On Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 8:28:57 PM UTC-5, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote:
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> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 9:28 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected] 
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>> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 3:11 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
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>>>> Spielberg may be an exec, but is that only for financing reasons?
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>> I *would* have suggested it's just a standard credit because Spielberg is 
>> chairman and CEO of Amblin TV. However it does look like there are other 
>> Amblin shows that don't name him as an Exec Producer.
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>> But then IMDB lists 30+ individuals as having some kind of production 
>> credit in the course of this series...
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> The Producers Guild is a lost cause in terms of putting a cap on 
> superfluous producer credits. A well run production requires at most two 
> producers, one to oversee the creative aspects and another to oversee the 
> organizational/financial aspects... sometimes one person can handle both 
> sides of the production, but two are really what is required. But now 
> actors get producer credits, as do their managers and lawyers, as do the 
> relatives of the head of studio, as do the catering crew. Credits are seen 
> as free contract negotiating ploys, but it ultimately hurts a production, 
> tarnishes the credibility of the actual producers, and opens up a lot of 
> people to civil litigation. You and I both know that Spielberg neither 
> knows nor cares what’s going on at a crummy little CBS procedural, but now 
> he’s getting dragged into it. And don’t misunderstand me, Dushku has every 
> right to drag him into it as his name is right there in bold text, but his 
> name is only there because CBS knows his name in the credits gives viewers 
> a false sense of value.
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> This is a serious question, if you know the answer: Does everyone listed 
> as a producer receive a producer's fee, or can you hand out the title 
> without the cash?
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