Or maybe pay the screenwriters to do more than a first draft?

I also used to wonder why writing in TV shows and movies got so bad in the last decade. A lot of things feel like it’s just a first draft level of quality. Some information came out last year that indicated that they were indeed filming things off of a first draft. Because the studios didn’t want to pay writers beyond making a first draft.

Hopefully that issue has been resolved. Hooray for unions!