Article C7 - Television Magazine Shows

Writers of Television Magazine shows shall be paid at least the following minimum Script Fees (based on the broadcast length of Program):

Script Fees and Production Fees for productions with Budgets of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) or less are negotiable between the Writer and Producer.

(the following rates do not include research)

C701

Program Writer (Based on Broadcast length of Program)

	Budget $60,000 to $70,000 July 1, 2019	Budget $60,000 to $70,000 July 1, 2020	Budget $60,000 to $70,000 July 1, 2021
15 minutes or less	$1,374	$1,415	$1,457
30 minutes or less	$2,748	$2,830	$2,915
60 minutes or less	$5,496	$5,661	$5,831
90 minutes or less	$8,243	$8,490	$8,745
120 minutes or less	$10,993	$11,323	$11,663
Over 120 minutes	calculated on the length of the program and based on the 30 minute rate

	Budget $70,000 to $100,000 July 1, 2019	Budget $70,000 to $100,000 July 1, 2020	Budget $70,000 to $100,000 July 1, 2021
15 minutes or less	$1,613	$1,661	$1,711
30 minutes or less	$3,217	$3,314	$3,413
60 minutes or less	$6,424	$6,617	$6,816
90 minutes or less	$9,640	$9,929	$10,227
120 minutes or less	$12,864	$13,250	$13,648
Over 120 minutes	calculated on the length of the program and based on the 30 minute rate

	Budget Over $100,000 July 1, 2019	Budget Over $100,000 July 1, 2020	Budget Over $100,000 July 1, 2021
15 minutes or less	$1,773	$1,826	$1,881
30 minutes or less	$3,559	$3,666	$3,776
60 minutes or less	$7,109	$7,322	$7,542
90 minutes or less	$10,657	$10,977	$11,306
120 minutes or less	$14,235	$14,662	$15,102
Over 120 minutes	calculated on the length of the program and based on the 30 minute rate

C702

Program Writer

Weekly rate for a maximum of five (5) thirty-minute programs per week

July 1, 2019	July 1, 2020	July 1, 2021
$3,972	$4,091	$4,214

C703

Contributing Writer

For each item:

	Budget $60,000 to $70,000 July 1, 2019	Budget $60,000 to $70,000 July 1, 2020	Budget $60,000 to $70,000 July 1, 2021
3 minutes or less	$412	$424	$437
Each additional minute	$152	$157	$162

	Budget $70,000 to $100,000 July 1, 2019	Budget $70,000 to $100,000 July 1, 2020	Budget $70,000 to $100,000 July 1, 2021
3 minutes or less	$490	$505	$520
Each additional minute	$168	$173	$178

	Budget Over $100,000 July 1, 2019	Budget Over $100,000 July 1, 2020	Budget Over $100,000 July 1, 2021
3 minutes or less	$641	$660	$680
Each additional minute	$191	$197	$203

C704

Continuity Writer

For up to five (5) minutes of continuity writing per half hour of broadcast:

	July 1, 2019	July 1, 2020	July 1, 2021
$60,000-$70,000	$1,191	$1,227	$1,264
$70,000-$100,000	$1,244	$1,281	$1,319
over $100,000	$1,363	$1,404	$1,446

C705

A Television Magazine Script may be contracted:

i.	as an existing Script;
ii.	as a complete Script with or without right of termination;
iii.	as the following single elements or components of a Script: Polish, Rewrite.

C706

When the Producer contracts for a complete Television Magazine Script with or without the right of termination:

not based on Script Material contracted under this Agreement; or

based on Script Material contracted under this Agreement which is provided by the Producer to the Writer at the time of contracting and from which the Writer is required to provide an Outline, the Script Fee shall be paid as follows:

i.	on signing of the contract	10%
ii.	on delivery of the Outline	20%
iii.	on delivery of the First Draft Script	50%
iv.	on delivery of the Second Draft Script	20%

C707

When the Producer contracts for a single element or component of a Television Script, the Script Fee shall be allocated and paid as follows:

i.	on signing of the contract	25%
ii.	on delivery of the material	75%

C708

For Magazine Format Programs, the Production Fee shall be calculated as follows:

If the Budget is:	The Production Fee payable is the following percentage of the Production Fee as calculated in Article C1005
$60,000 to $70,000	43%
$70,000 to $100,000	47%
Over $100,000	50%

C709

A Producer may engage a New Writer at fifty percent (50%) of the applicable Script Fee. Use of this provision is limited to one New Writer per cycle of a Series.

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