I'll get back to the topic of Western Publishing and its panel borders soon, I promise. Right now, we start with this question from Mark Palko…
One of the dirty little secrets of Netflix, et al. is that, despite all the hype, viewers spend most of their time watching older shows like Golden Girls or M*A*S*H or NCIS. (I recently rewatched Justified.) How do streaming residuals for a show like Welcome Back, Kotter compare to what you'd see with broadcast or cable?
It's a matter of comparing something to nothing. I have received zero streaming residuals for Welcome Back, Kotter. If and when I do, I'll bet you the check won't be enough to buy me a Milky Way candy bar…not even the fun-size kind.
And here's one from my old pal Jerome Sinkovec…
Mark, I was wondering…if you are writing on your blog, are you "crossing the picket line" of the Writers Strike?
No…the strike is against certain companies for certain kinds of work. I have stopped laboring on a project I had going with one of those producers and I'm instead working on a couple of books and on a comic book or two. One of them is about this really stupid barbarian who wanders around with a spotted dog. A lot of writing is outside the jurisdiction of the Writers Guild of America. Even though it would mean I'd be totally out of work (and therefore, income) during a strike, I wish that it was all covered.
