Last week I noticed that Jane Lynch played two distinctly different characters on two different shows: Sex therapists on Boston Legal and mentaly disturbed mom on Crimnal Mins. Both were guest spots and her sowing up the same week on twodifferent shows make me think that maybe the pay isn’t all that grat if you’re not a regular.
So how much would an actor/actress get per episode in a guest spot on a network show that isn’t top rated? A few thou? 10K?
According to the Screen Actors Guild contract, the current minimum rate for a “Major Role” performer in a prime time network 1 hour episodic series is $6,338.00 USD.
Of course, this is the minimum. We will assume that guest performers with some level of a career negotiate a higher rate.
And there is measurable repeat money to be made in residuals for reruns, syndication, foriegn broadcast, etc.