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Now that filming is underway, Ugly Betty fans are holding their breath.  Will it suddenly come to an end due to labor strife, as it did when the writers went on strike last year?

I haven’t spoken much about it because I don’t want to jinx it, but the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is now effectively working without a contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), and negotiations have been…somewhat less than cordial.

Here’s the latest news, as reported by Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood Daily.  Last week, the AMPTP made a “last best final” offer (something they also did with the writers several times).  The evaluation and negotiation about that offer has stopped, until the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) votes on their deal, hammered out with the studios on May 28 (boy, they’re in no hurry to ratify, are they?).  The votes should be counted by tonight, with an announcement shortly thereafter.

So, we wait.

In the meantime, what’s your feel on all of this?  Will there be an actors strike? Or would the cost to both sides be so high, they’ll find a way to hammer out a deal?  I haven’t done a poll in a while, so I’ll make that this week’s poll question.

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