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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WarriorsFan" data-source="post: 365368" data-attributes="member: 36930">I think it was a case of get as much up front as possible because the back end potential didn't seem too high during the second half of the 1980s. I'm pretty sure there are articles floating around from that time which mention primetime soaps didn't do so well when they first went into syndication.Even factoring in international sales, cable broadcasts, DVDs, streaming, I don't think any of the 1980s primetime soaps ever generated Seinfeld/Friends level back end money for the actors.</blockquote>