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WGA West Reaches $5.25 Million Residuals Settlement for ‘Simpsons,’ ‘Family Guy’ Writers

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Dave McNary Film ReporterThe Writers Guild of America West has reached a $5.25 million settlement with Disney for interest owed on late paid residuals for five Fox animated series: “The Simpsons,” “Family Guy,” “American Dad,” “The Cleveland Show” and “Futurama.”The guild, in a message sent Friday to members as part of its WGAW Connect magazine, said it was the largest interest-only settlement in its history.

The WGA West said that more than 250 affected writers have already received checks for their portions of the interest collected.The WGA said a 2017 audit revealed that Fox had failed to make certain residuals payments on these series.

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