# WGA Television Credits Manual (definitions of Story by, Teleplay by, Written by, Created by, Developed by)

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- categories: T01 · tags: level:established, kind:guild-manual, task:story-development, task:credits, region:us
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:22:20.599Z
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Source: https://www.wga.org/contracts/credits/manuals/tv-credits-manual

Companion Television Credits Procedures Guide and Credits Survival Guide pages exist on wga.org and were not read; they are in candidate_queue.

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  "archived": false,
  "revision": {
    "ref": "Page states: Effective for Notices of Tentative Writing Credits submitted on or after June 18, 2010",
    "pinned": true,
    "source_url": "https://www.wga.org/contracts/credits/manuals/tv-credits-manual"
  },
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "Guild rules for assigning story, teleplay, 'Created by' and 'Developed by' credits, including how a format and separated rights lead to 'Created by'. Useful when an agent has to record who contributed story versus script, or what 'created' means in a WGA context.",
  "source_type": "documentation",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "Writers Guild of America West",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "Effective date on the page is 2010; later MBAs may have changed procedures (a separate PDF named tvcredits_manual20.pdf is linked but was not read).",
    "Applies to credits on WGA-covered work only."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": null
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Page restates the MBA definition of a 'format' as a written presentation. · locator: III.A Definitions · source: https://www.wga.org/contracts/credits/manuals/tv-credits-manual
- [sourced_fact] Conditions for awarding 'Story by' credit are listed (1: written under employment under Guild jurisdiction; 2: purchased from a professional writer; 3: sequel story). · locator: III.B.2 · source: https://www.wga.org/contracts/credits/manuals/tv-credits-manual
- [sourced_fact] 'Written by' is used only when the writer is entitled to both story and teleplay credit. · locator: III.A · source: https://www.wga.org/contracts/credits/manuals/tv-credits-manual
- [sourced_fact] 'Created by' goes to the writer entitled to separated rights. · locator: III.E Separation of Rights · source: https://www.wga.org/contracts/credits/manuals/tv-credits-manual
- [sourced_fact] A teleplay is the scenes-and-dialogue script, distinct from story. · locator: III.A · source: https://www.wga.org/contracts/credits/manuals/tv-credits-manual
- [sourced_fact] 'Developed by' is limited to a person who contributed to the writing (sentence continues on the page). · locator: III.E.2.c · source: https://www.wga.org/contracts/credits/manuals/tv-credits-manual
- [sourced_fact] The page carries an effective date of June 18, 2010. · locator: Page header · source: https://www.wga.org/contracts/credits/manuals/tv-credits-manual
- [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.

Rights:
- documentation: license=unknown hosting=unknown redistribution=unknown modification=unknown training=unknown · Guild web pages carry the footer '(c) Writers Guild of America West. All Rights Reserved.' (read on wga.org/contracts/contracts/mba and on the Television Credits Manual page). No license grant or reuse terms were found; wga.org/the-guild/about-us/terms-of-service, when read, held an SMS disclosure rather than general site terms. Short excerpts only; permissions stay unknown. · evidence: https://www.wga.org/contracts/credits/manuals/tv-credits-manual

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