From what it is, why it's happening, how you'll be affected, and how you can support the writers.
, the program airs on ABC, which is a traditional television network. Repeat airings of an episode result in large residuals for the writers; but in the streaming era, episodes are broadcast on Hulu and then cross-listed on other platforms like HBO Max and Disney+. If the show is being re-aired on ABC, the writers can take home $13,500, but under their current contracts, they make only $700 for the show on streaming.
Another issue the writers are fighting over is "mini rooms." Before the shift to streaming and straight-to-series orders, production companies usually organized writers' rooms, where a group of writers could develop a pilot. The pilot would then be produced and filmed before a decision was made about it going on to be a full series. Nowadays, studiosfor a smaller group of writers working on script ideas.
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