Members YRBB Posted April 8, 2009 Members Share Posted April 8, 2009 The things Y&R could do if it had DAYS' old $1.6 million budget, or even GH's $1.3...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CSF Posted April 8, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 8, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted April 8, 2009 Administrator Share Posted April 8, 2009 DAYS ruled the 18-34 demos and had pretty good 18-49 demos too. JER made DAYS/Corday a lot of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MarkH Posted April 8, 2009 Members Share Posted April 8, 2009 I'm thinking $100K/episode. If that is right, what ARE they paying Grant Aleksander? $1,000/ep? Chump change.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rangethatrover Posted April 8, 2009 Members Share Posted April 8, 2009 I wonder what the bastard child's (OLTL) budget is? probably in the $850-950,000 range? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UKBoi Posted April 8, 2009 Members Share Posted April 8, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rakesh Posted April 8, 2009 Members Share Posted April 8, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted April 8, 2009 Members Share Posted April 8, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CSF Posted April 9, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 9, 2009 I wonder if it's a little lower, or like slightly above AMC's at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adam Posted April 9, 2009 Members Share Posted April 9, 2009 I don't think its the bastard anymore.... I think that is AMC in Frons eyes. Probably OLTL gets more money at the moment.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CSF Posted April 9, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 9, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted April 9, 2009 Members Share Posted April 9, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted April 9, 2009 Members Share Posted April 9, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted April 9, 2009 Members Share Posted April 9, 2009 :::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!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Amity Posted April 9, 2009 Members Share Posted April 9, 2009 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?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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