Elizabeth Reichelt

But yeah, so technically now I'm on staff, and I can breathe a little bit.

[laughs] The hard work is done, and I can finally just sit back and breathe.

W- So for writers, I, I know the big issue of the day that has many people very worried is the whole AI thing.

Mm-hmm.

Um, and how is that affecting you guys?

Yeah, that's a great question.

I mean, everyone-- I, I don't know one writer that is pro-AI.

Um-

Really?

Yeah.

It-- I, I'm sure they exist, uh, uh, just like the people during the strike that, you know, take jobs that they're not supposed to take.

But we, we've had conversations about it in the room about like do people use it to brainstorm or not, and for the most part, I think all of us are just avoiding it.

And then, you know, the Writers Guild, there's a lot of committees with writers that are much more involved and smarter than I that are, yeah, fighting, really like making sure they're on top of the legislation and making sure it's not infiltrating our industry too much.

But we're, you know, we're trying.

So a- another thing is, now I, I've been away from Hollywood for quite a while now, but if you were a writer on a network show, you know, CBS, NBC, ABC, you basically, if you got a few years of that, you could be set for life.

Mm-hmm.

And streaming was nowhere close.

I mean, it was pretty, pretty bad.

And, and I know the Writers Guild has been fighting that for a long time.

Mm-hmm.

And now streaming is actually bigger than the networks, but the pay is still nowhere close.

Am I right?

Yeah.

Yeah.

It, it's getting a little bit better, and the-- with the current-- the, the strike that just happened, it finally got approved that streaming you'd get residuals for-- 'cause for a long time you'd work on a Netflix show or HBO or something, and you wouldn't get any residuals.