[TDDance234]

With the crap the writers pulled out of their rear-end last season of 24, they don't deserve anything close to a raise.

[El Scorcho]

yep, nothing about money in that post.

Yes, but you're acting like they're whining for more money when, in reality, they're just arguing to keep money that they've always been paid. $0.04 on every copy of their work that is sold. I don't see how they're in the wrong.

[ALUmnus]

Honestly I think it's their own unionization that has screwed them over. These guys on average get paid a pretty good salary, plus residuals, plus bonuses. In the real world, a person of major talent would have signed their own contract, without the sticky hands of a union, and could have negotiated what kind of compensation they think they deserve. If they don't get it, they can take their talent elsewhere. If this job isn't making them enough money, find another line of work, there's lots of money out there. Currently these unioners comprise barely a majority of Hollywood writing, so if it weren't for some of the major writers also being major actors, the union wouldn't have much of an upper hand, at least in my outsider opinion.

[Ed Dantes]

If I were a studio I'd fire them and hire replacements.

I thought the same thing until I found out that the studios have a contract with the writer's guild and must use the writers from the guild.....stupid for the studios but very smart for the writer's guild

And the problem is, everything in Hollywood is union -- the guys operating the lights and driving the trucks and setting up the wires would be less-than-thrilled to be working with a bunch of scabs.

[Ed Dantes]

Honestly I think it's their own unionization that has screwed them over. These guys on average get paid a pretty good salary, plus residuals, plus bonuses. In the real world, a person of major talent would have signed their own contract, without the sticky hands of a union, and could have negotiated what kind of compensation they think they deserve. If they don't get it, they can take their talent elsewhere. If this job isn't making them enough money, find another line of work, there's lots of money out there. Currently these unioners comprise barely a majority of Hollywood writing, so if it weren't for some of the major writers also being major actors, the union wouldn't have much of an upper hand, at least in my outsider opinion.

Well, some people (like the chick who created Grey's Anatomy) make a couple mil, but not everyone is in that category. There was a clip from some strikers who worked on The Office, and they were talking about how NBC made them write a bunch of web-only episodes for no extra compensation (even though NBC was putting commercials in these episodes). In fact, one of the web-isodes won a Daytime Emmy award -- and the writers got no extra compensation. In fact, NBC was too cheap to shell out the $28 to get the actual Emmy shipped to them.

And, speaking as a COMS major, we've all kind of screwed ourselves by not developing marketable job skills. COMS work is all we have, you know? You can't just go to a different career when the biggest accomplishment in your life is "wrote an episode of ABC's 'Caveman'."

[ALUmnus]

we all make choices, but it's never too late to start over or change direction. and many times it takes sacrifice to do something we love.

[LUconn]

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071105/hollywoo ... html?.v=28

Starting TV writers earn about $70,000 per season for full-time work on a show. Veteran writers who move up to a story-editor position make at least a low six-figure salary, with a "written by" credit on an hourlong script paying an additional $30,000 plus residuals.

Sounds like the writers are really taking in the gonads. My receptionist's dog started at $70k. I pity them.

[thepostman]

they make a whole lot of money...but the producers of these shows are making 20 mil a season...that is a huge difference

[LUconn]

well, since we're not communists, that sounds about right. You should see how much I make in comparison to our CEO. Or heck in comparison to somebody 2 levels above me. I should strike.

[thepostman]

i am not saying they are right or wrong...but they have a right to go on strike if they think they deserve more of the money, they just won't get paid when they do....

[El Scorcho]

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071105/hollywoo ... html?.v=28

Starting TV writers earn about $70,000 per season for full-time work on a show. Veteran writers who move up to a story-editor position make at least a low six-figure salary, with a "written by" credit on an hourlong script paying an additional $30,000 plus residuals.

Sounds like the writers are really taking in the gonads. My receptionist's dog started at $70k. I pity them.

The problem is that they all live in California, and more specifically in L.A. $70k a year won't even get you a decent apartment out there.

[mrmacphisto]

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071105/hollywoo ... html?.v=28

Starting TV writers earn about $70,000 per season for full-time work on a show. Veteran writers who move up to a story-editor position make at least a low six-figure salary, with a "written by" credit on an hourlong script paying an additional $30,000 plus residuals.

Sounds like the writers are really taking in the gonads. My receptionist's dog started at $70k. I pity them.

The problem is that they all live in California, and more specifically in L.A. $70k a year won't even get you a decent apartment out there.

That all depends on what you consider a decent apartment in Los Angeles.

[SuperJon]

Just read something that made me think David Letterman is the man. CBS shut down production of his show, and wasn't going to pay staff members until production was started again, so Letterman said he'd pay the staff until at least the end of the year.

[mrmacphisto]

That's pretty awesome. Say what you will about the guy's politics or quirky style of humor, but he has class.

[El Scorcho]

Just read something that made me think David Letterman is the man. CBS shut down production of his show, and wasn't going to pay staff members until production was started again, so Letterman said he'd pay the staff until at least the end of the year.

Jon Stewart did the same thing for the staff of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.

[ALUmnus]

Just read something that made me think David Letterman is the man. CBS shut down production of his show, and wasn't going to pay staff members until production was started again, so Letterman said he'd pay the staff until at least the end of the year.

How many times a week do they have to come by to clean his pool and pick up dog poop?

[SuperJon]

Just read something that made me think David Letterman is the man. CBS shut down production of his show, and wasn't going to pay staff members until production was started again, so Letterman said he'd pay the staff until at least the end of the year.

Jon Stewart did the same thing for the staff of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.

The same article mentioned that the rumors of Jon Stewart doing that were false.

[El Scorcho]

Just read something that made me think David Letterman is the man. CBS shut down production of his show, and wasn't going to pay staff members until production was started again, so Letterman said he'd pay the staff until at least the end of the year.

Jon Stewart did the same thing for the staff of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.

The same article mentioned that the rumors of Jon Stewart doing that were false.

Interesting. I do see now where his publicist came out and retracted that. So much for Jon's leftist ways.