Ongoing contract negotiations have delayed the start of the new season of ‘Big Bang Theory’ getting into production…
The stars of the ‘Big Bang Theory’ — Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting and Johnny Galecki along with Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar — are looking for big pay increases ahead of the new season of the show and the negotiations have caused a delay in the start of production on the show.
According to representatives from Warner Bros., production on the show has been pushed back from a start date on Wednesday due to the contract negotiations.
Rumors have persisted that Parsons, Cuoco-Sweeting and Galecki are looking for upwards of $1 million per episode for the upcoming seasons, which would be on par with other huge hit comedies such as ‘Friends’ where the entire lead cast did the same kind of group negotiating when it came time for new deals. The other two cast members — Helberg and Nayyar — are also looking for significant raises, although their pay isn’t on the same level as the other three leads.
There’s no deadline for when the actors could be officially signed, but with a September 22 debut date on CBS for the series, time is certainly running thin over the next month to get episodes filmed without pushing back the start of season eight.
