Did they or didn’t they? That was a key question on the lips of many Hollywood executives as writers came streaming back to work on Wednesday after voting on Tuesday night to formally end their three-month strike.
They were wondering, specifically, whether members of the Writers Guild of America had secretly worked on scripts in violation of union orders during their extended layoff. The answer could determine just how quickly the studios are able to restart the vast machinery of the television production business and recover from the industry’s worst labour strife in two decades.
