# What do WGA public contract texts require about room size and duration (development rooms, mini-rooms) for episodic series, and what do they leave open?

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The WGA's public summary of the 2023 MBA (agreement term 2023-09-25 to 2026-05-01) sets minimum staffing and duration for rooms on seasons whose first episode is written after 2023-12-01: development rooms of 3 writers guarantee 3 writer-producers (incl. the showrunner) 10 consecutive weeks; post-greenlight rooms need 3/5/6 writers for 6-or-fewer / 7-12 / 13+ episodes with at least 3 writer-producers, guaranteed at least 20 weeks or the room's duration if shorter. These are employment floors, not a method for breaking story. The summary defers to the MOA text, which was not read; the term ended 2026-05-01 and no successor was read.

The WGA's public summary of the 2023 MBA (agreement term 2023-09-25 to 2026-05-01) sets minimum staffing and duration for rooms on seasons whose first episode is written after 2023-12-01: development rooms of 3 writers guarantee 3 writer-producers (incl. the showrunner) 10 consecutive weeks; post-greenlight rooms need 3/5/6 writers for 6-or-fewer / 7-12 / 13+ episodes with at least 3 writer-producers, guaranteed at least 20 weeks or the room's duration if shorter. These are employment floors, not a method for breaking story. The summary defers to the MOA text, which was not read; the term ended 2026-05-01 and no successor was read.

Curator qualifications: Figures verified in the summary, which defers to the MOA; term ended 2026-05-01 and successor unchecked. Precision: the 20-week guarantee is 'or the entire duration of the post-greenlight room, whichever is shorter', and the single-writer exception applies.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.wgacontract2023.org/the-campaign/summary-of-the-2023-wga-mba",
      "note": "section 10 Staffing and Duration"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] The WGA's public summary of the 2023 MBA (agreement term 2023-09-25 to 2026-05-01) sets minimum staffing and duration for rooms on seasons whose first episode is written after 2023-12-01: development rooms of 3 writers guarantee 3 writer-producers (incl. the showrunner) 10 consecutive weeks; post-greenlight rooms need 3/5/6 writers for 6-or-fewer / 7-12 / 13+ episodes with at least 3 writer-producers, guaranteed at least 20 weeks or the room's duration if shorter. These are employment floors, not a method for breaking story. The summary defers to the MOA text, which was not read; the term ended 2026-05-01 and no successor was read. · locator: section 10 Staffing and Duration · source: https://www.wgacontract2023.org/the-campaign/summary-of-the-2023-wga-mba

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