More buck for your Big Bang Theory: What justifies a $1m pay packet?

Found on BBC News on Tuesday, 05 August 2014
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The principal cast of US sitcom The Big Bang Theory have tripled their pay-packets, negotiating reported salaries of $1m (£600,000) per episode after organising a walk-out during the first week of production.

The Big Bang Theory reached the syndication threshold in 2011, and it is consistently the most-watched re-run on US television. Not only that, but when the repeats started screening on the TBS network, viewing figures for the new episodes jumped by 21%.

It's not worth it. After a few episodes the characters get boring. Overhyped. Overpaid. Salaries that high for something as simple as a sitcom are out of proportion.