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Except almost none of the issues in contention play any role for the late night talk shows. It is very easy to agree to the terms when you don't have to pay any of the money.
For PR purposes it may be too subtle a point (since most people I speak to are barely aware there is even a strike going on) but it is kind of like saying that taxes on orange trees are reasonable because Maine agreed to them. (I'm on the writer's side on these but the Worldwide Pants agreement isn't real evidence of reasonableness; even if the demands were horribly unreasonable they wouldn't effect Letterman much to agree to them).
I don't believe Worldwide Pants currently has any sitcoms on the schedule (Knights of Prosperity was canceled) but does anybody know if the side agreement would apply to their sitcom work or just narrowly applies to the two late night talk shows?
I certainly won't miss the Golden Globes (who are the HFPA and why do I care what movies they think are good?) so I'm all in favor of an annual early January strike.
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