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   From: forrest@lmcg.wisc.edu   
      
   "Alison Hopkins"  writes:   
      
   >  wrote in message   
   > news:1160057065.416853.194040@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...   
   > > Podkayne Fries wrote:   
   > >> On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 23:32:13 +0100, "Alison Hopkins"   
   > >> > Let's not forget that jms still got paid his full whack.   
   > >> >jms and John had no real interest in looking after the actors' fees,   
   > >> >they   
   > >> >believed that they had them over a barrel.   
   > >>   
   > >> Are you saying that the actors took a pay cut when B5 moved to TNT,   
   > >> but JMS did not?   
   > > .   
   > >   
   > > Nobody took a paycut.  They all got the same amount of money from WB   
   > > for season 5, as they received for seasons 1-4.  They were all working   
   > > under the exact-same contract as before.  It had been designed for a 5   
   > > year span, and was still in effect for the TNT episodes.   
   > >   
   >   
   > Wrong. They got less. They were told to accept less, and had no choice.   
   >   
   > Ali   
      
   While technically correct, you are being disingenuous.  They got less   
   because they would be getting residuals based on the basic cable formula   
   as opposed to the network formula, but those were the terms already   
   existing in their contracts.  And they had to accept that as contracted,   
   or there would be no season 5.   
      
   I don't understand why you and Paul are grinding this particular axe.  The   
   rest of the cast found those terms acceptable, Claudia didn't.  Move on.   
      
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   Dan   
      
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