If the AMPTP can accept reality and settle with @SAGAFTRA in next 24 to 48 hours, the networks and studios will still be able to produce 13 episode seasons of their hour long dramas. This is what networks call “a ticking clock” when they give notes.

These are the strangest games they are playing this round, aren’t they? I see many smart folk talking about the AMPTP sticking to the Same Old Playbook, but their conduct seems especially petulant to me this time around.