How TV Writing Became a Dead-End Job

T. A. Gardner said:
The writers write what the studio management wants. It is the studio management that is woke and crippling Hollyweird.
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Yes but management is salaried, their pay doesn't change.

As of Jul 14, 2023, the average hourly pay for a Tv Writer in the United States is $22.53 an hour. While ZipRecruiter is seeing hourly wages as high as $40.62 and as low as $11.30, the majority of Tv Writer wages currently range between $17.07 (25th percentile) to $24.76 (75th percentile) across the United States.
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https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salari...14, 2023,percentile) across the United States.


Those managers are also being let go.
 
BidenPresident said:
so?
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So their profits have dropped because the writers started writing woke shit into all their shows and movies.

So they dropped their pay so now the writers are on strike.

They are not making good television shows or movies anymore, all of their stuff is flopping costing studios money.
 
Tinkerpeach said:
So their profits have dropped because the writers started writing woke shit into all their shows and movies.

So they dropped their pay so now the writers are on strike.

They are not making good television shows or movies anymore, all of their stuff is flopping costing studios money.
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Most entertainment editors call this the golden age of television.
 
https://twitter.com/x/status/1702112410516254893

Real Time is coming back, unfortunately, sans writers or writing. It has been five months, and it is time to bring people back to work. The writers have important issues that I sympathize with, and hope they are addressed to their satisfaction, but they are not the only people with issues, problems, and concerns. Despite some assistance from me, much of the staff is struggling mightily. We all were hopeful this would come to an end after Labor Day, but that day has come and gone, and there still seems to be nothing happening. I love my writers, I am one of them, but I’m not prepared to lose an entire year and see so many below-the-line people suffer so much. I will honor the spirit of the strike by not doing a monologue, desk piece, New Rules or editorial, the written pieces that I am so proud of on Real Time. And I’ll say it upfront to the audience: the show I will be doing without my writers will not be as good as our normal show, full stop. But the heart of the show is an off-the-cuff panel discussion that aims to cut through the bullshit and predictable partisanship, and that will continue. The show will not disappoint.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
The show South Park in its usual iconoclast and irreverent way, has found a way around the writer's strike. They are allowing, even encouraging, viewers to create their own episodes using AI...

AI tool creates South Park episodes with user in starring role
https://www.theguardian.com/technol...outh-park-episodes-with-user-in-starring-role

Unauthorized AI-Generated ‘South Park’ Episode Leaves WGA and SAG Strikers Enraged: “Straight To Hell”
https://decider.com/2023/07/20/unau...th-park-episode-wga-and-sag-strikers-enraged/

AI grabs "South Park" director's chair
https://www.axios.com/2023/07/20/south-park-generative-ai-episode-generator

In a total "FUCK YOU" to the Writer's Guild, South Park is showing what an anachronism they've become. That union wants more pay? They need to do way better at creating content.

Screenwriters are going the way of the Dodo and Draftsmen...

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I'm not surprised that a Trumper doesn't understand creativity and why supporting AI to replace creatives is wrong. I'm also not surprised that you attack any workers who fight for better conditions.
 
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