ArchivesThe Writers Guild plans to “file a lawsuit next week against some networks and production companies, charging breach of California’s overtime laws,” The New York Times reports. That’s an attempt “to try to force reality production companies and the networks that present the shows to negotiate a union contract.”
One major complaint is about the amount of pay for the level of work. “Salaries for producers and editors on reality shows vary widely, and often depend on the production company, though network shows tend to pay more than cable,” the Times reports. “One show may offer $2,500 a week for a field producer, while another may offer $1,600 a week. By comparison, the minimum guild rate for a writer on a prime-time, 13-week scripted show is $3,477 per week.”
In the piece, the paper reveals an interesting piece of information about the production of ABC’s biggest reality franchise. During the last season, a producer on The Bachelor “found that the production had eliminated the low-level clerks, called loggers, who catalogue the contents of hundreds of hours of video taken of the contestants,” according to the New York Times. Todd Sharp, who had to assemble an episode by sorting through all the footage himself, says, “They were trying to save money.”
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