In their original contracts for the first two seasons, each main cast member was paid $1,600 per episode. Before the third season, the cast threatened to go on strike unless they received pay increases, which resulted in each actor receiving $100,000 per episode. For the series' sixth season, the cast members were offered $250,000 to return. The cast members again entered negotiations before the sixth season, receiving $750,000 per episode, and during the eighth season, receiving $1 million per episode.
(Wikipedia)
This is insanity. I love Friends as much an anyone could - but is each episode really worth paying the characters a million dollars? I can't believe there are people in the third world starving, and these guys are making millions just to be on tv...
(Wikipedia)
This is insanity. I love Friends as much an anyone could - but is each episode really worth paying the characters a million dollars? I can't believe there are people in the third world starving, and these guys are making millions just to be on tv...
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Holy GOD. I knew the cast made 100,000 an episode, but I didn't realize they kept negotiating for increases. And how the hell do you leap from making 1600 to a hundred thousand? Jesus. I agree - they were making waaaaay too much money.
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