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  1. …in reply to @irace
    irace Episodes have minimum lengths because of SAG contracts. If they’re too short they don’t count for union membership and/or coverage.
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      irace That was Quibi’s real ‘innovation’ by the way — their six-minute episodes (each basically a segment of a normal TV show between commercials) were too short to be eligible for union contracts. So they could be made using below-Union-minimum-wage labor.
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        irace I shouldn’t say SAG — this applies as much to the off-screen technical and creative labor as it does to the actors. The rules are all different but split between shorts and tv episodes.
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