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Voices of characters stop working to force contract settlement
The actors who provide the voices for "The Simpsons," including Dan Castellaneta (Homer), Julie Kavner (Marge), Yeardley Smith (Lisa) and Nancy Cartwright (Bart), are seeking $360,000 per episode.
Updated: 9:35 a.m. ET April 01, 2004
LOS ANGELES - The actors who provide the voices for the cartoon characters on the long-running TV show “The Simpsons” have stopped work in a bid to force a settlement of lengthy contract renewal talks, Daily Variety reported in its Thursday edition.
The Hollywood trade paper said the six actors have not shown up for two script readings in the past few weeks, holding up production on the hit satire’s upcoming 16th season.
It quoted insiders as saying each cast member is asking for about $360,000 an episode, or $8 million for a 22-episode season. Each member currently earns $125,000 an episode. The highest-paid star in TV is Ray Romano, who reportedly earns between $1.7 million and $2 million per episode of his Emmy-winning series “Everybody Loves Raymond.”
The three-year contracts for Dan Castellaneta (Homer), Hank Azaria (Moe, Apu, Comic Book Guy), Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns and others), Yeardley Smith (Lisa), Julie Kavner (Marge) and Nancy Cartwright (Bart) expired several months ago, and their representatives have been negotiating new ones to no avail, Daily Variety said.
The last “Simpsons” work dispute was in 1998, at a time when the actors were making $30,000 per episode. The show’s producer, Twentieth Century Fox TV, hired casting directors in five cities to replace most of them before both sides worked out a new deal and resumed production.
“The Simpsons” airs in the United States on the Fox network. Both Fox and Twentieth Century Fox TV are owned by News Corp. Ltd.
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It quoted insiders as saying each cast member is asking for about $360,000 an episode, or $8 million for a 22-episode season. Each member currently earns $125,000 an episode.
Holy Cow... and they don't even have to move... I mean they do a great job and all, I love the show but we don't even see them.. 125,000 a week for just a voice.. that is awesome...
I watched a special about them on E! or Bravo or something. They literally just show up and rehearse (infront of a live studio audience sometimes) and then they come in and do all their lines in about an hour. They don't even see each other most of the time.
So they are putting in like 10 hours of work a week tops, then they have the rest of the time to do their other projects
So as recent as 1998 the voice actors were getting $30,000 per episode; it is currently $125,000 per episode; and they are holding out for $360,000 per episode.
I can see their point! Hasn't your paycheck gone up 12,000% in the last 10 years???
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Pretty sure that would mean the show jumped the shark
Ugh! The Simpsons ended after season 8 or 5. Heck I can resite most of the ones from those seasons.
My favorite being when Homer has a Heart Attack!
But for the last 5 to 6 years it has not been the Simpsons. It has become anothe Married with Children.
Both shows were groundbreaking and funny as hell. But instead of stopping the shows before they became old and stale. Fox just churns out episode after episode, yes they are making money, but the shows suffer. They have become pointless and very stupid, IMHO.
But that is just me. The Simpsons at their worst will still be better than most shows.
Peace
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So as recent as 1998 the voice actors were getting $30,000 per episode; it is currently $125,000 per episode; and they are holding out for $360,000 per episode.
I can see their point! Hasn't your paycheck gone up 12,000% in the last 10 years???
They just want to be paid as much as the dog from Everybody Loves Raymond. I read an article yesterday, and it said that they are currently making a third of what the dog is making!
This is just like sports; without the voices, the show doesn't work.
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