Say goodbye to new TV...

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Originally Posted by glatt

If they were to eliminate the residuals, then the initial writer's wage would likely go up, and so would the risk to the producers.

Absolutely. Every time a show fails, all the writers lose their jobs. 43% of writers are out of work at any given time. During those times they are living off the residuals of their previous successes. If there were no residuals, you would have to pay writers a lot more to ensure they made it through the down times and didn't decide to take a guaranteed salary in a cubicle somewhere instead.