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Emmak2005
13-06-2006, 16:05
Coronation Street stars are furious at plans to cut their wages.

Show bosses are reportedly set to cut back on their wage bills, with Granada suffering from falling advertising income.

It seems that each cast member would lose £26,000 from their current salaries from next year.

One source told The News of the World: "There's a lot of discontent. They're on high wages but they work very, very hard to bring out five episodes a week."

The higher earners in the cast reportedly bring in around £260,000, with younger stars on around £90,000.

This is the second time this year that actors' salaries have been disputed.

I still think they get paid way to much really. It's so easy to get greedy when you get paid more than the average 9-5 job.

Sub97
14-06-2006, 08:50
Why do they get paid too much? They bring in a lot of money in advertising, sponsorship and selling the program abroad. We live in a free market, not a communist state, so people should be paid what they are worth.

When you think how much money American TV stars are paid then I think if anything, they are underpaid here.

And please don't bring out the tired old cliche of comparing what an actor earns to what a nurse does!

Katy
14-06-2006, 09:27
I wouldnt be complaining thats for sure.

Sub97
14-06-2006, 09:28
What, if you were told you were having to take a 10%+ pay cut? I would!

annaz
14-06-2006, 20:52
I would complain, these stars give up tonnes of their time for it.