In the 2021-22 TV season, the average work period of TV show writers and producers working for streaming services was generally lower than that of employees for broadcast TV. Consulting producers, for example, worked on average 13 weeks per streaming series, while the amount was 35 weeks per broadcast TV show. The number of median weeks worked among showrunners in both the streaming and broadcast TV segment were quite similar, at over 40 weeks.
Number of median weeks worked per TV show among writers-producers in the United States in the 2021-22 season, by job title
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Deadline.com. (March 14, 2023). Number of median weeks worked per TV show among writers-producers in the United States in the 2021-22 season, by job title [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1400467/tv-show-writers-work-period-us/
Deadline.com. "Number of median weeks worked per TV show among writers-producers in the United States in the 2021-22 season, by job title." Chart. March 14, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1400467/tv-show-writers-work-period-us/
Deadline.com. (2023). Number of median weeks worked per TV show among writers-producers in the United States in the 2021-22 season, by job title. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1400467/tv-show-writers-work-period-us/
Deadline.com. "Number of Median Weeks Worked per Tv Show among Writers-producers in The United States in The 2021-22 Season, by Job Title." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1400467/tv-show-writers-work-period-us/
Deadline.com, Number of median weeks worked per TV show among writers-producers in the United States in the 2021-22 season, by job title Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1400467/tv-show-writers-work-period-us/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Number of median weeks worked per TV show among writers-producers in the United States in the 2021-22 season, by job title [Graph], Deadline.com, March 14, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1400467/tv-show-writers-work-period-us/