Mandy Moore just got a check for Penny to air This Is Us – The Hollywood Reporter

Mandy Moore, star of This Is Us, on the picket line at Disney in Burbank on July 18.

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this is us Star Mandy Moore was among hundreds of actors who took to picket lines Tuesday as part of the SAG-AFTRA strike against Hollywood broadcasters and studios over fundamental issues such as tailings flows.

The Emmy Award-nominated actress spent six seasons starring in the Disney-produced NBC drama. this is us And in an interview with Hollywood Reporter She says she received checks ranging from a penny to 81 cents for her deal to stream the hit show with Hulu.

“The problem that remains is a big one,” says Moore of the Disney sit-down group in Burbank where she previously joined. scandal Star Katie Louise. “We’re in very fortunate situations where working actors have been on shows that are hugely successful in one way or another…but many actors are on set for years before we can live off leftovers or at least pay their bills.”

Moore says she received “very small checks, like 81 cents” for the remaining streaming broadcast this is us. “I was talking to my business manager who said he got a penny and two pennies,” she said. Lowes added that she has not received anything of substance from Disney scandalStreaming deals with Netflix and, more recently, Hulu.

“If you were someone lucky enough in our position to have done over 120 episodes of a hit show in previous years — 10, 15, 20 years ago — that rebroadcast would be the thing that could keep you alive in the years you’ve done this smaller project. Or I wanted to go do a play or have kids and have a family to support,” Lowes says of the leftovers model. “And that is not a reality anymore. The whole paradigm has changed.”

SAG-AFTRA, the union representing more than 160,000 amazing performers, said the Motion Picture and Television Producers Alliance — which represents broadcast companies and studios including Apple and Disney — rejected its new media revenue-sharing proposal in which film actors would share in the revenue generated. . When their performances are shown on broadcast platforms, which will allow the actors to share in the success of the “high-performance performances”. AMPTP, in its response to specific SAG demands late Monday, refused to respond to the residual flow of the operating actors.

To be fair, the actors still receive residuals from their reruns of their performances on broadcast networks. However, in the era of Peak TV, broadcast networks have turned to year-round originals including low-budget unscripted fare rather than choosing to air scripted repeat episodes as the line between what constitutes a ratings hit and what becomes an unrecognizable bug. This has fewer iterations on broadcasts and an increased need among both the Writers Guild of America and Guild of Performers for tailings broadcasts. Streaming devices including Netflix, Amazon, Apple and Disney do not provide traditional viewing data. Transparency flow is also among the core issues of both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA.

Moore and Lewis are in the same cast. Lowes spent seven seasons starring in the Shonda Rhimes-created ABC drama scandal and guest-starring alongside Moore in the final season of this is us. Moore has been a member of SAG-AFTRA since 1999, while Lowes joined in 2004.