[minnesota_bound]

This is how much a writer gets paid for the dreck you see on tv.
Many shows have many writers who cannot come up with anything entertaining yet they want more money to continue to do so.
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The minimum salary for a TV writer-producer is between $206,480 and $259,420 on a 35-40 week contract. Streaming writers typically have 20-24 week contracts and make a minimum between $148,240 and $177,888.
For a network show, the median writer works 29 weeks and takes home a $131,834 salary.
https://thepostmillennial.com/late-night-shows-to-go-dark-as-writers-guild-calls-strike

[Lazamataz]

For a network show, the median writer works 29 weeks and takes home a $131,834 salary.

In California, this is poverty wages.