I do think there are more unpaid audience members than suggested in the article. There have been enough people pulled out into the audience with stories and such to make me think that there's more than 30-40 out of the 110 that are there because they want to be, or couldn't get into The Price Is Right </CFerg>. Either that, or these paid audience members are also really good actors, and I don't think $20/head gets you that much from an audience member.
Then again, there was that one woman in the audience last week that showed up on 4-5 consecutive shows...I doubt she was just a regular audience member. David ________________________________ From: Mark J. <[email protected]> On Feb 25, 6:47 pm, Wesley McGee <[email protected]> wrote: > Radar alleges that CBS does have an incentive to do an audience-less show -- > to save on the $20/head that they pay to get people into the audience. The > report appears to be based on the word of a single source, who appears to be > dismissive of Ferguson or the show. > > I know nothing of show-business, so is this plausible? Yep--TV shows these days do it all the time, especially new series or middle-of-the-pack sitcoms or talk shows (or any show that takes audience shots). I'm presuming that the C-Ferg audience is not the kind that would want to take trips to LA for any reason, hence the problem with filling the seats. Seems to me that Melissa has run into these paid audience members in her annual LA trips and that a lot of them are very uncooperative. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
