SAG, TV Land pact on King Street shows

Inside a move stored under systems for six several weeks, the Screen Stars Guild has signed an offer with TV Land for coverage of shows produced by its King Street Prods. with potentially less residuals than other SAG-covered shows on fundamental cable. SAG confirmed the signing Sunday evening following the SAG Watchdog website revealed the offer, that was signed in August. "SAG discussed an offer with TV Land's inhouse production company, King Street Prods., that covers all programming it can make for TV Land," a guild spokesperson stated. "The agreement grows SAG's coverage in television and utilizes an exhibit day formula for lower-allocated programs." SAG declined to supply further particulars. The "exhibition day" formula enables reruns to become proven on 12 nonconsecutive days within twelve months from the first airing from the episode. When the 12 days happen to be used, or even the year has lapsed, a residual formula would apply. The offer doesn't cover TV Land shows for example "Hot in Cleveland" and "The Exes," that are already taught in American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. SAG and AFTRA are trying to find member approval of the merger, with ballots due March 30. The approval originated from a SAG standing committee as opposed to the national board and wasn't posted towards the membership for approval. The SAG Watchdog posting by site operator Arlin Burns asserted the offer wasn't discussed included in the "fundamental cable discussions" but like a separate deal, deviating in the SAG practice of settling national uniform contracts. "Obviously, this is one way they have always done business at AFTRA and today, for brand spanking new, SAG too," Burns authored. Leaders of these two unions fought over provisions of cable deals in 2007 over free reruns on 30 cable shows included in AFTRA for example "Grime," "Zooey 101," "Hannah Montana" and "The Sarah Silverman Show." SAG's Membership First faction -- which required charge of the guild board in 2005 -- banded together as AFTRAartists to operate for slots around the AFTRA national board, the La board so that as associates towards the national convention around the platform that AFTRA should only sign deals equal to SAG's. The move did not create a alternation in AFTRA policy, however. AFTRA's contention at that time was when the shows are shot on digital, either union may go following the program since that area had not been defined which AFTRA should make these handles cable systems to prevent producers going non-union. SAG leaders also clashed with AFTRA that year within the latter's refusal to lessen its 50-50 participation around the settling committees for film-TV as well as on advertisements -- despite comprising much less from the overall earnings. SAG's complained that AFTRA have been offering producers cheaper contracts in fundamental cable, while AFTRA accused SAG leaders to be radical and inflexible, saying that it is "one-size-fits-allInch method of contracts led to less union jobs. The Membership First faction started losing energy in 2008 once the Unite for Strength faction started running on the platform that SAG and AFTRA should merge, partially to avoid such jurisdictional disputes. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com