The Simpsons Face Cancellation?

POSTED BY: CortexOverride
UPDATED: Thursday, October 6, 2011 09:26
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CORTEXOVERRIDE

Thursday, October 6, 2011 2:40 AM

Due to Contract negotiations between the voice actors and FOX:

http://tv.ign.com/articles/119/1198119p1.html

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/-the-simpsons--no-more--voice-actors--studio-
have-a-cow-over-salaries.html

BYTEMITE

Thursday, October 6, 2011 3:50 AM

I dunno, while it's been funny, it also started to have too many cameos and also went on so long that storylines were repeated.

LWAVES

Thursday, October 6, 2011 9:26 AM

I stopped watching this around season 20 because it just wasn't funny anymore so I think that maybe it is time to call it quits. If it does go that way then I hope they don't just let it go at the end of the season but go out with a second movie or a set of special episodes. Something to properly send off the show.

As for the pay dispute then it's hard to know who to side with.
A 45% cut is a huge amount to ask for and I can completely understand the actors refusal to budge, especially as they can stick together as a team (didn't the Friends cast have a similar situation??). On the other hand getting $4million for 22 weeks of voice work is still extravagant. Of course Fox also gets a decent amount of money from advertising around such a popular show and I wonder how many of the executives (especially the ones involved with The Simpsons) would take a 45% pay cut, if they are taking any pay cut.

It'll be interesting to see how this turns out and what the future holds for the show.

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