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About Marcia Studley
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I`m a true member of the tv generation! I grew up doing my homework while watching the classics of the 60`s and 70`s and today, they are still my favorites. I have a big library of tv and film reference books at my disposal, as well as a large video library. My memory is pretty darn good too, and when that fails, I can hit the books and/or videos, not to mention a few friends who are as devout tv gen members as I am. Please note that my expertise is with American tv only.

 
   

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Topic: Television Trivia



Expert: Marcia Studley
Date: 10/28/2007
Subject: residuals

Question
Hi Marcia, I've always been curious as to the amount of money made, yearly, by star actors from TV reruns. Realize amount is diff. 4/each person. Examples like: Seinfeld, Grammer,Danson, or any other familiar name would be great, or a mathematical formula would be good. Jim

Answer
Hi Jim,

This is a bit complex, and it changes a lot, and it depends on who the agreement is between, and what contract is valid at any given time.  It's always been a hot spot in the industry.

What I'm going to do is give you several links that should answer your question and help to understand the residual system.  Keep in mind, individual contracts can vary.

http://www.wga.org/subpage_writersresources.aspx?id=%20133
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-guild17oct17,0,827771.story?coll=la-tot-business&track=ntothtml
http://artfulwriter.com/archives/2007/07/wga_v_the_studi.html
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:EsfDBTg-FjoJ:www.sag.org/Content/Public/IndependentMemorandum-final2005.pdf+how+tv+residuals+for+actors+are+calculated&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us
http://local.google.com/answers/threadview?id=535095
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=264595  (this is a really nice explanation and it seemed pointless to try and just repeat it)

You can also just go to the main SAG website --- http://www.sag.org and search through there.

Onward!

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