Members John Posted June 9, 2023 Members Share Posted June 9, 2023 (edited) https://www.sagaftra.org/get-involved/solidarity-wga Edited June 9, 2023 by John 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted June 9, 2023 Members Share Posted June 9, 2023 It shouldn't affect the soaps https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2022/06/sag-aftra-board-approves-tentative-network-television-code-soaps-talk-shows-more 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted June 16, 2023 Members Share Posted June 16, 2023 Soap actors do not work under the same agreement that SAG/AFTRA is currently on the verge of striking about so they will be expected to continue to work and are not in breach of their union obligations by doing so. https://deadline.com/2023/06/soaps-actors-working-sag-aftra-strike-scripts-written-1235418533/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Michael Posted June 16, 2023 Members Share Posted June 16, 2023 I had somehow completely missed that side agreement before this week. Interesting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webmaster Errol Posted June 17, 2023 Webmaster Share Posted June 17, 2023 What I forgot, and got reminded by in the Deadline article, is that soaps are literally the ONLY productions still running with no hope of shutting down. So why aren't networks producing more of them? If they could care less about a strike impacting their productions, why not go out and produce more of them? They are WAY cheaper to produce than a lot of TV content and don't take as long to edit like reality TV does, particularly with the insertion of those personality comments needed for each high point in a reality storyline. Just a thought. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Liberty City Posted June 17, 2023 Members Share Posted June 17, 2023 Or, maybe, throw them some extra budget for a few months? LOL. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webmaster Errol Posted June 17, 2023 Webmaster Share Posted June 17, 2023 Doubtful. The idea is to save money, haha. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jcar03 Posted June 17, 2023 Members Share Posted June 17, 2023 But we need 5000 hours of Today or GMA... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webmaster Errol Posted June 17, 2023 Webmaster Share Posted June 17, 2023 And these days, only the parent series are doing well. Their spinoffs, not so much. GMA3 is barely doing numbers higher than it did two years ago and the TODAY sequels have just faltered. Then again, the parent shows have long since missed their heyday numbers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted June 17, 2023 Members Share Posted June 17, 2023 Since I have been out of the television writing pipeline loop for several years now, I have a question and it’s a genuine question, not meant to be sarcastic: do writers, particularly those fresh from pre-professional programs really want to write for a daytime soap these days? One of the comments said something like ‘hire new writers’ but I wonder, where would they get them from? I am not sure if anyone who really cares about their ability to work for other genres would want to write for a daytime soap where they’d have to resort to Fi-Core, it is a status that marks you for the rest of your career. If writing for a soap is your only ambition, it won’t matter but it seems like a career stranglehold if you want to eventually write for other genres of television. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted June 18, 2023 Members Share Posted June 18, 2023 Did anyone else notice this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted July 11, 2023 Members Share Posted July 11, 2023 Saw pix. ED was with Sara Bibel proudly holding a SAGAFTRA sign. New today about IF they go on strike Wed. Frankly it's common sense. They can't act & they can't promote acting projects. But, no, it does not apply to soap actors. https://www.thewrap.com/sag-aftra-strike-rules-publicists/?fbclid=IwAR3yg3ywbHQ6XIMfAL0AXZTMVr47sAQlbTj-9Ju9u0a-A_9-rqdDdGkiiA4 And, in other news there is a pic elsewhere of Fran Drescher in Italy with a Kardashian. Why the heck is she not at the negotiating table? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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