Hollywood writers, studios reach tentative deal to end strike

More than four-and-a-half months after they first went on strike, Hollywood writers have reached a tentative deal with studios on a new labor contract.

The agreement between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers — the group that represents all major Hollywood studios — was announced Sunday following several marathon bargaining sessions this week in Los Angeles.

Terms of the deal, which were not immediately made public, must still be ratified by the WGA's approximately 11,000 members.