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BIG BANG THEORY renewed for another three years
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March 17th, 2014 at 10:20:16 AM permalink | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
They may have already negotiated the cash salary, but the big question today is how much of the back end to give away. The shows that started before 1998 have earned far more over the long haul than most people could have predicted. So far, the 30 live action sitcoms (ABC, NBC, CBS) of the last 16 years that look like they generated enough episodes to go into syndication, don't look like they will have the staying power of Seinfeld, Friends and Everybody Loves Raymond.
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March 18th, 2014 at 7:23:35 AM permalink | |
boymimbo Member since: Mar 25, 2013 Threads: 5 Posts: 732 | Raymond is an excellent series but after watching it once, I was done. Man, it was too close to my particular family's circumstances for my liking. Friends is watchable for a while for selected episodes. But almost every episode in Seinfeld is rewatchable especially those after Season 2. I think last night's episode of Seinfeld was a great example. The story lines in place is Jerry droping his girlfriend's toothbrush in the toilet bowl and his inability to get over it, George's search for his unique key chain, Kramer's adopt-a-road, and Elaine becoming a janitor in order to get chinese food. When Newman comes along in the postal truck and it catches fire because Elaine drops a sewing machine (on the way to the dump) while Kramer is using paint thinner to restore the lane markers on the road that he destroyed, I had the biggest laugh I've had in months. This from a episode I've seen at least half a dozen times. On the list above, I've seen all of 2.5 Men, the Office, 30 Rock, Parks, and BBT. I just finished getting caught up on Modern Family, and my next series to tackle is How I Met your Mother, which starts its DVR run for me tomorrow. Nothing else on the list above appeals. |
March 18th, 2014 at 9:03:39 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
The list was no meant to imply that the series was "good". Just that it lasted long enough for syndication. Hope and Faith made 73 episodes which is on the low side, but it was aired on Woman's Entertainment. Cougar Town made 61 episodes for ABC, but TBS has agreed to fund it up until 89 episodes. Netflix is providing the ability to view shows that had an even more limited number of episodes. I picked the newer shows based on the fact that they are renewed for a second season, and may survive to four seasons. The spring of 1998 is when Seinfeld ended, and the last time that a sitcom was the number #1 ranked series on TV, but The Big Bang Theory trailed only Sunday Football and NCIS last year. |
March 19th, 2014 at 8:32:36 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
I suppose it varies between people. I never liked "Raymond," not even as background noise.
It depends on how much of it you get. At one time it was rerun aruodn the time I arrived home. At first it was a treat, but then it became tedious, even when there were good episodes. IMO, the funniest line ever in that show was said by an incidental character, who may as well have stood in for the audience. It's said to George by a fireman "How do you live with yourself?" The Big Bang Theory is rather enjoyable to watch in reruns, though if I see too many repeats I begin to lose interest quickly. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
March 19th, 2014 at 5:35:07 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
