Thousands of Hollywood writers are not firing their agents — yet.

As a Saturday night deadline approached, representatives for the writers and the agents agreed to give themselves another week to resolve their differences and stave off a potentially chaotic disruption of the entertainment industry.

The TV writers, affiliated with the Writers Guild of America, claim that the major talent agencies have been enriching themselves at the writers’ expense.

The writers and agents have been operating under an agreement that dates back to 1976 and was set to expire on Saturday. With the new deadline — 12:01 a.m. Pacific time on April 13 — the old agreement will remain in place as the two sides try to work things out.

“This afternoon, a small group of agents met with members of your committee,” the Writers Guild of America told its members in an email on Saturday night. “We had a frank and open conversation and, for the first time, the agencies acknowledged the depth of the problem that their behavior has caused.”