Understand your point. However, tv actors rarely get the big paydays at the beginning. With few exceptions, the big paydays for hit shows usually come around the seven year mark and after. Both friends and Big Bang Theory were monster tv hits, but it took a minute before they got those million dollar salaries.
The Big Bang Theory cast salary changed drastically.
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The "Friends" stars managed the most impressive salaries ever in TV with their $1 million-per-episode haul. But how they did it is the real trick.
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Terrance was on the high-end of tv salaries going from 125,000 to 350,000 before it got canceled by Seaon 6. The real paydays should of start hitting between 7 and 8. A lot of shows get canceled around this time to avoid that 7th season salary jump. It's probably why Empire got canceled.