Welcome to the Showrunner Hub.
The 2023 MBA, for the first time, established requirements for the minimum number of writers who must be hired on series, as well as the minimum length of time they must be employed. These provisions set a floor, giving showrunners a starting point to negotiate better-than-minimum staffing terms to meet the needs of their show. The Showrunner Hub provides resources to help showrunners negotiate for the staffing they need to get the work done.
GUIDES AND TRAINING
Staff Size Guide
This guide includes median staff sizes for one-hour and half-hour series by market and for development rooms.
Showrunners’ Guide to 2023 MBA Writers’ Room Provisions
Use this cheat sheet for an overview of the 2023 MBA’s staffing terms.
Writers’ Room Report
Please email Ryan at ryan@wgaeast.org at the start of a new room or season with your name, show name, whether it’s a development room or post-greenlit room, and any writers or staff titles you know of being hired. Your efforts will help the Guild enforce these provisions in real time.
MBA Training on the 2023 TV Provisions
If you are interested in helping plan or attending future Showrunner-specific trainings, contact Business Agent Mack Harden.
CONTACTS AND TRAINING
Rapid Response Team
Showrunners across studios have offered to share their insights on how to successfully negotiate with companies. If you need support from the Rapid Response Team or would like to volunteer, contact WGAW Senior Rep/Organizer Leila Luperchio.
Custom Comps
Negotiating with a studio over the size of your writers’ room staff? In addition to using the Staff Size Guide, you can also reach out to WGAW Enforcement Specialist Greg Goodness for custom comparable staff sizes at specific studios.
Additional Contacts
If you are working in post, or have worked in post, for less than MBA minimum or without P&H contributions; are working in television and are dealing with a free work issue; or would like to get involved with showrunner organizing, have questions, or need support, please contact Business Agent Mack Harden.
