Writers of Television Productions (other than Television Movies and Mini-Series) shall be paid at least the following minimum Script Fees (based on the broadcast length of Program):

          The rate for writing a Pilot Script for a Television Program of up to 60 minutes shall be at least one hundred and fifty percent (150%) of the applicable Script Fee.

1. not based on a Story or Screen Story contracted under this Agreement; or

2. based on a Story or Screen Story contracted under this Agreement which  is provided by the Producer to the Writer at the time of contracting and from which the Writer is required to provide an Outline:

          NB: If the Writer of the Story is not contracted to write the Script, the Producer shall negotiate with the Story Writer in accordance with B108 before commissioning another Writer.

          N.B: No Rewrite may be contracted from another Writer until the original  Writer has been paid one hundred percent (100%) of that part of the applicable Script Fee payable to the original Writer, or a grievance has resulted in the matter being referred to a Joint Standing Committee or to an Arbitration.

1. as an existing Script;

2. as a complete Script with or without right of termination;

3. as a Script from an existing Story, Screen Story or Outline with or without right of termination;

4. as the following single elements or components of a Script: Narration, Polish, Rewrite, Story, Screen Story.

1. not based on a Story or Screen Story contracted under this Agreement; or

2. based on a Story or Screen Story contracted under this Agreement which is provided by the Producer to the Writer at the time of contracting and from which the Writer is required to provide an Outline,

1. based on a Story or Screen Story contracted under this Agreement which is provided by the Producer to the Writer at the time of contracting and from which the Writer proceeds directly to a First Draft Script without preparing an Outline; or

2. based on an Outline after termination, the Script Fee shall be allocated and paid as follows:

The Production Fee as set out in Article C10 and Distribution Royalty as set out in Article C11 do not apply to the following writing services, except to the extent specifically indicated herein:

For Television Drama programs with Certified Budgets, as defined herein, under fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), the following optional formula may be applied:

1. Drama: The Writer(s) will be paid a Script Fee which is at least seven and a half percent (7 ½%) of Certified Budget.

   In addition, the Writer(s) shall be compensated for all uses, including the initial use, by a Royalty payment of ten percent (10%) of the Distributors’ Gross Revenues as calculated in Article C10, payable on each and every sale.

A Producer may contract three or more Writers to work as a group (a “Group”) to collaborate on a specific guaranteed number of Television Scripts for a Series (other than Variety, Documentary, Magazine or Panel/Game/Quiz Shows) and to be contracted under C409 or C410 over a specified term (“Term”) upon the following terms and conditions:

1. During the Term, the Producer shall pay each Writer in the Group weekly compensation as a non-refundable advance against each Writer’s share of the Production Fees in respect of the guaranteed Television Scripts, the amount of such weekly compensation to be negotiated between the Producer and each Writer.  The contract for such weekly compensation shall be filed with the Guild and shall be subject to standard Producer remittances and Writer deductions in accordance with Articles A12 and A13.

2. The aggregate compensation paid to the Group during the Term shall be no less than the total minimum required Script Fees for the guaranteed Television Scripts.

3. Prior to the commencement of the Term, the Group and Producer shall decide on how many episodes each Writer shall receive credit, which decision shall be confirmed in writing by each Writer.  The allocation of credits shall be such that each Writer in the Group shall receive an equal share of the aggregate Production Fees paid for the total number of guaranteed episodes.  Article A910 shall not apply to Television Scripts written by a Group.

4. Notwithstanding Article A1109 (a), the Production Fee for each episode shall be divided equally among all credited writers of that episode.

5. Notwithstanding C413 (iii), in the case of termination, the terminated Writer’s weekly compensation and credit (and therefore that Writer’s share of the aggregate Production Fees) shall be pro rated according to the number of weeks worked.  The terminated Writer may be replaced by the Producer with another Writer.

6. There will be no credit arbitration for Scripts written by Group Writers.