It isn't nearly as complex as Seinfeld, and all jokes are pretty straightforward. But TBS paid $1.5 million to air TBBT reruns in 2010, and $1 million to air Seinfeld reruns in 1998. That may be inflation, but also by 1998 there were a full 9 years of Seinfeld episodes. They may have been showing reruns on broadcast stations for up to 4 years. In 2010 there were only 4 years of TBBT, so they would be fresh. For FXX, a fledgling channel that arrived in about 72 million households in September, "The Simpsons" is a way to establish itself. If "The Simpsons" helps bring FXX into another 20 million or so homes, the deal becomes profitable even before advertising on "The Simpsons" itself is factored in. Half-hour Shows syndication deals. Show Cable Net $ per episode Year 2 Broke Girls TBS $1,700,000 2012 The Big Bang Theory TBS $1,500,000 2010 Modern Family USA $1,400,000 2010 Two and a Half Men FX $850,000 2006 30 Rock Comedy Central $800,000 2009 Mike and Molly FX $750,000 2012 How I Met Your Mother Lifetime $750,000 2008 Sex and the City TBS $750,000 2003 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Comedy Central $700,000 2009 The Office TBS $650,000 2007 My Name is Earl TBS $600,000 2007 Entourage Spike $600,000 2009 Curb Your Enthusiasm TV Guide/TV Land $600,000 2009 The Cleveland Show TBS/Adult Swim $500,000 2010 Old Christine Lifetime $350,000 2009 According to Jim TBS $300,000 2005 "Friends," TBS, $300,000 per episode (1996) -series didn't actually appear on the channel until 2001. Hour-longs: Show Cable Net $ per episode Year The Sopranos A&E 2,500,000 2007 Hawaii Five-0 TNT 2,500,000 2011 NCIS: Los Angeles USA 2,200,000 2009 The Mentalist TNT 2,200,000 2009 Law & Order: CI USA Network/Bravo 1,900,000 2004 CSI: NY Spike 1,900,000 2004 CSI Spike 1,600,000 2001 Castle TNT 1,500,000 2011 Cold Case TNT 1,400,000 2005 Without a Trace TNT 1,400,000 2003 House USA 1,400,000 2005 Medium Lifetime 1,350,000 2005 Law & Order: SVU USA 1,300,000 2001 Grey's Anatomy Lifetime 1,200,000 2006 The West Wing Bravo 1,200,000 2001 CSI: Miami A&E 1,000,000 2003 Law & Order TNT 800,000 2002 NCIS USA 750,000 2006 Criminal Minds A&E 650,000 2008 Glee Oxygen 500,000 2010 Desperate Housewives Lifetime 500,000 2006 Bones TNT 450,000 2008 Smallville ABC Family 400,000 2004 Heroes G4 300,000 2007 Lost Sci-Fi/G4 200,000 2008 Ugly Betty TV Guide 200,000 2009 These are just cable deals and don't (or at least shouldn't) include broadcast syndication money. They're all estimates When TBS picked up "Friends" and "Seinfeld" in the 90s, the shows could only be watched on local affiliates, but now "Seinfeld" reruns can be found on platforms like Crackle and Hulu as well. TBS' particular success with "The Big Bang Theory" has breathed a new life into cable's desire for broadcast repeats. The sitcom currently averages 2.4 million total viewers and 1.2 million viewers in the all-important 18-to-49 demo, according to Nielsen. In November 2013, "The Big Bang Theory" on TBS accounted for 19 of basic cable's top 20 sitcom telecasts. |
March 21st, 2014 at 12:25:50 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | I've seen about 5 eps of this show and I don't get what all the fuss is about. Every character is severely stereotyped, where is the humor. You know how they will react before they open their mouth. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
August 4th, 2014 at 7:11:16 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 | Most of the cast secured a deal for 1 million an episode individually Direct quote:
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/big-bang-theory-stars-sign-new-deals-worth-1m-per-episode-20140805-100fqa.html#ixzz39TnCuGUW You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
August 4th, 2014 at 7:47:31 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
When all six principals for FRIENDS got paid $1 million an episode for seasons 9&10 in 2002, there was no doubt that the the three principals for TBBT would get paid $1 million an episodes for seasons 8&9&10. I think the fuss was over the back end. Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar will probably be paid a hefty sum as well. Still if they are paid $24m apiece for the show, consider that Ellen Degeneres probably makes more money than all three of them put together. |
August 4th, 2014 at 8:57:31 PM permalink | |
1nickelmiracle Member since: Mar 5, 2013 Threads: 24 Posts: 623 | Maybe Leonerd can get hit by a bus and become a quadrapalegic blowing into the tube to move his chair. Then maybe have him get hit by another bus. |
August 4th, 2014 at 9:06:24 PM permalink | |
1nickelmiracle Member since: Mar 5, 2013 Threads: 24 Posts: 623 | Funniest inadvertent line on Seinfeld was after Kramer was cleared as the strangler, he says, "but how did you know about the pervert in the park though?" |