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[Rappy Veteran]

you have to have someone who is like Sheldon but in female form

[Rappy Veteran]

Lundy!

[yxz]

[inferniac]

Good ep. :laugh:

[furyshinobi]

Good ep. :laugh:

Yeah I agree especially the ending lol ^-^

[burnsflipper]

amazing episode :D and Bernardette's impersonation of Howard's mother was spot on! :woot:

[rathefeare]

Lundy!

Wild Bill Hickok!

Maybe this this he will play a character that won't be shot.

[Frylock86]

I just caught the Eliza Dushku episode. I can't believe how many times I laughed my ass off!

This part especially:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Elliot B.]

"You gotta admit, I'm delightful."

[+Peewee210 Subscriber¹]

amazing episode :D and Bernardette's impersonation of Howard's mother was spot on! :woot:

+1 It was

Good episode. The ending was great :)

[Valerus]

amazing episode :D and Bernardette's impersonation of Howard's mother was spot on! :woot:

AGREED!

[Rappy Veteran]

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[Frylock86]

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[Dark_ph0enix]

She looks a bit scared / confused - did she just spot Howard in a bathing suite?

;)

[burnsflipper]

:wub:

our children will be smart and beautiful :wub:

[Elliot B.]

:wub:

She looks seriously minging in that photo.

[Rappy Veteran]

One of the more fascinating salary negotiations in TV history involved the Friends cast, when Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry, Lisa Kudrow and Matt LeBlanc chose to negotiate their salaries together, having decided that no one actor on the cast was worth more than the other. That pleased Warner Bros. TV to no end, of course, because it meant they could say, ?Pay everyone LeBlanc money, not Cox money!? Even today, former execs from that era brag about how the actors left money on the table at the expense of keeping things harmonious on the set. (That might be true, but the cast?s friendships sure remained intact.)

Cut to 2010, when another salary renegotiation is winding its way through the halls of Warner Bros. TV. It just so happens to involve a comedy that?s pretty much replaced Friends in terms of popularity, critical praise, and its ability to generate millions in revenue: The Big Bang Theory. As is customary for any successful show approaching its fifth and sixth years (Bang is currently in its fourth season), the core ensemble of five have jockeyed for more money. Interestingly, three of those castmembers ? Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco and Johnny Galecki ? initially decided to follow in the footsteps of the Friends actors by negotiating as one but, as first reported by Deadline, the Emmy-winning Parsons made the decision to break away and negotiate on his own. Lucky for Cuoco and Galecki, his strategy didn?t work, and now all three are earning roughly $200,000 per episode this season ? up from $60k last year ? and will see $50,000 bumps each year over the next three years, as well as a piece of the comedy?s rich syndication profits.

That left Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar, who negotiated separately. Though it can be argued that Parsons, Cuoco and Galecki are lead material, both Helberg and Nayyar are certainly integral to the show?s success. Indeed, some of the comedy?s best moments are when Parsons, Galecki, Helberg and Nuyyar are together. But clearly, the studio wasn?t looking to follow a favored nations strategy because Helberg, who plays Howard Wolowitz, just closed a deal to earn north of $100,000 per episode, EW has confirmed. That?s up from around $40,000, but nowhere near what Parsons, Galecki and Cuoco are making.

Though Nayyar (Raj) has yet to sign a new pact of his own, it doesn?t appear that he was offered the same amount as Helberg or else he would have signed by now. Reportedly, Nayyar is expected to close a deal shortly; if not, the negotiations could be postponed to season?s end and he?ll have to continue earning around $25k per episode under his current, six-year contract. But it would be wrong to assume this was a contentious negotiation, said one interested party. ?Granted, no one was skipping to the mailbox and cashing a check ? there was some teeth pulling ? but in the end, everybody is going to make a ton of money,? the source said.

[bob_loblaw]

Who cares what they're earning. It's public discussion like this that creates rumors. I understand that some characters are more valued than others but why should the viewers care? They're all making way to much anyway.

[burnsflipper]

As long as they keep doing what they do, I dont mind that they earn a lot more money than me :) (well I do mind just to post this thing, but that's all I mind!) :shiftyninja:

[Draconian Guppy]

Man they should negotiate as a whole. Even though Jim is the lead man, it won't be the same show with out everyone else (Just like how "Kramer" tried to make a show of his own and failed). They should have the same salary and negotiate some "prosperity" bonus of some sort. Eg The actor who gets a certain amount of airtime per episode gets paid X amount. The same would be if that actor gets less amount of air time per episode = some other bonus. That's how I would've negotiated anyway... Nayyar earning 25k is just ludicrous !

[GuJu]

:wub:

Is that the actrss that plays penny???

WOW

[_neutrino Veteran]

that is a lot of money for a television program. there are major actors that do not make that much when making a movie. :p

[Rappy Veteran]

Who makes a better superhero, Howard Wolowitz or Raj Koothrappali? EW snagged this exclusive first look from the Dec. 9 episode of The Big Bang Theory in which the two characters (played by the brilliant Simon Helberg and equally hilarious Kunal Nayyar) try to figure out which one has the right (or should we say better?) stuff. They test each other with various challenges. We may have to go with Koothrappali in this one.

[+Peewee210 Subscriber¹]

Oh dear.. :rofl:

[Rappy Veteran]