Q&A: Are the scripts that the writers due sold?

by Torley

Question by Clarice the reindeer: Are the scripts that the writers due sold?
If doesn’t make sense to me that is all. I am not trying downgrade the writers or anything, but that is like to me (if it is sold) Walmart getting money from me, selling something from Ebay. Please excuse any ignorance on my part. Also what does an additional 4 cents mean in a year’s time.

Thanks in advance

Best answer:

Answer by yoyoma
Well, this disagreement is concerning ads online. The writers want 4 cents per time someone views an ad on NBC or another major network. For example, say I writes for Heroes and NBC shows an ad on the show that it hosts online. And let us say a million people come watch that episode. Then the writer would have just made $ 40,000 for one episode. So there’s a lot of money at stake.

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