“Writers Guild of America” on Strike

Because of "low residuals" and "a lack of streaming data", more than 11,000 members of the “Writers Guild of America” are now on strike, affecting ALL union movie/TV productions, even though the WGA current minimum for a movie screenplay, budgeted at $5,000,000 or more, pays $145,469, and the minimum for a screenplay with a budget of $5,000,000 or less pays $77,495:

“We negotiated intent on making a fair deal,” said the WGA, “ and though the strike vote gave us the leverage to make some gains – the studios’ responses to our proposals have been wholly insufficient, given the existential crisis writers are facing. We must now exert the maximum leverage possible to get a fair contract by withholding our labor.”

Going into the talks, the guild had been seeking a major overhaul in compensation and residuals as well as curbs on ‘mini-rooms’, where groups of writers work in advance of the production of a television series to break stories and write scripts. 

Because of this, low-rated nightly talk shows "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert", "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon", are set to go dark starting May 2, 2023.

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