You're right; you can't have a job writing for TV "on the side," because the schedules won't allow it. But you also can't make a living writing for TV year-rou

You're right; you can't have a job writing for TV "on the side," because the schedules won't allow it. But you also can't make a living writing for TV year-round (each gig is on the order of 2-4 months, from what I've read)...unless you earn enough residuals. So...wait, that would mean that without solid residual schedules, TV writers...just can't make a living??! And those residuals are exactly what the studios are trying desperately to take away from writers.