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Soap Opera Billing

Principal/Recurring a Dayplayer who recurs over time but is not on contract by either the producers' or actor's choice, thus freeing the actor to pursue roles on rival soaps by virtue of the fact that there is no contract

Dayplayer- a character with five lines or more.

Thank you! You're absolutely right. I had only ever been aware of the Contract Role and Under 5 in my experiences with soaps. Indeed, it is important to note terms that cover the vast area between those levels. Good lookin' out!

Canadian Billing

Canadian billing includes the terms Principal and Actor (and I've seen abbreviations of PP and PA for Principal Performer and Principal Actor, I believe). As I understand it, the ACTRA billing of Actor corresponds to an AFTRA Under 5. An ACTRA Principal would have five lines or more. Of course, I've seen nowhere near the number of Canadian resumés as LA-based, so I'm advising based on a smaller sample size.

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