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Doltos posted:It's weird that Brooklyn 99 is so funny considering how many episodes they pump out per season. Speaking of, B99 is 13 episodes this season after moving to NBC 
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silvergoose posted:Read the thread title! Yeah, they weren't going to renew then they saw Chidi without his shirt on and renewal was guaranteed. Rumor is the postman outfit got them provisional approval for season 5.
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Kazy posted:Speaking of, B99 is 13 episodes this season after moving to NBC
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Kazy posted:Speaking of, B99 is 13 episodes this season after moving to NBC It got the episode count upped to 18.
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Scheduling b99 to start after Halloween is a war crime though.
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silvergoose posted:Read the thread title! To be fair, if you didn’t know the show was already renewed, the thread title might sound like instructions/hope/wishful thinking rather than something that’s already happened.
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Jingleheimer posted:Also I think I remember reading that it's in Kristen Bell's contract that she won't do more than 13 episodes per season because she didn't want to be away from her family for too long. She's willing to do a max of sixteen if the network orders the episodes, but NBC has been happy with 13.
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CaptainCaveman posted:To be fair, if you didn’t know the show was already renewed, the thread title might sound like instructions/hope/wishful thinking rather than something that’s already happened. I know, I know, but it was still amusing to me.
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ashpanash posted:It's hard on the writers, /hard on the actors I would think it was harder to have to get a part time job. Bell and Danson probably make good money but can the rest of the main cast live off of just 12 episode seasons? Can the writers?
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Is that a serious question?
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can these poor celebrities make ends meet?
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pile of brown posted:Is that a serious question? Very serious, I have no idea what tv actors make. Obviously Kristen Bell and Ted Danson are well known to the general public and can pick and choose between roles, and the paycheck reflects that but the rest of the cast is fairly unknown. And even if they make plenty of money, can a tv writer live off of just doing a single 12 episode show?
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Jan 28, 2019 08:22
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the main cast are gonna be getting like 5-6 figs per episode
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Oasx posted:And even if they make plenty of money, can a tv writer live off of just doing a single 12 episode show? Wasn't this one of the major issues in the last Writer's Guild strikes? Iirc it did not go well for them overall, but I don't know about that issue's resolution (no exclusive contracts for short seasons)
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Watermelon Daiquiri posted:the main cast are gonna be getting like 5-6 figs per episode I was thinking maybe 2-3000$ per episode, so clearly I was way off
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I wouldn't be surprised if Bell and Danson are making 6 figures per episode. 5 might be more reasonable for the rest of the cast, but TV contracts are weird. Most prestige cable stars on stuff like HBO make like 250k-500k per episode. But then so do the main cast of Modern Family. The leads of the Big Bang Theory get literally like a million dollars per episode. edit: random sites google gave me says Danson makes ~225k per ep and Bell makes ~125k. they guess that the rest of the cast makes ~60-75k based on the typical ranges for network show extended casts. there is no evidence for any of that but those numbers sound p believable. Ror fucked around with this message at 09:40 on Jan 28, 2019 |
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Thranguy posted:Wasn't this one of the major issues in the last Writer's Guild strikes? I can't remember how it ended up for them but it was a really solid argument. Like writing 12 episodes of Game of Thrones is more intensive than writing 23 episodes of like The Big Bang Theory so why should they be penalized because of the episode numbers. Ror posted:I wouldn't be surprised if Bell and Danson are making 6 figures per episode. 5 might be more reasonable for the rest of the cast, but TV contracts are weird. Most prestige cable stars on stuff like HBO make like 250k-500k per episode. But then so do the main cast of Modern Family. The leads of the Big Bang Theory get literally like a million dollars per episode. It's pretty hard to wrap your head around the idea that for every 20 minutes of content the actors of The Big Bang Theory rack up a million dollars. I mean, I'm not saying it's not well deserved since the studio is making billions off the show, but just think about going to a tv set, sitting on a couch, pretending to eat take out food, making some bad Star Wars jokes in front of a crowd, and then going home and seeing your bank account go up by a million dollars. It must be surreal. 1glitch0 fucked around with this message at 12:39 on Jan 28, 2019 |
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the only way I can make sense of the highly inflated paycheck tv and movie stars receive is to look at it as an analogy to gambling. the odds of any random actor successfully acquiring the necessary skills, motivation, connections and plain old luck, is so small that the reward has to be worth the effort. Basically the successful actors are paid more to fool our monkey brains that "it'll be worth it when I win the big ticket". edit: see also professional athletes.
