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17.05.2024 - 21:55 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: More ensemble drama series are reducing the number of episodes cast members are in as a way to save money. The series regulars on CBS‘ FBI and FBI: Most Wanted will have their minimum guarantees trimmed by 2 episodes next season, Deadline has learned. The third FBI series, FBI: International, is not impacted, I hear. Reps for FBI producers Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television declined comment.
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The move for the two FBI series mirrors the episodic guarantees reductions applied to Wolf/Uni TV’s Chicago and Law & Order dramas a year ago. The timing makes sense as such talent cost-cutting usually follows a renewal that nowadays comes with a flat or reduced license fee.
The six NBC dramas were up for renewal last year, with the episode trim coming shortly after the pickup. Meanwhile, the FBI series had been locked into two-year renewals that didn’t come up until this spring. All three were picked up by CBS for next season, with the mothership scoring a three-year pickup.
An episodic guarantee represents the number of episodic fees each series regular is entitled to per their contract each season regardless of how much they appear on-screen every week. Usually that corresponds to “all episodes produced,” or a full season, which is typically 22 episodes for most Wolf Entertainment procedurals.
For the upcoming 22-episode seasons of FBI and FBI: Most Wanted, series regulars will be “guaranteed” payment for 20 episodes, which means that the producers likely will use them in that many in order to utilize the savings because actors will have to
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