I read somewhere that Law & Order is worth $75 million to the New York City economy. You'd think the mayor and SAG and AFTRA would be lobbying to keep it alive for that reason alone ...
I read somewhere that Law & Order is worth $75 million to the New York City economy. You'd think the mayor and SAG and AFTRA would be lobbying to keep it alive for that reason alone ...
I am always dubious of claims like that. That seems awfully high, does that $75 million include the actors' salaries?
I read somewhere that Law & Order is worth $75 million to the New York City economy. You'd think the mayor and SAG and AFTRA would be lobbying to keep it alive for that reason alone ...
I am always dubious of claims like that. That seems awfully high, does that $75 million include the actors' salaries?
Well, producer Dick Wolf gets 300 grand per episode alone; he signed that deal back when the networks were willing to throw money at producers. Part of the sticking point was that NBC wanted him to put more of his own money to the show; for his part, he's always believed that the network has undervalued it and gotten less in syndication than it could have. Over the years, he's gone to arbitration twice in support of that belief.
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I am always dubious of claims like that. That seems awfully high, does that $75 million include the actors' salaries?
Well, producer Dick Wolf gets 300 grand per episode alone; he signed that deal back when the networks were willing to throw money at producers. Part of the sticking point was that NBC wanted him to put more of his own money to the show; for his part, he's always believed that the network has undervalued it and gotten less in syndication than it could have. Over the years, he's gone to arbitration twice in support of that belief.