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Modern Family Production Halted Due to Salary Dispute, Cast Sues 20th Century Fox

Truth rating: 10

3:40 pm, July 24th, 2012

(FOX)

Production on the fourth season of “Modern Family” has been delayed due to a salary standoff between several of the adult actors and the show’s producer, 20th Century Fox Television.

The cast was scheduled to sit down for its first table read on Tuesday, but the rehearsal was abruptly canceled after Ty Burrell, Julie Bowen, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet and Sofia Vergara rejected the producer’s latest offer of $150,000 per episode plus bonuses.

Soon after, the five actors filed a lawsuit in L.A. Superior Court to void their contracts.

The suit asks that their contacts be deemed illegal since they extend more than seven years, which is contrary to California law.

Burrell, Bowen, Ferguson, Stonestreet and Vergara were said to be making more than $60,000 per episode during season three, but are pushing for an increase which would garner much more than $150,000 per show for season four, and even higher salaries for the future seasons.

Ed O’Neill is not part of this particular dispute as he was already making more than $100,000 per episode last season, but he has opted to join his castmembers as a plaintiff in the suit out of solidarity.

O’Neill is also separately trying to renegotiate his contract for more money.

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  • http://twitter.com/luv70s ☆Krysta☆ Mae☆

    good god these damn ‘stars’ are fucking greedy bastards! I would be living on cloud 9 if I was making HALF that for a show like that. Jerks!

  • Guest

    Have you considered how much the network makes on the backs of these stars? Guess not.

  • Meganlynch93

    Are they joking? They need to get a grip. The whole world is going through problems with money, kids in Africa are starving and they’re complaining that $150,000 an EPISODE is not enough?! Some people wouldn’t make that in 5 years of working. I don’t care how much money the network makes from them and the show, it’s still wrong

  • Marisa

    Do they really need to be paid more than the $150,000 per episode being offered? Last season was a total of 24 episodes. So if they made another 24 episodes this season they would be making $36 MILLION each. They can’t live on $36 million a year?

    Just to compare the president of the US only makes $400,000 per year. Which job is more important? :-/

  • Anonymous

    It’s 3,600,000. A year. Not 36,000,000 and it is a lot, but you have to realize that it’s the ensemble cast that makes that show. And there are probably fiber parts they want restructured, like residuals if it goes into syndication, etc. But Hollywood salaries are absurd. They should be making what emt drovers and special forces guys make, and emt drivers and special forces guys should be making actors salaries.

  • Sheelly

    I need a hit on whatever pipe you’re smoking that makes you think 24 episodes x $150,000 is $36 million!

  • Anonymous

    F oof people what you get paid in hollywood is based on Popularity/talent and awards you’ve won. look for example the first actress over 60 offered more than 5,000,000 for a film role was Joanne Woodward who was offered 9.85 million for the role of Beckett’s mother in the movie Philadelphia in 1992 + 15% back end profits. but she refused the money because she felt the story had to be told and nobody complained about that back then. these ensamble players are never gonna have careers like she had

  • Regina1180

    They’ll get whatever they’re asking for.

  • Claire

    This is plain greed & I’m just not sure how people sleep a t night. I read recently that Oprah owns a hom valued at $85 million dollars…..all I will say is that I am 100% convinced that people would not own half the material stuff they do if no one saw it. Egos in Hollywood are huge & this news gives these folks lots of ‘wanted’ press. Sad…I hope these people can look at themselves in a miror & sleep at night.

  • huh

    i really don’t know how to feel about this. yes their show is successful. and yes i believe desperate housewives was making much more than them a year much earlier. someone feel free to correct me on that one but i’ve seen modern family and all they have to do is memorize lines and blocking for a half hour show. don’t the glee actors gets much less than what these modern family actors are demanding? and glee actors have to do a hell of a lot more than memorizing lines. way more.

  • Spidermonkey615

    It’s not the stars that are greedy.. It’s the network and all the higher ups. The stars are the one that made that show a hit. Fox is known to be greedy and screw the cast of shows. I didn’t realize they owned the show since its on ABC. It’s a mega hit time to pay the cast now

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