TV/Movie strike

Russ · Nov 06 07 11:11

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smallville is another superman knockoff... the links above.

purelife · Nov 06 07 11:17

I guess it won't be a show that you'd watch? I only watch it because my guy is dedicated fan of [STRIKE]Kristen Kreuk[/STRIKE] Smalleville and it's on.

Russ · Nov 06 07 11:20

purelife wrote:
I guess it won't be a show that you'd watch? I only watch it because my guy is dedicated fan of [STRIKE]Kristen Kreuk[/STRIKE] Smalleville and it's on. [/DIV]
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purelife · Nov 06 07 11:21

YES! She's much hawter on the show.

JJ · Nov 06 07 11:26

Yes, they will continue to film until they don't have anymore scripts. But I heard that they are going to keep the new episodes for the sweeps period, so we could be into re-runs soon.

My neighbour works on the set of Bionic Women I'll have to ask him how long they have before they can't work anymore.

Sportsdude · Nov 06 07 01:08

depends on pay and product P.C. the soap people I've read get 20k and while working in LA.
so late night, syndicated talk shows, soap operas, tv shows on not so high profile networks etc, don't make a lot considering without them there would be nothing. lol

P.C. · Nov 06 07 01:38

20K ? Per year ? Per episode? Per season ?

Sportsdude · Nov 06 07 01:43

year

purelife · Nov 06 07 01:50

20K a year? When did you read it? It sounds very low to me. I wonder if these are freelance writers.

Sportsdude · Nov 06 07 01:55

anything that's on during the day, those writers don't make much.

Sportsdude · Nov 06 07 02:00

anything that's on during the day, those writers don't make much.

This is just prime time tv

There are minimums set by the Writer's Guild of America. Compensation for a television story and teleplay for network prime time television networks begins at $14,700 for a program of 30 minutes or less, $30,145 for a program of 60 minutes or less, and $42,413 for a program of 90 minutes or less. Writers are also entitled to residuals on some programs depending on the number of times the show airs.

Then the "head writer" the one that takes all the credit starts at 60-80k.

daytime tv aka soap operas, make much less then prime time.

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P.C. · Nov 06 07 02:01

I thought the same thing, purelife.....but I have no idea. Trying to find any info about it is difficult, because I'm sure it varies wildly depending on the popularity of the show. But 20K is pitiful.

This little blurb copied from a forum where they were discussing this very issue......so it's accuracy could also be questionable.

"A lot writers are not making astronomical wages. The [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffbf"]average[/FONT] WGA member's annual income is about $68,000. Not a pittance, and much more than I'm making, but also not a great salary in LA, especially if you're raising a family on it. And it's an industry where your salary fluctuates wildly; in any given year, only about 1/2 of WGA membership earns any money writing. I hope a strike can be averted or resolved quickly. I'm another person who's not in the WGA but would be affected by a strike. It would/will suck suck suck, but I also think that the writers demands are reasonable and fair. The positions of the producers and TV executives has been really astonishing."