Whether or not stars are overpaid, I can promise you one thing, if I'm getting paid over 100 grand for 10 days of work, you can bet your bottom dollar I'll be there each and every day on time if I have to pay a guy 50k a year just to wake my ass up.
Well, based on them getting periodic raises to 100kand the fact that Helgenberger is at 200k and Petersen at 500k, it sure seems like they were being foolish to hold out for more to me. I'll have to agree that it doesn't seem like the studio is being too greedy here.
Now, I do think it is silly for these actors to be demanding more than the contract they signed and in some ways I am glad to see a network take a stand. However, to play devils advocate here, they are not by any means guaranteed 7 years of employment. If the series does not do well (and...