^ actually, i believe the last 2 seasons, each friends cast member made $1million per episode. the season before that they were making $750K per episode. but the difference between the friends cast and the csi cast is that the friends cast has become superstars who were more or less irreplaceable. nbc would had to either agree to their terms or cancel the show all together. besides, friends was bringing in way more revenue than csi...at least that's what i'm presuming.

 

Thanks for correcting the numbers, I was just kinda making shit up. I do know the Friends cast was getting a ridiculously low salary several years before the shut down the show though. Good point on the irreplaceableness of the cast though. Considering how revenue for a show is really just directly related to the costs of the show though, I'd think CSI makes a decent amount of money for CBS. Certainly in the same ballpark as Friends made for NBC.

 

yeah, i think the whole point of keeping friends in the lineup, even though like you said the profit is probably minimal, is that they can get more audiences to tune in to the rest of the thursday night lineup.

 

Depends what market value is for the rest of successful actors in successful shows.. If other people on other shows with similar ratings are making more, then yes it's justified... But if not, then they're asking for too much.

 

you would do it for $1k an episode?

I wouldn't do it for that much..

13 episodes a season, 2 seasons a year, = $26,000 a year.

Takes about a week to shoot each episode.

26 weeks of work, doing 18 hour days, or more.
$26k- taxes, agent fee, manager, feee, misc other people fees.

end up with maybe $13k for a year on a tv show that isn't doing half bad.. uhm.. no thanks. I'd want my fair share since the network is making millions from the ads.

them asking $100k/ep is a bit much at the same time although it maybe justified depending how much the network is able to pull in through ads.

 

that biitch wasn't that hot anyway

 

I kinda liked her.

Here's the latest:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/23/c...s.ap/index.html

 

WHAT? You're kidding right? You really believe $100,000 per episode is a fair price. ANY actor in ANY show is not worth more then $1,000 per episode. When fire, police, and under fire military people start making $100,000 per year, then actors and athletes can start making $75,000 per YEAR, not before. I am sorry, but this has gotten WAY out of hand and these idiots have lost ALL grasp on reality.

 

^ya, well in a perfect world.. Reality is, industries like Sports and Television are able to pay ridiculous amounts of money to "employees" because they generate enormous revenue..

 

I never really got that freinds show anyway..Now Seinfeld....