The things Y&R could do if it had DAYS' old $1.6 million budget, or even GH's $1.3......

The things Y&R could do if it had DAYS' old $1.6 million budget, or even GH's $1.3......

What's amazing is that with Y&R's budget of $1.25 million, they put both Days and GH to shame and their budgets were both higher than Y&R's.

Wow.... I knew DAYS had one of the highest budgets, but I didn't realize they had THE highest.

DAYS ruled the 18-34 demos and had pretty good 18-49 demos too. JER made DAYS/Corday a lot of money.

I don't even want to assume what GL's budget might be. I feel like If I said $500,000, that might be way too high. I wouldn't even know where to begin. $100,000 a week?

I'm thinking $100K/episode.

If that is right, what ARE they paying Grant Aleksander? $1,000/ep? Chump change....

I wonder what the bastard child's (OLTL) budget is?

probably in the $850-950,000 range?

I think Y&R are very good with their budget. A lot of the sets have been there for decades and even the newer ones are recycled (wasn't the Restless Style office formerly an apartment that JT and Mac lived in, and Victor before them?). Quality investment at the start saves money in the long run.

The 2 former Passions stars aren't gonna be paid a lot, especially when they're used to a salary from the former lowest-rated soap.

Just because they were on a low rated soap doesn't mean they were paid very cheap.

I guess Kim Zimmer makes $10 a week then. lol

Edited April 8, 200916 yr by Rakesh

Well, the show used to be a hot comodity during JER´s golden years so they could squeeze NBC tight. It´s well known fact Corday played hardball in 1996 and almost sold the show to ABC because NBC refused his demands. Now it´s the other way.

That was actually 1998. I remember that very, very well. I think NBC yanked all promo ads from the show during the tense negotiations and played these 5 second cheesy promos in between 18-49 NBC Primetime shows for months, before the renewal was announced.

To think, in retrospect, NBC was arrogant enough to replace DAYS with PASSIONS! LOL.

I wonder what the bastard child's (OLTL) budget is?

probably in the $850-950,000 range?

I wonder if it's a little lower, or like slightly above AMC's at the moment.

I wonder what the bastard child's (OLTL) budget is?

probably in the $850-950,000 range?

I don't think its the bastard anymore.... I think that is AMC in Frons eyes. Probably OLTL gets more money at the moment....

I don't think its the bastard anymore.... I think that is AMC in Frons eyes. Probably OLTL gets more money at the moment....

Since OLTL is under budget, I wonder if Frons' takes their left over cash and gives it to GH. I wouldn't put it past him.

Yeah I love OLTL and I think some OLTL fans use the ABC's Red Headed Bastard Step child expression a bit too much for the show... It's not liek they treat it the way they treated Loving/The City

OLTL has always been considered the "forgotten soap" in some respect. Out of all the soaps on the air now, it's the one with that's probably least embedded in pop culture. A lot of people simply know it as the soap that's between AMC and GH - it has traditionally been overshadowed by those two.

Just because they were on a low rated soap doesn't mean they were paid very cheap.

I guess Kim Zimmer makes $10 a week then. lol

:::yawn::: The former Passions boys aren't paid alot. That's why we get to 'enjoy' scenes with Rafe and Sami's son (another cheap young newbie we will be seeing a lot more of... as I watch a lot less of DAYS!)

ATWT manages their budget terribly as far as the cast goes... they have a plethora of people on contract that they never use. All those vets still on contract that are on maybe twice a year on average CAN'T be cheap! They currently have 23 contract cast members... how many of those do we actually SEE?!