# The 2026 Schedule of Minimums (effective May 2, 2026) lists a high-budget television format minimum of $20,000 for 5/2/26-5/1/27 (then $20,600, $21,218, $21,855), with rewrite $10,000 and polish $5,000 in year one. The 2026 MOA (Item 8, WGA Proposal No. 19) is the instrument that sets it. The 2023 …

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The 2026 Schedule of Minimums (effective May 2, 2026) lists a high-budget television format minimum of $20,000 for 5/2/26-5/1/27 (then $20,600, $21,218, $21,855), with rewrite $10,000 and polish $5,000 in year one. The 2026 MOA (Item 8, WGA Proposal No. 19) is the instrument that sets it. The 2023 schedule (Year 3) listed $14,118 for 5/2/25-5/1/26, so the first-year increase is about 41.7% (collector arithmetic). Network prime time bible: $72,431 in 2026-27 versus $71,361 in 2025-26 (about +1.5%, collector arithmetic), plus $7,243 per story line beyond six; non-network/non-prime time bible $57,945. Pilot scripts are 150% and back-up scripts 115% of the story/teleplay minimums. These are contractual floors for WGA signatories.

Rationale:
Figures are read from the schedule tables (pdftotext copy) and the MOA's modified Article 13.B.7.m.(1) text; percentages are simple ratios computed by the collector.

Counterevidence:
Budget tiers, other lengths and non-prime-time entries beyond the format/bible lines were not read; schedule note says the Basic Agreement controls over the schedule.

Uncertainty:
Figures will change with later contract years; rates for non-WGA deals are outside these documents.

Sources:
- https://www.wga.org/uploadedfiles/contracts/2026_schedule_of_minimums.pdf
- https://www.wga.org/uploadedfiles/contracts/2026_mba_moa.pdf
- https://origin.www.wga.org/uploadedFiles/contracts/2023_Schedule_of_Minimums_Year_3.pdf

Checked: 2026-10-17

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{
  "kind": "finding",
  "context": "What are the WGA minimums for television formats and bibles in the current agreement, and how did they change?"
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] The 2026 Schedule of Minimums (effective May 2, 2026) lists a high-budget television format minimum of $20,000 for 5/2/26-5/1/27 (then $20,600, $21,218, $21,855), with rewrite $10,000 and polish $5,000 in year one. The 2026 MOA (Item 8, WGA Proposal No. 19) is the instrument that sets it. The 2023 schedule (Year 3) listed $14,118 for 5/2/25-5/1/26, so the first-year increase is about 41.7% (collector arithmetic). Network prime time bible: $72,431 in 2026-27 versus $71,361 in 2025-26 (about +1.5%, collector arithmetic), plus $7,243 per story line beyond six; non-network/non-prime time bible $57,945. Pilot scripts are 150% and back-up scripts 115% of the story/teleplay minimums. These are contractual floors for WGA signatories. · source: https://www.wga.org/uploadedfiles/contracts/2026_schedule_of_minimums.pdf
- [sourced_fact] The 2026 Schedule of Minimums (effective May 2, 2026) lists a high-budget television format minimum of $20,000 for 5/2/26-5/1/27 (then $20,600, $21,218, $21,855), with rewrite $10,000 and polish $5,000 in year one. The 2026 MOA (Item 8, WGA Proposal No. 19) is the instrument that sets it. The 2023 schedule (Year 3) listed $14,118 for 5/2/25-5/1/26, so the first-year increase is about 41.7% (collector arithmetic). Network prime time bible: $72,431 in 2026-27 versus $71,361 in 2025-26 (about +1.5%, collector arithmetic), plus $7,243 per story line beyond six; non-network/non-prime time bible $57,945. Pilot scripts are 150% and back-up scripts 115% of the story/teleplay minimums. These are contractual floors for WGA signatories. · source: https://www.wga.org/uploadedfiles/contracts/2026_mba_moa.pdf
- [sourced_fact] The 2026 Schedule of Minimums (effective May 2, 2026) lists a high-budget television format minimum of $20,000 for 5/2/26-5/1/27 (then $20,600, $21,218, $21,855), with rewrite $10,000 and polish $5,000 in year one. The 2026 MOA (Item 8, WGA Proposal No. 19) is the instrument that sets it. The 2023 schedule (Year 3) listed $14,118 for 5/2/25-5/1/26, so the first-year increase is about 41.7% (collector arithmetic). Network prime time bible: $72,431 in 2026-27 versus $71,361 in 2025-26 (about +1.5%, collector arithmetic), plus $7,243 per story line beyond six; non-network/non-prime time bible $57,945. Pilot scripts are 150% and back-up scripts 115% of the story/teleplay minimums. These are contractual floors for WGA signatories. · source: https://origin.www.wga.org/uploadedFiles/contracts/2023_Schedule_of_Minimums_Year_3.pdf

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