Common use of Series Bonus Clause in Contracts

Series Bonus. If an open-ended network prime time series featuring one or more fictional characters is sold subsequent to the production of a pilot tape in any of the forms above, then the Director of the spinoff or pilot or of the tape introducing the character(s) shall be entitled to additional aggregate series bonus payments for each production year as follows: Program Length 7/1/08 7/1/09 7/1/10 ½ hour $3,188 $3,300 $3,416 1 hour 6,374 6,597 $6,828 90 minutes or longer 8,498 8,795 $9,103 Payment is to be made within five (5) days after firm order for production. Only one set of series bonus payments pursuant to this subsection N.4. need be made in connection with any one series and, in case of a dispute between two (2) directors who might be entitled to those payments, the Guild will determine the allocation.

Series Bonus. If an open-ended network prime time series featuring one or more fictional characters is sold subsequent to the production of a pilot tape in any of the forms above, then the Director of the spinoff or pilot or of the tape introducing the character(s) shall be entitled to additional aggregate series bonus payments for each production year as follows: Program Length 7/1/08 7/1/09 7/1/10 7/1/17 7/1/18 7/1/19 ½ hour $3,188 $3,300 $3,416 $ 4,040 $ 4,141 $ 4,245 1 hour 6,374 6,597 $6,828 8,077 8,279 8,486 90 minutes or longer 8,498 8,795 $9,103 10,766 11,035 11,311 Payment is to be made within five (5) days after firm order for production. Only one set of series bonus payments pursuant to this subsection N.4. need be made in connection with any one series and, in case of a dispute between two (2) directors who might be entitled to those payments, the Guild will determine the allocation.

Series Bonus. If an open-ended network prime time series featuring one or more fictional characters is sold subsequent to the production of a pilot tape in any of the forms above, then the Director of the spinoff or pilot or of the tape introducing the character(s) shall be entitled to additional aggregate series bonus payments for each production year as follows: Program Length 7/1/08 7/1/09 7/1/10 7/1/11 7/1/12† 7/1/13†† ½ hour $3,188 3,484 $3,300 3,545 $3,416 3,607 1 hour 6,374 6,597 $6,828 6,965 7,087 7,211 90 minutes or longer 8,498 8,795 $9,103 9,285 9,447 9,612 Payment is to be made within five (5) days after firm order for production. Only one set of series bonus payments pursuant to this subsection N.4. need be made in connection with any one series and, in case of a dispute between two (2) directors who might be entitled to those payments, the Guild will determine the allocation.

Series Bonus. If an open-ended network prime time series featuring one or more fictional characters is sold subsequent to the production of a pilot tape in any of the forms above, then the Director of the spinoff or pilot or of the tape introducing the character(s) shall be entitled to additional aggregate series bonus payments for each production year as follows: Program Length 7/1/08 7/1/09 7/1/10 7/1/14† 7/1/15 7/1/16 ½ hour $3,188 3,715 $3,300 3,826 $3,416 3,941 1 hour 6,374 6,597 $6,828 7,427 7,650 7,880 90 minutes or longer 8,498 8,795 $9,103 9,900 10,197 10,503 Payment is to be made within five (5) days after firm order for production. Only one set of series bonus payments pursuant to this subsection N.4. need be made in connection with any one series and, in case of a dispute between two (2) directors who might be entitled to those payments, the Guild will determine the allocation.