Hollywood writers are still on strike. Here’s where WGA, studios stand.

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They have differences over residuals for streaming shows, the use of AI, the number of writers that shows must use and lengths of employment.

not be used to

— in other words, the screenwriters don’t want their work fed into the AI systems that synthesize vast reams of information they scrape from the internet, thus learning to appear more and more human in speech and writing.The process by which television shows are written is an overriding concern for many writers. Classic sitcoms like “Seinfeld” or “Friends” employed as many as 12 writers under the showrunner in charge of the program’s overall operations.

would share ideas, and some would have the opportunity to go onto the set of the show and interact with actors — thereby learning every step in the process. The writers were guaranteed employment for the better part of a year and usuallyStudios have already begun reducing the size of writers’ rooms to what are being called “mini-rooms” with four or five people. In the present negotiation, the AMPTP is proposing three-member writers’ rooms, including the showrunner.

 

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