Collected Data

Read: "The Real Cost of Reality TV"

The Real Cost of Reality TV by the WGA East.

The study found that violations of New York wage and hour lawsare endemic in the nonfiction television industry. Almost all the writer/producers in our study areincorrectly classified by the production companies as exempt employees, who work long hours butreceive no overtime pay, among other violations.


Keep in mind that the WGA is not an unbiased third party.