You're watching...
FBN's Dennis Kneale on the adult cast of Modern Family suing 20th Century Fox Television over their contracts.
Also in this playlist...
Auto-advance: ON
Auto-advance
This transcript is automatically generated
Thank you very much he -- every family fights about money even the ones on television the cost of the hit show multifamily -- in a bitter battle with 20th Century Fox television.
You guessed it for more money then -- still covering the story and joins us now Dennis.
Floods have fittingly dysfunctional.
Thing going on for of a modern family -- having these six adult cast members.
-- that top rated ABC sitcom suing yesterday to void their contract demand more money.
And had to shut down -- of the fourth season set to begin yesterday with a table reading by the actors themselves.
Should what happens when a new show suddenly blows up big in the actors want a bigger share the booties so look at some numbers in this fight between millionaire -- that multi millionaire producers out of patriarch.
A modern family Ed O'Neill made about a 105000 dollar per episode his -- -- They make 65000.
Per episode a -- that's one point four million dollars priest when he to show season.
Now they offer they just turned down according to -- dot com.
Would pay each actor 200000 dollars per episode in season 45 front 25 K in -- and six.
Hit 325.
By the eight and night -- -- guys and I know Tracy you think they're being greedy here right yes.
But think about this do you know that ABC brings -- about a 165.
Million dollars a year.
In added revenue on that show and fox TV twisted -- -- are sibling unit.
They get some kind of license fee from ABC -- make it and so they've already offered to double the actors Payer actually -- -- -- from 65 almost double.
And now the actors themselves don't they want to.
At least twice what.
The producers are offering a one -- about the green you know and it's a big -- of excess greed excess function guys yes it but instead -- thank you very.
