WGA Takes Aim at Mini Rooms With Proposal to Set Minimum Staff Level for TV Series
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The solo TV auteur may soon be a thing of the past. The Writers Guild of America will sit down with the studios on Monday, and high on the agenda is setting a minimum staffing level for writers rooms.
That means the days when Mike White or Craig Mazin could write an entire season of prestige TV all by themselves could be coming to an end.
The guild argues that studios are squeezing more work out of fewer writers over a shorter time span, and paying them less than they’re entitled to.
And the union’s leadership believes that it’s time to set basic standards around the size and duration of a writers’ room. Sorry, Mike White. “We’ve talked to those members who are known for being the single writer on a show,” said David Goodman, co-chair of the WGA’s negotiations committee. “They’re fine with this proposal.
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