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Teresa Strasser

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--- Quote ---Stupid question: What exactly does a \"segment producer\" do?
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For purposes of game shows nowadays, \"segment producer\" is usually a euphenism for \"writer who's not a member of the Writer's Guild,\" as is often \"researcher,\" \"editorial staff\" or even some \"program staff.\"  

When \"WWTBAM\" started, they used the non-union \"WBSM\" staff in LA under the supervision of Terry McDonnell to write the questions, since \"WBSM\" was in hiatus at the time and was a Disney product.  To avoid problems with the Writer's Guild, being a network show and all, they credited the writers as \"segment producers.\"  When the show went full-time, they hired a separate staff that turned Guild near the end of the network run and is still Guild today--and credited as writers.

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