WGA Says Over 1,300 TV Writing Jobs Were Lost in the 2023-’24 Season
The Writers Guild of America shared a new employment analysis confirming what you already know: there’s no work out there.
The guild shared that based on its data, the 2023-’24 TV season had 1,319 fewer writer jobs than the prior season, impacting writers at all levels of seniority. That’s the result of 37 percent fewer episodic series in the ’23-’24 season compared to ’22-’23, or just 223 shows compared to 362 the year before. The declines are also well below pre-pandemic levels, when roughly 345 covered WGA series were on air.
The WGA also said that screenwriting was down too: for the first three quarters of 2024, the number of screenwriters working was down 15 percent compared to 2022, and earnings were down 6 percent compared to 2022 (they were up from 2023).
“Writing careers have always been difficult to access and sustain, but the contraction has made it especially challenging,” the WGA West leadership wrote in a letter...
The guild shared that based on its data, the 2023-’24 TV season had 1,319 fewer writer jobs than the prior season, impacting writers at all levels of seniority. That’s the result of 37 percent fewer episodic series in the ’23-’24 season compared to ’22-’23, or just 223 shows compared to 362 the year before. The declines are also well below pre-pandemic levels, when roughly 345 covered WGA series were on air.
The WGA also said that screenwriting was down too: for the first three quarters of 2024, the number of screenwriters working was down 15 percent compared to 2022, and earnings were down 6 percent compared to 2022 (they were up from 2023).
“Writing careers have always been difficult to access and sustain, but the contraction has made it especially challenging,” the WGA West leadership wrote in a letter...
- 4/11/2025
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
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