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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