Back in 2012, the Modern Family cast skipped their own table read, sued the studio that employed them, and turned a $65,000 paycheck into $500,000 an episode.
After season 3, the adult cast was making around $65K per episode while 20th Century Fox was renting reruns to USA Network for roughly $1.5 million per episode. Their contracts capped raises at 4% a year, 5% for Sofia Vergara, and locked them in through 2016 with unpaid publicity obligations on top.
So five of them found a loophole. California Labor Code 2855, the seven-year rule, bans personal service contracts longer than seven years. Their deals ran from 2009 to 2016. They filed in LA Superior Court to void the contracts entirely, the same day production was supposed to start.
Hereâs the part that made it work. Ed OâNeill was on a separate, richer deal. He had nothing to gain from the lawsuit. He joined it anyway, because the whole strategy dies the moment one actor breaks ranks. Friends and Seinfeld casts had proven the math a decade earlier. Six people negotiating as one unit canât be replaced. Six people negotiating alone can.
Fox settled in three days. The cast got up to $175K per episode plus backend points, then $350K mid-run, then $500K for the final seasons.
Fargo is in North Dakota, not Minnesota.
Aer Lingus the cunts only refund the taxes and government charges for flights within the EU when you cancel
The name of the manager of soon to be relegated Crystal Palace.
That very much depends on when and how you measure. The country is the older of the current entities
Almost 90% of the worldâs population lives in the northern hemisphere.
More people live along the Yangtze River than live in the southern hemisphere
Did you enjoy your trip there?
Still here. Ah itâs too warm altogether
Almost 70% of the worldâs land lives in the northern hemisphere.
Ya there for work or whatâs the craic?
No just gowling around.
âThe communists are in the funhouseâ is Danish slang for when a lady is on her period
Red Adare is the South Limerick version.
When frying an egg, if a little bit of shell gets in it the big part of the shell in your hand works like a magnet to the little bit of shell in the egg.
There used to be a string of those in my youthâŚ
Fallen to the Communists
Up on blocks
Cricket week
Forest are playing at home
Pitch flooded
Arsenal playing at home.
Ajax home kit.
Imagine all the riding youâd have been doing only for those darned double entendres 