Members Soaplovers Posted June 3, 2013 Members Share Posted June 3, 2013 Who handles the budgeting for each episode? I assume its a joint job of both the EP and PP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted June 3, 2013 Members Share Posted June 3, 2013 I hope they work something out. PP doesn't need more drama, sounds like the union is pissed about the FX Canada stuff Oh I'm referring to those who think PP can do no wrong and think they walk on water and poop rainbows and butterflies lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted June 3, 2013 Members Share Posted June 3, 2013 Id assume crew would also be paid over time as it should be in the contract the union already agreed to The Crews union should have no say in how the show is broadcast AMC has been more behind and spending more hours to catch up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted June 3, 2013 Members Share Posted June 3, 2013 If the Crew Union had a deal that said for online only then PP should pay for the episodes that aired on FX Canada The budget is 80,000 an episode. Sounds like the union agreed that 125,000 would be the limit spent per eppy before they would expect penalty pay. So the contract allowed for PP to go over budget somewhat but didnt allow it to get crazy. Seems like OLTL never went over that amount as they are not mentioned. AMC had a rough first cycle so if they did spend more than 125K for any of the episodes, the union should and Will be paid. Im sure itll be an abritation and wont affect prod. Its good that it sounds like PP is not hiding the books as the union is already going over them. So sounds like both sides are working to figure this out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Winchester91 Posted June 3, 2013 Members Share Posted June 3, 2013 No excuse for going over budget and screwing the crew over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted June 3, 2013 Members Share Posted June 3, 2013 Trust this is not the first time companies have gotten lost in OT and Im sure it will be paid out if that is what happened. If PP was trying to hide things, I doubt they would have gven the crew union access to theiir books and recipets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darn Posted June 3, 2013 Members Share Posted June 3, 2013 No matter where it goes AMC can't stay in budget...allegedly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Winchester91 Posted June 3, 2013 Members Share Posted June 3, 2013 It's not so much about openness, but the carelessness with upholding the deals they get into. FX Canada got pissed. Now, the unions. Who next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted June 3, 2013 Members Share Posted June 3, 2013 Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted June 3, 2013 Members Share Posted June 3, 2013 FX canada had been promoted for a month how did this union not know this if its a violation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted June 3, 2013 Members Share Posted June 3, 2013 Interesting the crew union is looking over the books but no one will comment on this? Hmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soaplovers Posted June 3, 2013 Members Share Posted June 3, 2013 If the FX Canada thing is an issue, then I'm even more surprised that OLTL isn't mentioned in the article. It does lead me to believe that the main issue is the budget per episode being violated. I'm surprised that AMC seems to have trouble staying within budget while OLTL was always under budget. I guess fault lies with the EP/PP in that case since if they were going to work over-time on certain days, maybe they needed to trim costs in other ways during their over-time so that they stayed within budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted June 3, 2013 Members Share Posted June 3, 2013 If I had to venture a guess, I suspect AMC being the first to tape had something to do with it. OLTL probably benefited from AMC's learning curve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeClerc Posted June 3, 2013 Members Share Posted June 3, 2013 Oh not more of this "AMC is always overbudget. Only OLTL can do things right" BS. Guess what? OLTL was on FX Canada as well but the article doesn't mention them. Which suggests the article just chose to focus on AMC for whatever reason, and just mentioned OLTL in passing as "another cancelled soap opera". So probably better to go with the "red-headed stepchild" complaint on this one. I give it half an hour before DC has a post up about this implying that it's AMC's fault that OLTL had to get cut back to 2 shows/week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted June 3, 2013 Members Share Posted June 3, 2013 Yeah if anything maybe AMC was over budget a little in their first cycle but was it over 125k an show? Thats the question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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