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Posted by: MacGyverOnline 15 November 2010 - 02:44 AM |
It seems that as MGM studios fight to stay our of bankruptcy court they owe Richard Dean Anderson $1.2 million for his SG:1 contract. http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/11/03/macgyver-owed-12-million-by-bankrupt-mgm/ Interesting that they they also mention MGM's claim that SG:1 was the longest running Science fiction show in US history. I thought Star Trek:TOS was.. |
Posted by: trtlsoup 15 November 2010 - 07:46 AM |
ST:TOS only ran for three years, Stargate SG-1 for ten... and Smallville will probably knock that record out of the water by the end of its run. (Though I don't consider Smallville conventionial scifi--more like fantasy. ) I hope RDA gets his money... $1.2 mil is nothing to these people--why wouldn't they pay him at the end of his contract? Oy... |
Posted by: MacGyverOnline 15 November 2010 - 10:11 AM | ||
Turtles back!?
Because they're bankrupt. |
Posted by: MacGyverGod 15 November 2010 - 12:25 PM |
I'm sure he'll 'MacGyver' a way to get his money. |
Posted by: macgyversgirl 15 November 2010 - 12:29 PM |
They need to pay the man cause he has more than earned it. |
Posted by: trtlsoup 16 November 2010 - 06:18 AM | ||||
I'm an occassional lurker these days. At least MGM is going forward with the Bond movies. (Daniel Craig is a GOOD Bond!) But still, they need to pay the man! RDA's attorney fees would eat up any $$$ he would get out of them, I would think. |
Posted by: jackwabbit 23 December 2010 - 09:14 PM | ||
Turtle's right. TOS is way down there, with only three seasons. And from what I understand, Smallville has now passed SG-1. Everyone knew it was coming, but it's still a bit sad. It was nice to hold that crown over The X-Files for a while (though I'm a HUGE Phile, too). Of course, when you take the word "US" out of the title, Doctor Who slaughters everything, so...meh. Of course, I suppose if one interpreted "longest-running" as been on the longest in syndication, TOS would be up there (though I suspect TNG might actually have it beat, as it's on somewhere every day still, and it's pushing 25 years old on its own...hm...). Anyway... just thought I'd wave from lurker-land, too! |
Posted by: MacGyverOnline 23 December 2010 - 10:04 PM | ||
What!!?? When did Superhero fantasy get lumped into Sci-fi? That's stupid! Who made that decision? I've got a special Xmas present for them. |
Posted by: trtlsoup 24 December 2010 - 09:46 PM | ||||
LOL Probably when "they" started showing wrestling (and horror, reality programming, yadda yadda...) on the SciFi (SyFy= ) Channel. |
Posted by: MacGyverOnline 25 December 2010 - 02:01 AM | ||
in truth Sci-Fi is probably a fairly accurate place to put most "reality" shows isn't it? |
Posted by: Beachbead 26 December 2010 - 06:10 PM |
Ya I thought the move to show non-SyFy stuff made the channel just like most of the channels out there. |