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The rest of the cast and crew are likely free to engage in whatever side projects as long as it doesn't conflict with their work on the show, so I doubt this is anyone's only paycheck.
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It certainly isn't Kristen Bell's, she's off making more Veronica Mars right now!
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Jan 28, 2019 16:59
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Actors and sports stars get paid millions of dollars because the people who own their networks or teams make much, much more.
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qirex posted:Actors and sports stars get paid millions of dollars because the people who own their networks or teams make much, much more. I think is was Charles Barkley who once said to Shaq after he said he was rich: "No, you are wealthy. The guy who signs your paycheck is rich."
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swickles posted:I think is was Charles Barkley who once said to Shaq after he said he was rich: "No, you are wealthy. The guy who signs your paycheck is rich." That's from a Chris Rock bit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeOUty4SWvI
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Baronjutter posted:Ted Danson was in the most recent Orville episode and it was a real stinker and his guest role was a total waste. I can see Ted Danson as a poor man's Victor Garber... I mean Ted's never been nominated for a Tony has he?
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I'm working on a small project and was hoping goons could throw some ideas my way. There are some objects tied to characters, like shrimp to Eleanor and giraffes to Tahani. What are some for Chidi? All I can think of are the boots or air conditioner. Maybe a muffin, or peeps?
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subpar anachronism posted:I'm working on a small project and was hoping goons could throw some ideas my way. There are some objects tied to characters, like shrimp to Eleanor and giraffes to Tahani. What are some for Chidi? All I can think of are the boots or air conditioner. Maybe a muffin, or peeps? vests
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subpar anachronism posted:I'm working on a small project and was hoping goons could throw some ideas my way. There are some objects tied to characters, like shrimp to Eleanor and giraffes to Tahani. What are some for Chidi? All I can think of are the boots or air conditioner. Maybe a muffin, or peeps? Almond milk.
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Mordiceius posted:Almond milk. This or books.
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subpar anachronism posted:I'm working on a small project and was hoping goons could throw some ideas my way. There are some objects tied to characters, like shrimp to Eleanor and giraffes to Tahani. What are some for Chidi? All I can think of are the boots or air conditioner. Maybe a muffin, or peeps? Almond milk for sure. I guess you didn't have to ask about Jason because you're already committed to Bortles.
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subpar anachronism posted:I'm working on a small project and was hoping goons could throw some ideas my way. There are some objects tied to characters, like shrimp to Eleanor and giraffes to Tahani. What are some for Chidi? All I can think of are the boots or air conditioner. Maybe a muffin, or peeps? Stomachs and hats
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Wonder if she'll get some training on how to do an Australian accent before next year.
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iajanus posted:Wonder if she'll get some training on how to do an Australian accent before next year.
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subpar anachronism posted:I'm working on a small project and was hoping goons could throw some ideas my way. There are some objects tied to characters, like shrimp to Eleanor and giraffes to Tahani. What are some for Chidi? All I can think of are the boots or air conditioner. Maybe a muffin, or peeps? Chili and Peeps.
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I was thinking Chidi’s glasses.
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his books. his beautiful philosopher books.
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Here's one I've just been thinking about. Why did Tahani have no memory of her death in season 1? It's explained as the brain often forgets to protect itself, but that seems like too generous a thing for someone in any variation of the Bad Place. Was part of Michael's original plan that he would introduce it to Tahani down the line if he needed to knock her down a peg?
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Senor Tron posted:Here's one I've just been thinking about. Yes. He literally told her in season 2 that he was saving the circumstances of her death as a torture option. Also I think the 'brain protecting itself' bit was just something Michael made up to explain away memory wiping the humans.
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double nine posted:his books. his beautiful philosopher books. Yeah, this. I'm not going to suggest almond milk because it was a thing in, what? One episode?
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