[The Unique Geek] RE: [The_Unique_Geek]_Money_Dispute_May_End_‘Simpsons ’

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 05:39:12 -0700

I would have a hard time with that pay cut also.  However, Fox probably thinks they could simply run reruns instead of producing new episodes, even during prime time.  With 23  years of content to work from, there has to be zillions of episodes people haven't seen.  Even if ratings drop off during the prime time slot with reruns, their expenses will be cut dramatically.  Either way, Fox wins.  :(

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Subject: [The_Unique_Geek]_Money_Dispute_May_End_‘Simpsons ’
From: Cary Preston <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, October 05, 2011 8:20 am
To: Unique Geek Google Group <[email protected]>

A shame, but I would have a hard time accepting a 45% pay cut too.

I really had no idea this was still even on. I think it’s time to let it go guys. It started going downhill somewhere around season 9 and has been in free fall since then:
It looks like The Simpsons—20th Century Fox Television’s multibillion-dollar cash cow, the anchor of the Fox network’s Sunday primetime schedule, and the longest-running sitcom in the history of broadcasting—might stop production after the current 23rd season ends next spring.
The reason is a negotiating impasse between the studio and the six principal actors who voice the beloved characters on the animated series that hilariously satirizes middle-class Midwestern angst.
Difficult bargaining is nothing new for the show, which was created by James L. Brooks and Matt Groening. Fox studio execs have occasionally threatened to replace uncooperative cast members with sound-alike actors. But for the first time in nearly a quarter century of haggling, the executives have insisted that if the cast doesn’t accept a draconian 45 percent pay cut, The Simpsons will die an abrupt death as a first-run series.







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