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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 332693" data-attributes="member: 27">This cannot easily be answered, since every actor has &quot;representation&quot; (agent) who negotiates their compensation, which is often a lot harder to quantify than just per episode salary.&nbsp; There is no set &quot;pay scale&quot;.&nbsp; Not only do they negotiate a per episode rate, they negotiate &quot;guarantees&quot; (the # of episodes in which they appear per week or per month) that will dictate how often they work.&nbsp; Many veterans will agree to a pay cut if the trade-off is more structured vacation time (like Finola Hughes and Genie Francis does every summer), while some actors will opt for lower guarantees in order to keep their regular per-episode rate intact.&nbsp; There&#039;s also a lot of different types of contracts nowadays, with some actors opting for shorter contracts rather than the standard &quot;three-year deal&quot; that most newcomers are expected to sign.&nbsp; They can tailor a contract&#039;s length to the wishes of an actor if they want him/her bad enough, but the compensation will certainly be affected by those demands.&nbsp;&nbsp; So learning an individual actor&#039;s per-episode rate (even if you could dig up such personal data) doesn&#039;t tell the whole story, because the actor might have negotiated special perks that skew the data.I totally agree, and it&#039;s even more impressive since Adamson was so non-descript during his time as Noah Newman on Y&amp;R.&nbsp; It puzzles me, however, that he keeps dropping in and out this way.&nbsp; Chad Duell (he of the Chronic Constipation Face) announced he&#039;d be temporarily replaced when it happened the first time, which was months ago during that weird marriage/insta-divorce he had offscreen.&nbsp; Now, you never know who&#039;s going to play Michael from one day to the next.&nbsp; It&#039;s almost like the whole mess with Kirsten Storms a few years back.I remember Josh Kelly&#039;s run on OLTL, where he played Cutter Wentworth, a smoother, more typical con-man/opportunist that nevertheless was kind of likeable.&nbsp; This Cody character is too rough around the edges, not endearing at all to me.&nbsp; The desperate effort to tie him to Dante with those inane conversations about summer camp are not helping, either.&nbsp; Britt deserves better than this.&nbsp; If they can do some rehab on Roger Howarth&#039;s latest character, those two would be a better match.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 332693, member: 27"] This cannot easily be answered, since every actor has "representation" (agent) who negotiates their compensation, which is often a lot harder to quantify than just per episode salary. There is no set "pay scale". Not only do they negotiate a per episode rate, they negotiate "guarantees" (the # of episodes in which they appear per week or per month) that will dictate how often they work. Many veterans will agree to a pay cut if the trade-off is more structured vacation time (like Finola Hughes and Genie Francis does every summer), while some actors will opt for lower guarantees in order to keep their regular per-episode rate intact. There's also a lot of different types of contracts nowadays, with some actors opting for shorter contracts rather than the standard "three-year deal" that most newcomers are expected to sign. They can tailor a contract's length to the wishes of an actor if they want him/her bad enough, but the compensation will certainly be affected by those demands. So learning an individual actor's per-episode rate (even if you could dig up such personal data) doesn't tell the whole story, because the actor might have negotiated special perks that skew the data. I totally agree, and it's even more impressive since Adamson was so non-descript during his time as Noah Newman on Y&R. It puzzles me, however, that he keeps dropping in and out this way. Chad Duell (he of the Chronic Constipation Face) announced he'd be temporarily replaced when it happened the first time, which was months ago during that weird marriage/insta-divorce he had offscreen. Now, you never know who's going to play Michael from one day to the next. It's almost like the whole mess with Kirsten Storms a few years back. I remember Josh Kelly's run on OLTL, where he played Cutter Wentworth, a smoother, more typical con-man/opportunist that nevertheless was kind of likeable. This Cody character is too rough around the edges, not endearing at all to me. The desperate effort to tie him to Dante with those inane conversations about summer camp are not helping, either. Britt deserves better than this. If they can do some rehab on Roger Howarth's latest character, those two would be a better match. [/QUOTE]

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