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Simpons cast gets hefty raise

Posted: June 4th, 2008, 12:07 pm
by Rocketfan
Honestly, who still watches this....are the ratings for this show that good???????

After months of negotiations, the cast of Fox's long-running animated series reached a new four-year deal with the studio during the weekend.

Under the pact, the top actors will be paid nearly $400,000 per episode. While this is lower than the reported $500,000 the cast originally sought, it remains a significant increase from their current paychecks of about $300,000 an episode. (By contrast, Charlie Sheen is the highest-paid sitcom star, reportedly earning $350,000 per episode in 2006.)

http://tv.yahoo.com/show/211/news/urn:n ... __ER:25186

Posted: June 4th, 2008, 12:14 pm
by RubberMallet
they haven't made a decent rememberable episode in years.

Posted: June 4th, 2008, 12:34 pm
by Sly Fox
It still pulls attractive demos and advertisers still love it. I admit I rarely ever watch these days myself.

Posted: June 4th, 2008, 1:13 pm
by blwall1416
RubberMallet wrote:they haven't made a decent rememberable episode in years.
I don't know, some have been pretty good. I still watch.

Posted: June 4th, 2008, 1:44 pm
by RubberMallet
i haven't so maybe i'm dead wrong but everytime i turn my tv to it, i get very disinterested very quickly...

Posted: June 4th, 2008, 1:52 pm
by LUconn
I find it mildly entertaining when I watch it. It's certainly not something that makes me laugh very often. But I really don't ever watch it anymore. I just happen to catch it by accident. It's kind of a sad thing to happen to what is a HOF show.

Posted: June 4th, 2008, 3:49 pm
by RagingTireFire
I still enjoy the show. Unfortunately, having a 5-year old who thinks every cartoon on TV is for him kind of cut into the viewing pattern.