The press conference and contract signing for the movie was held on June 13, 2012 wherein five local producers signed.
The producers signed Cassidy as a solo act as well.
Everything was ready except one small detail: the producers hadn't signed a contract for the rights to the show.
He added that on rare occasions, the show's producers also signed letters requested by the publisher that list terms.
Welsh thought that the role of Mitch would be a guest part, but producers soon signed him onto a three-year contract.
The character of Nate became popular and producers signed Richards to a new one year contract.
But in 1941, a producer for Columbia Pictures saw him act and signed him to a studio contract.
In these cases, he said, if producers did not sign over rights, PBS might withhold funds.
Those producers signed a separate agreement with the striking writers last week.
No network has ruled out programming new episodes of current series whose producers have signed with the guild.