Unlikely; they're recording stuff for next season right now. I think it's more likely they realized that they have nothing for the 8:30 slot for May sweeps and want to have enough episodes to double-pump the show. (Sure, they could just move Bernie Mac back there and put Wonderfalls on Mondays...
Show me some evidence, other than people with a vested interest crying poor but not willing to open their books to prove it, that anyone in baseball is losing money. With sports even more than television, the players are the product.
Maybe so. But take a good, hard look at what you're willing to pay for your entertainment versus what you pay for those other services, both directly and in terms of taxes. It all comes down to what the market - that's you and me - is willing to pay for. We spend money on The Simpsons. We, as...
Well, if you take it as a given that Fox isn't going to cut prices out of the goodness of their hearts and reduce the amount they take in from DVD sales, advertising, syndication, and licensing revenues, who does deserve it?
Why? What the hell do you care how much money someone else makes? Besides, if News Corp is making enough money per episode to afford giving the talent said salary, would you rather that the money go to the voice actors or some middle-management guy at the Fox network?
It's about what the market will bear, not what other people think they deserve. With the amount of money Fox makes on The Simpsons, the market can certainly bear giving them a raise.