Has anyone noticed that the episodes are getting shorter? Average sitcom runs about 21-22 minutes (of actual show, not including ads). BBT has been running about 19 minutes, and most recent was barely over 18 minutes when closing credits rolled.
Is it to allow more time for advertising because the show's so expensive to produce? Or because writers can't come up with more story? Thoughts?
They are running out of ideas. Sometimes shorter is better because there is less filler but it seems to be just 18 minutes of filler each week.
shareThey're paying the lead actors a million bucks apiece per ep. Of course it's more time for advertising. And because all six main characters must now be in every episode.
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The four guys, Amy, Penny, and Bernie.
I didn't think they were all getting a million per ep. I will check again, but I am 99% sure Mayim and Melissa were not. And as for the contract about who must appear in each ep, I'm going to go back and check on that as well.
Thanks.
Mayim and Melissa get $100K per ep, Kunal and Simon get $750K, and Jim, Johnny, and Kaley get $1M.
It's per episode, regardless of the number of lines anyone says. I could not tell you if Mayim is paid for the one ep she misses each spring for religious reasons, but involving everybody in the plotline is not tied to their salaries.
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I could not tell you if Mayim is paid for the one ep she misses each spring for religious reasons,I'd say she doesn't get paid for the episode she misses. Otherwise the contracts would be a yearly salary, and not tied to a "per episode" specificity. Plus, studios don't tend to be the benevolent type. I can't prove that, but that's my interpretation. share
involving everybody in the plotline is not tied to their salaries.
I wasn't responding to the million, I was responding to:
because all six main characters must now be in every episode.
Million or not, Amy and Bernie seem to be in every episode except for a couple years ago when MB took some episodes off because of back problems.
because all six main characters must now be in every episode.
Has anyone noticed that the episodes are getting shorter?Yes. It's been discussed many times out here.
Has anyone noticed that the episodes are getting shorter? Average sitcom runs about 21-22 minutes (of actual show, not including ads). BBT has been running about 19 minutes, and most recent was barely over 18 minutes when closing credits rolled.
Is it to allow more time for advertising because the show's so expensive to produce? Or because writers can't come up with more story? Thoughts?