TV Writers On Average Earn Less than 50K a Year
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70% of television writers earn less than S50,000 a year
trivia factoid: As a 9th year credentialed teacher I don’t make much more than that. In other words, most of these tv writer folks aren’t rich.
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Who is going to write these shows now? Are there going to be "scabs" crossing the picket lines, or do you think they’ll eventually work this stuff out?
Thanks for the info. It is worth noting though that all of the resources cited in that article linked to are from the late 80’s to mid-90’s. It might be more these days.
Very good point Everett. The companies have the freedom to hire whoever they want to write. That’s how unions work. They make a contract but when the company decided to not abide, all they can do is picket. Good point about the age of the reference.
For the person that pretty much holds the show up they should earn a lot more. I mean if you don’t have a script you don’t have a show. Am I right?