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Simpsons Pay Dispute Settled

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the a-little-more-doh dept.

ackthpt writes "Simpsons voice actors were receiving $125,000 per episode and considering how wildly profitable the show is for FOX, in syndication and merchandising, the actors felt they should get a bigger piece of the pie. The strike is settled with a 4 year contract for the actors, though FOX is mum about further details, so the show will go on. For a bit more on this see this article on BBC News or The Gate."

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  1. Not a show renewal... but stilll good news. by LostCluster · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just so everybody's clear on this... a four-year contract with the actors doesn't indicate that the show has been promised four more years. TV actor contracts always are conditional on the show going on. So, what this contract means is that the production studio and the actors have agreed on the pay rate table to be used for the next four years, assuming the show goes on that long. If The Simpsons goes five more years into a 20th season, the actors and studio will need to go back to the table to talk money again.

    So, as long as the show keeps going, we can be sure that there's going to be no major cast defections over the next four years.

    1. Re:Not a show renewal... but stilll good news. by dinivin · · Score: 5, Informative


      Not quite... All the episodes for this season had been made. They were saying that they might not be able to make all 22 episodes for next season, so they considered not airing a few episodes this season, to fill in the gap for next season.

  2. Re:125K per episode is never enough... by DrEldarion · · Score: 5, Informative

    In the TV world, 125K per episode is NOTHING for such a popular show. Ray Romano gets 16 times that much (around $2,000,000) per episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond".

    I know there's a big difference between live actors and voice actors, but if you're going to be complaining about people making too much, don't complain about these guys.