About 60 pilots for scripted network primetime programs will be shot under AFTRA contracts this year, while few – or perhaps none – will be produced under SAG jurisdiction, according to sources close to the two unions, who spoke on condition of anonymity. If you work in tech, check out my book How to Write LOIs and Term Sheets. MORE >>

Remember the lawsuit that former SAG president Alan Rosenberg and three other Membership First members (1st VP Anne-Marie Johnson and board members Diane Ladd and Kent McCord) filed against their own union? Today’s judge also awarded court costs to SAG. will probably ask the court to order that SAG pay Rosenberg et al.'s That 2.5% MORE >>

That much became clear in the last round of major negotiations, which lasted from 2007 to 2009, and featured a writers strike and a SAG stalemate. covered those events as they occurred, and they’re also the topic of my forthcoming book, “Hollywood on Strike!,” That ties the negotiating schedule into the SAG election schedule. MORE >>

Several months ago, we learned that pilot season this year was 94% AFTRA (or 87% by some calculations), a complete 180 from its usual 90% SAG. That didn’t look good for SAG, but a few Membership First hardliners urged us to wait and see how the all-important series pickups turned out. MORE >>

Thursday’s SAG election was a victory for the moderate coalition. But with SAG, the story is never simple. Under the SAG Constitution and By-Laws, a national officer can’t also be an elected member of the national board or a Divisional board. If you work in tech, check out my book How to Write LOIs and Term Sheets. MORE >>