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Memorandum of Agreement for the 2026 WGA Theatrical and Television Basic Agreement (April 4, 2026)

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Source: https://www.wga.org/uploadedfiles/contracts/2026_mba_moa.pdf

Listed on wga.org/contracts/contracts/mba above the 'Previous Minimum Basic Agreements' heading. The 2026 Schedule of Minimums revision columns run to 5/2/29-5/1/30; the 2026 term end date itself was not read from a fetched primary text in this lane.
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  "revision": {
    "ref": "Memorandum of Agreement dated April 4, 2026",
    "pinned": true,
    "source_url": "https://www.wga.org/uploadedfiles/contracts/2026_mba_moa.pdf"
  },
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": "https://www.wga.org/uploadedfiles/contracts/mba23.pdf",
  "usefulness": "The amending document that makes the 2023 MBA into the 2026 MBA. It carries the new television format minimum (Item 8) and the obligation to give the writer any related formats at hire. Needed because the Guild's MBA page lists the MOA, not a full-text 2026 MBA.",
  "source_type": "documentation",
  "availability": "available",
  "source_owner": "Writers Guild of America, West and East; AMPTP and the networks",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z",
  "known_limitations": [
    "The MOA amends many articles unrelated to story development; only the format, bible and Article 1 passages were checked.",
    "A text search is not proof that no other clause affects format or bible handling."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": "2026-04-08T18:33:52.000Z"
}

Evidence claims

  • [sourced_fact] The 2023 MBA provisions, as amended by this MOA, together constitute the 2026 MBA, and the MOA prevails over inconsistent 2023 terms. · locator: Preamble, page 1 source
  • [sourced_fact] Item 8 (WGA Proposal No. 19) modifies Article 13.B.7.m.(1), the television format minimum. · locator: Item 8 'Formats (WGA Proposal No. 19)', page 18 source
  • [sourced_fact] If a story included in a purchased format is used, the applicable story minimum applies; if not used, no story minimum applies. · locator: Item 8, Article 13.B.7.m.(1) source
  • [sourced_fact] At purchase or hire the Company must give the writer any formats it controls relating to the project, and the writer must read, initial and date them. · locator: Item 8, Article 13.B.7.m.(1) source
  • [inference] A collector text search of this MOA found 'bible' only twice, both in the list of minimums covered by the general increases (Bible Minimums; Rewrite or Polish of Format or Bible), and found no amendment to Article 1.C.24; the only Article 1 amendments located concern Article 1.B.7 (theatrical rewrite) and Article 1.C.22 of Appendix A. · locator: Collector text search of the MOA source
  • [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

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