In the last several episodes of "Friends," NBC paid the key *seven* actors ***one million dollars EACH... per EPISODE!*** That's **7 million dollars a week**, just for the performances! Not counting all of the *other* production costs associated with the show! And that was a few years ago, so a million dollars isn't worth quite as much today as it was back then. That network was spending BIG bucks on a mere HALF-hour-long show!
Fast-forward to today. We have the possibility of a contestant winning a million dollars on "1 vs. 100" -- but ONLY if he can get questions right until ALL 100 members of the "Mob" have missed them. Like THAT's ever gonna happen!
If you know the mechanism by which "Deal or No Deal" works, you know, too, that NO one will ever win a million dollars *there*, either -- unless they start having cases routinely containing more than a million dollars.
And "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" OBVIOUSLY accepts people who score *average* at best on their test.
2007-08-14 08:24:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television ➔ Reality Television
I don't think *any* contestant has EVER won a million dollars on the daytime "Millionare" show. I'll be amazed if anyone ever does!
So HOW in the world can a HUGE network like NBC have become so ludicrously and abysmally CHEAP?!?
(And... just for the record, the other of the "Big Four" broadcast networks aren't much better at it! It's just NBC's "Friends" example that simply shows so well what NBC *can* be doing... and isn't!)
2007-08-14 08:29:03 · update #1
To "BrianC2008" -- I was just thinking about "Singing Bee" tonight, and doing the math. If one regards the $50,000 top prize to be a performance fee, then NBC's getting away with shelling out only a mere ***140th*** of what they paid the actors, per half-hour episode, on "Friends!" WHAT ungodly CHEAPSKATES they are!!!
2007-08-14 22:14:50 · update #2
Let's not forget Singing Bee and its grand prize of $50,000 or Identity and its prize of $500,000.
And if I'm not mistaken, they kind of messed up the winners of Treasure Hunters. If I remember the early ads correctly, I think they offered more than they actually gave out.
2007-08-14 13:20:02 · answer #1 · answered by BrianC2008 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is why networks love games shows and realty programs....they are done on the cheap with people who will go on for free or next to nothing in salary.
2007-08-14 15:30:02 · answer #2 · answered by Zombie Birdhouse 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Um . . . I like Heroes.
2007-08-14 15:33:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
buddy
2007-08-20 17:58:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