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   From: forrest@lmcg.wisc.edu   
      
   Elko Tchernev  writes:   
      
   > videonovels@yahoo.com wrote:   
   > > John W. Kennedy wrote:   
   > >> Troy.Heagy@gmail.com wrote:   
   > >>> Have you people heard of "favored nation" status?   
   > >> Note that, although one often hears "favored nation", it is correctly   
   > >> "most favored nation". It's a common clause in trade agreements.   
   > >> As far as I know, it's not a question of renegotiating contracts, but a   
   > >> simple rule: if one actor gets extra goody X, they all do.   
   > > Hence the reason why WB could not renegotiate Claudia's contract for   
   > > 18   
   > > episodes instead of 22, while still paying her the same amount of money   
   > > (a per-episode pay raise).  WB didn't want to hand-out raises to all   
   > > the actors.  They couldn't afford it.   
   > >   
   >      But they did not offer a pro-rated reduced 18 episodes deal   
   > either, right? From what I understand it was either full 22 at   
   > original rates or nothing, never 18 at original per episode. Is that   
   > correct?   
      
   No.  They offered her 18 episodes at a pro-rated fee.  She declined.   
      
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   Dan   
      
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