Here's a look at the steps to come for writers, and for the actors whose strike continues.
In the last writers strike, in 2008, board members voted two days after a deal was reached, and members voted two days after that.
But while the show's joke writers will be free to return, many of their usual guests will not, with the ongoing actors strike bringing limits on such appearances.
HOW LONG WILL THE ACTORS STRIKE LAST?
It was three months into the writers strike before the AMPTP reached out to begin negotiations, and the initial talks sputtered after a just a few days.
Persons:
Jimmy Fallon, ” ABC's, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert ”, Drew Barrymore, Severance, ABC's “, —
Organizations:
ANGELES, FIRST, Hollywood's, Writers Guild of America, Alliance, Television Producers, Hollywood, WGA, Screen, American Federation of Television, Radio Artists, Guild, Apple, ABC's “ Abbott, SAG
Locations:
hollywood