Supporters of the Writer's Guild of America strike, including one with a residual-themed sign, picket outside Radford Studios Center in Studio City in May. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times) It’s ...

Once upon a time, actors aimed to get in on network TV residuals as a way to make passive income whenever work dried up. (Just look at the cast of “Friends,” who still make around $20 million a year ...

Writers and actors spent the summer searching for increased residuals for streaming shows and they were somewhat successful. Both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA secured success-based bonuses for series at ...

It’s not often that people get fired up over nitty-gritty financial mechanisms — but for the last 4½ months on the streets of Hollywood, that’s exactly what’s been happening. As members of the Writers ...

About six weeks after the Writers Guild of America went on strike for the first time in more than 15 years, eight seasons of Suits landed on Netflix. All nine seasons had already been available on ...