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Isn't this a disingenuous argument considering that it was a cable show to begin with. Did Suits ever air on a channel not own by USA's parent company, that wou
by costanzaDynasty 3y ago
Isn't this a disingenuous argument considering that it was a cable show to begin with. Did Suits ever air on a channel not own by USA's parent company, that would be a more apt comparison.
- gamblor956 3y agoWhat's disingenuous about the argument? The point is that the writers actually got paid significantly more back when Suits was a relatively low-rated cable show than they do now even though it's a global success. If it had aired on broadcast, the disparity would be even worse, since the residuals for broadcast shows are higher. And for a comparison for a broadcast TV show, the actors and writers of the Gilmore Girls had the same complaints about streaming residuals: they made several times as much back when the show was on the CW than for the Netflix season, even though the viewership of the single Netflix season was several times the combined total viewership of the show in its entire broadcast run.
- costanzaDynasty 3y agoYour comparing first run content or second run on the same network to streaming. Your argument should be syndication rates to streaming.
- gamblor956 3y agoShows that make it to syndication pay more in residuals than first run/reruns on the originating network, if that's what you are getting at. The writers and cast of Law and Order and SVU made more from their TNT rerun residuals than they did from the NBC first-run broadcast residuals.