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TV PRODUCTION HALTS IN L.A. Monday, January 28 2008 
As
of
this
week,
there
are
no
scripted
television
series
remaining
in
production
in
Los
Angeles,
Daily
Variety
reported
today
(Monday),
citing
figures
from
Film
L.A.,
an
intermediary
between
film
producers
and
permitting
agencies.
At
the
time
of
the
writers'
walkout
in
November,
52
shows
were
in
active
production.
Nevertheless,
the
trade
publication
noted,
feature-film
production,
which
depends
primarily
on
scripts
that
were
already
completed
before
the
strike
started
in
November,
is
up
31
percent
(more)WRITERS SIGN 'SEPARATE BUT EQUAL' DEALS Friday, January 25 2008 
Even
as
"informal"
talks
continued
between
the
Writers
Guild
of
America
and
the
Alliance
of
Motion
Picture
and
Television
Producers,
the
WGA
announced
that
it
had
reached
separate
deals
with
Canadian-based
Lionsgate
and
Marvel
Studios,
a
subsidiary
of
the
company
behind
the
Marvel
superheroes
characters.
The
deals
are
described
as
"interim"
with
"most
favored
nation"
clauses
that
essentially
mean
that
if
the
AMPTP
negotiates
a
more
beneficial
contract
for
the
producers,
then
that
would
supersede
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