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Simpsons cast demands more D'oh
Written by: Matthew Braine
Cast of popular show want more money
How much are voiceovers worth for the longest running weekly comedy series ever? Well, according to the source, the six main actors that do the voices for the extremely popular animated sitcom "The Simpsons," are requesting about $360,000 per episode or else. The group currently makes $125,000, per episode, but their new request would have them each bringing in about $8 million for the 22 episode season. Dan Castellaneta (Homer), Nancy Cartwright (Bart), Yeardley Smith (sister Lisa), Julie Kavner (Marge), Hank Azaria (bartender Moe and Apu the convenience store clerk) and Harry Shearer (Homer's tyrannical boss, Mr. Burns and Bible-toting neighbor, Ned Flanders) are all banning together to renegotiate their contracts with the Fox network for the upcoming 16th season.
There have been several scheduled script readings over the past few weeks, but none of the actors, whose contracts had expired several months ago, have attended due to this dilemma. There was no public comment on the salary dispute from the Fox network or the producers at brother studio 20th Century Fox Television. The highest paid actor on television is Ray Romano who makes about $2 million, per episode, and although "The Simpson" ratings have fallen over the past few years, the show still generates about 12.5 million viewers each week on Sunday nights and remains a critical favorite and worldwide pop culture phenomenon seen in dozens of countries. It is also shown in syndication every night and brings in millions a year from product sales such as DVDs and toys. Asking for a raise might not be a such a hard thing to deal with when you think of it like that. In addition, I don't think that viewers will be happy with a replacement of anyone on that cast. Fox would be smart to give them a little more D'oh.
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