Asian stars of "Hawaii Five-0" quit cause CBS refused to pay them as much as white co-stars

[Roman Brady]

It means stfu and take what u get

You are posting that smiley because? Am I suppose to be familiar with "been on code" that's not proper English not the way I speak it anyway

 

[cheek100]

You are posting that smiley because? Am I suppose to be familiar with "been on code" that's not proper English not the way I speak it anyway

Where are u from

 

[steadyrighteous]

I haven't watched this show since around the second season, but I was wondering why they left after I saw the news.

fukked up situation. All it would have taken was some solidarity from the two leads because 10-15% is already really damn close so I can't see a reason why CBS wouldn't have buckled. 20% or more, yeah, but what they were asking for probably wouldn't have equated to more than 20-30k more an ep which isn't a lot for a show that's an international hit.



Still...

The other half of the story is probably that Caan and the Aussie didn't want them to be paid the same since technically they do carry the show, but at the point where you're all probably clearing 100k+ an episode, who gives a shyt.

 

[steadyrighteous]

And on another note, how is Grace Park 43 but still looks around 30?

 

[MikelArteta]

Good for them for standing up

 

[O.T.I.S.]

And on another note, how is Grace Park 43 but still looks around 30?

She looks good in person as well.

Tall and EXTREMELY thin. Not my type but she looks really young in the face. I thought she was about mid-20's (I didn't know who they were)

 

[Optimus Prime]

For not officially being the leads, both of them had whole seasons based around what their characters were doing. So I could understand what they are saying but they are all C/D list actors so I probably would have just kept the easy check coming in. The show was sent to the death spot on Friday night a few seasons ago but it has a core audience that's kept it from getting canceled. CBS didn't want to add more budget so I'm not sure how much leverage they really had.

 

[Jax]

Typical cac shyt. And the cac stars to not stand with their brothers in arms damn, Hollywood real cold like that?

 

[the artist known az]

Sad to hear. I haven't watched the last 2 seasons. If there is enough outrage from the fans of the show they'll be back and paid what they deserve

 

[Optimus Prime]

Typical cac shyt. And the cac stars to not stand with their brothers in arms damn, Hollywood real cold like that?

I get what you are saying but CBS would have just cancelled it all together if everyone stood together. They don't have Seinfeld leverage.

 

[x-factor7]

Wait, so Big Bang Theory, which is also on CBS, had the main actors take less so that all the actors make the same amount of money (like 7 main characters). But this show can't give everyone equal pay?

Yea BBT is a huge show but still, messed up

 

[steadyrighteous]

I get what you are saying but CBS would have just cancelled it all together if everyone stood together. They don't have Seinfeld leverage.

They didn't need Seinfeld leverage - this show (at least very recently) prints money.

At one point it was being sold to cable for re-runs at $5 mill per episode and making an additional $2.5 mill per episode in foreign sales. That's the only reason it's still around. They moved it to Friday because nobody really watches it, but it prints money via cable and especially internationally.

If they were really only 10-15% away from the right number for the two Asian actors, solidarity probably woulda got it for them.

So with that said, the only thing that makes sense is the two leads didn't want them to get paid the same since they are technically the "leads"

 

[DlAMONDZ]

The 2 cac characters are the least interesting too

 

[606onit]

imma start watching now. Hike!

 

[NormanConnors]

The 2 cac characters are the least interesting too

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