'Big Bang Theory' leads taking pay cuts so female co-stars can get raises
  • 7 years ago
The cast of The Big Bang Theory is doing something right to fix Hollywood’s wage gap. Kaley Cuoco, Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kunal Nayyar and Simon Helberg, who currently make $1 million per episode, reportedly agreed to take $100,000 pay cuts to increase the salaries of Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch. Bialik and Rauch now make about $200,000 per episode, so their pay would rise to $450,000 if the extra funds are split evenly, Variety reported. "The Big Bang Theory" is the number one comedy for the sought-after demographic of 18-to-49-year-olds and averages 20 million viewers per episode.
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