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The use of any portion of one television or theatrical project in another television or theatrical project is called an excerpt.

If you are a writer and have seen an excerpt of your project used in another project, or if you represent a company planning to use an excerpt of an existing project in your TV or theatrical project, an excerpt payment may be due if the project the excerpt was taken from was produced under WGA jurisdiction.

If a project was produced under WGA jurisdiction, excerpt payments are due if excerpts are taken from the following:

a. All TV projects;
b. Theatrical projects produced after 1960; and
c. United Artist & Universal Theatrical projects produced after 1948

Excerpts payments are not due if excerpts are used in the following instances:

a. Promotional, trailer, news or review
b. Stock shots

PAYMENT INFORMATION

Payment is due to the Guild within 30 days of the use of the excerpt(s).
Clip and compilation payments are a one-time-only payment.
No residuals are due for the excerpt(s) once the project has been paid. 
No Pension & Health payments are due on excerpt fees.

Make checks payable to:
WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, WEST, INC.

Send to:
Writers Guild of America, West, Inc.
7000 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90048-4329
(323) 782-4700
Fax: (323) 782-4816

Checks must be payable in U.S. dollars and drawn on a U.S. bank. Wire transfer information is available upon request.

Please include the following with all payments:

• Title and type of project containing clip(s): TV series, feature film, TV documentary, etc.
• List of clips used, including type of clip (Theatrical or TV) series title, episode title, and original airdate of comedy variety shows.
• Total clip length of each episode or film from which the clips were taken (aggregate from the same episode or film).
• Credited writers of clip(s), if known.
• Running time of program using excerpt(s), if television.

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Use of Excerpts
 

Rates & Usage Determination

Clip or Excerpt: Use of excerpts not subject to exception under other provisions and which comprise 50% or less of the entertainment portion of a program. TV includes basic cable, pay cable, video, and DVD.

Aggregate clips from a single TV episode or theatrical motion picture when used in one television or theatrical motion picture, to determine the appropriate clip rate for that motion picture or episode.

May 2, 2024 through May 1, 2025	Length of Clip	Usage	MBA
$413	10 seconds or less	TV in TV	Art.15.B.10.dd
$1,252	Over 10 seconds but less than 2 minutes	TV in TV	Art.15.B.10.dd
$1,252 +$208	First two minutes For each minute or portion over 2 minutes	TV in TV	Art.15.B.10.dd
Rerun fee	over 10 minutes	TV in TV	Art.15.B.10.dd

May 2, 2024 through May 1, 2025	Length of Clip	Usage	MBA
$521	30 seconds or less	TV in Theatrical	Art.15.B.13.j.
$1039	Over 30 seconds but less than 2 minutes	TV in Theatrical	Art.15.B.13.j.
$1039 +$413	First 2 minutes For each minute or portion over 2 minutes	TV in Theatrical	Art.15.B.13.j.

May 2, 2024 through May 1, 2025	Length of Clip	Usage	MBA
$208	30 seconds or less	Theatrical in Theatrical or TV	Art.15.A.3.j.
$624	Over 30 seconds but less than 2 minutes	Theatrical in Theatrical or TV	Art.15.A.3.j.
$624 +$208	First 2 minutes For each minute or portion over 2 minutes	Theatrical in Theatrical or TV	Art.15.A.3.j.

Note: No payment is due for theatrical motion pictures produced prior to 1960, except for films produced by Universal and United Artists, which are covered through 1/1/48.

Compilation: Television excerpts or combination of film and television excerpts exceeding 50% of the entertainment portion of a television program. The Compilation rate is calculated by multiplying the applicable 30-minute minimum by 2.5 for each half-hour of broadcast time.

May 2, 2024 through May 1, 2025	Length	Usage	MBA
$77,168 (Network Prime Time)	For each 30 minutes of program using episodic or combination of programs clips (deduct commercials from running time)	TV/Film in TV	Art.15.B.10.e.
$45,285 (Other Than Ntwk PT.)	For each 30 minutes of program using episodic or combination of programs clips (deduct commercials from running time)	TV/Film in TV Other Than Ntwk PT	Art.15.B.10.e.

EXAMPLE: The rate for a 1-hour compilation program utilizing various clips is calculated as follows: $27,778 (NPT 30-min S&T) x 2.5 (multiplier) x 2 half hours = $138,890 (effective though May 1, 2022).

If there is any inconsistency between this schedule and the Basic Agreement, the Basic Agreement shall prevail.

Recap: Excerpt(s) used to recap story to date of a series.

May 2, 2024 through May 1, 2025	Length of Clip	Usage	MBA
$232	First 90 seconds, no fee For each minute or portion of minute in excess of 90 seconds	TV program of less than 60 minutes	Art.15.B.10.c.
$232	First 3 minutes, no fee For each minute or portion of minute in excess of 3 minutes	TV program over 60 minutes or more	Art.15.B.10.c.

Flashback: Excerpt(s) used to inform of past developments to explain or advance current story.

May 2, 2024 through May 1, 2025	Length of Clip	Usage	MBA
$232	First 30 seconds, no fee For each minute or portion of minute over 30 seconds where such usage is less than 15% of the running time of show	TV program of 30 minutes or less	Art.15.B.10.d.
$232	First 30 seconds, no fee For each minute or portion of minute over 30 seconds where such usage is less than 10% of the running time of show	TV program of over 30 minutes	Art.15.B.10.d.
$53 $108	Payment to writers no longer on staff: Flashback of 1 minute or less. Flashback over 1 minute & less than 3 min.	TV non-prime time serials	App.A. Art.15.B.3.b.

Discounts

A 40% discount applies to the clip and compilation rates when excerpts are used in a local program broadcast in no more than one market. If the program is broadcast later in another market, the balance becomes payable. (Art.15.A.3.j. and Art.15.B.10.h.)

For further information, please call (323) 782-4700.