Congratulations, everyone!! One of you favorite shows has been renewed for two more seasons.
Earlier, reports indicated that unless Fox and voice actors for The Simpsons could reach a new deal, which involved a large pay cut, this would have been the last season of the show. Fox wanted the actors to take a 45% cut. The actors countered with a 30% pay cut but wanted profits off the back-end.
On Sunday, Fox released a statement saying: “In the words of Homer Simpson, ‘Woo Hoo! I outlasted Andy Rooney!’” Negotiations were a success and they had renewed the series for two more seasons. While the actors won’t get back-end payments, they did get their 30% reduction in pay.
Now instead of $440,000 per episode, they’ll make $300,000. That amounts to $6 million per season. I’ll gladly do some voice overs for that much!
