation that will protect members from the threat of AI, and for the first time establishes a streaming participation bonus. Our Pension & Health caps have been substantially raised, which will bring much needed value to our plans. In addition, the deal includes numerous improvements for multiple categories including outsize compensation increases for background performers, and critical contract provisions protecting diverse communities.

We have arrived at a contract that will enable SAG-AFTRA members from every category to build sustainable careers. Many thousands of performers now and into the future will benefit from this work."

SAG-AFTRA approves deal to end strike

SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood studios have reportedly reached an agreement that would bring an end to the longest actors' strike in Hollywood history. Actors had been on strike for 118 days. Entertainment attorney Jonathan Handel breaks down how the two sides reached and agreement.

Over the course of the months-long negotiation process, SAG-AFTRA had been pushing for protection against artificial intelligence (AI) technology, which drew some pushback from the TV-film brass.

AI was a major hurdle in the drawn-out labor negotiations. The union was insistent on securing robust protections regarding AI, while the studios were reportedly reluctant to restrict their use of the rapidly emerging technology.

Most of the TV/film production had been on pause since May 2 when the Writers Guild of America began striking and SAG-AFTRA members joined the walkout in solidarity with the writers. WGA ended its strike in late September and the deal with the Hollywood studios became ratified in early October.