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Sesame Street writers reach tentative agreement to avoid going on S-T-R-I-K-E

Great news, parents: You can put off the conversation about whether Snuffleupagus is a scab or not for another five years

Devastating the collective political cartoonists of America—forced to crumple up potentially hundreds of hastily scrawled cartoons depicting Bert and Ernie screaming slogans while out on the picket lines— Deadline reports tonight that the Writers Guild Of America has reached a tentative agreement with Sesame Workshop, likely avoiding a strike that could have shut down production of long-running children’s educational series Sesame Street. The 35 writers on the series had authorized a vote to strike earlier this week, as part of ongoing negotiations with the non-profit. As with last summer’s WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, the Sesame Street negotiations appear to have put a heavy focus on artificial intelligence, as well as residuals and pay for online-exclusive content.

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