Talk to any number of studio or network executives, as well as a bunch of A-list writer/producers and they'll tell you the solution to the six-week old writer's strike is to toss Writer's Guild boss Patrick Verrone, his cronies and their counterparts at the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers Nick Counter and his crew out of the negotiating process.

On both sides, you hear, egos have run amok. The WGA's Verrone is painted as power-mad, more focused on expanding his empire to include reality and animation writers, then getting more residual cash for guild members, whether from DVDs or the digital world. Conversely, Counter is painted as equally egomaniacal, gunning to be the one who brought the Guild to its collective bargaining knees.

Ultimately, this may be both sides looking for someone to blame for the sorry state of affairs. After all, don't the respective membership of both organizations have the ability to make their leadership do their bidding, especially the AMPTP?