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“Gilmore Girls” has proven to be one of the prime broadcast sitcoms to have achieved extended life on streaming, even receiving a Netflix revival season “A Year in the Life” in 2016. However, that digital popularity hasn’t necessarily seen extensive compensation for the series cast, as star Lauren Graham explained on a “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” appearance Wednesday evening.
“There really are no residuals on Netflix. Sorry! But I’ve been paid in love,” Graham explained when asked about the matter by Kimmel. “We have definitely reached more people than we were reaching on The WB. … Now it’s trickled into younger people, older people, men whose kids or wives probably have forced them to watch it. I get stopped a lot. It surprises me every time though. I don’t know why.”
The topic of how a residuals-based compensation model can be translated and matched as television audiences shift to streaming has been an ongoing negotiation for the entertainment industry. A significant bargaining point of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes were each union’s effort to seek viewership-based bonuses for its members. The deal reached between the actors guild and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) now provides a 75% residual bonus for actors who appear on the most-watched made-for-streaming shows. Another 25% goes into the newly formed Success Bonus Distribution Fund, which distributes money more broadly to actors on other made-for-streaming series.
In 2018, “Gilmore Girls” producer Gavin Polone sued Warner Bros., alleging that the network deprived him of residuals for the four-episode Netflix revival “A Year in the Life.”
