Suits isn’t the first series to find new life on Netflix, and it certainly will not be the last. But although the deal with Netflix had likely been made well before the strike, the timing couldn’t have been more prophetic. As writers — and eventually the actors — were marching in the summer heat for better pay, especially from streaming residuals, Suits became a perfect case study.
Coming on the heels of celebrities like Aaron Paul and Mandy Moore — whose respective hits Breaking Bad and This Is Us are consistent crowd pleasers for streaming platforms — insisting they were making pennies in residuals, everyone began to wonder: How much are the writers and actors receiving from a massive success like this?
Source: https://deadline.com/2023/09/streaming-residuals-explained-suits-netflix-1235552804/