SAG bags a waiver for kudos

December 12, 2007 SAG said Tuesday that the guild has obtained a WGA script waiver for the 14th annual SAG Awards, allowing its Jan. 27 telecast to go forward unencumbered by the current writing ban in force since guild scribes went on strike 51⁄2 weeks ago. It's probably not by chance that the WGA's first major script waiver went to SAG, which has been closely aligned with the WGA in its negotiating face-off with Hollywood studios. "WGA's support for Screen Actors Guild and the SAG Awards -- an event that pays tribute to the extraordinary work of actors and highlights the importance of the labor movement in the entertainment industry -- is welcome recognition of the strong bond of solidarity between our two creative guilds," SAG exec director Doug Allen said.

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