This was excellent, thank you for your explanation. It does seem quite involved to say the least. 😅

So who owns the the actual playwright? Does an OG producer sell these rights to another? Or does the studio basically have all ownership?

You could argue it has to do with the associated costs of production. I would surmise studios low ball producers to create their shows.

But typically mutually inclusive. Although generally it comes down to semantics.

Yes, the latter. I figured as much, because despite shows being “good” to suddenly be cancelled makes me believe there were two sides in the negotiations, perhaps.

So basically, let’s say a show get the green light for another season, if the producer doesn’t want to continue the show, it’s effectively cancelled?