We’re Back in Motion

Let’s be clear: for many of us, 2025 was a difficult year on the American productions front.

That doesn’t mean there was no work. We’re still talking about approximately 300 shooting days, mainly in sitcoms, with CBS projects (Season 5 of Ghosts and Season 1 of DMV), as well as a Disney pilot (How to Be a Drama Queen). A few Sector 3 projects (lower-budget productions governed by adapted scales provided for in the collective agreement) also helped fill out the 2025 calendar.

That said, when we look at the overall picture, there was relatively little to go around for the membership as a whole.

In this context, members of the American productions sector overwhelmingly approved the 2026 agreements at the sector meetings held in December 2025. The Studio Mechanics (studio technician) and Camera sectors ratified wage increases, adjustments for Sector 3, and specific amendments for CBS projects produced in Québec in 2026.

For 2026, confirmed projects include Season 6 of Ghosts, Season 1 of Einstein, and the pilot Eternally Yours. Additional potential projects include Season 2 of DMV and a possible full season of Eternally Yours. CBS projects alone already represent more than 200 shooting days, with the potential to exceed 300 days.

Several feature films are also in development: American Drifter (Ken Halsband), Unfinished Red (Paul Barbeau), and the Netflix project Winter Games, postponed to fall 2026.

Sector 3 projects will also be added to the confirmed productions and contribute to the total number of shooting days. We welcomed five last year. How many this year? It’s still too early to say.

Will we face a shortage of technical crews as early as the beginning of summer? It’s possible. But after a year like 2025, I would rather face the possibility of having many projects for our members than not enough.

In the meantime, let’s stay connected, keep each other informed, and I remain at your disposal.

Pierre Daudelin,
Vice-President − U.S. Productions