February 12th, 2008 11:16 PM ET

LOS ANGELES — Striking Hollywood writers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to end their 100-day strike against producers that essentially shut down the entertainment industry.

“The strike is over. Our membership has voted, and writers can back to work,” said Patrick Verrone, president of the Writers Guild of America, West.

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Variety.com just posted the updates on the WGA strike, after the meetings in NY and LA:

“WGA members will have the chance to vote on whether to end the strike under an expedited 48-hour voting process, WGA leaders told members during Saturday’s night’s meeting to detail the contract deal just reached with the majors.

That means scribes technically will not be back to work on Monday, as had been widely expected in recent days. However, numerous members attending the meeting – which drew about 3,000 to the Shrine Auditorium — said many people will unofficially be prepping projects and scripts.

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