I ran a campaign that offered a simple and straightforward promise: I will fight like hell to get actors their fare share, ... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

The displacement of scripted series by reality programming continues to be a severe obstacle to a working actor's ability to earn a living.

[Alan Rosenberg , husband of Marg Helgenberger (Catherine Willows), has been elected president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). The actor will replace Melissa Gilbert , who stepped down as president this summer because of all the fighting within the organization.] Actors have real value, ... We are the product in this town and we have to stand up and start behaving like it.

We have become weak as a union, giving in to a series of rollbacks and buy-outs at a time when the entertainment industry is recording record profits; profits that will continue to grow with new technology, ... If we truly expect to earn our livings as actors, we need to stand up and fight for a fair and livable wage.

I am honored that the members of this great union have placed their confidence in me, ... I ran a campaign that offered a simple and straightforward promise _ I will fight like hell to get actors their fair share.

I am looking forward to leading this organization, to working with our new board and the staff and ensuring Screen Actors Guild is the great and powerful organization it has been and always will be,