NEWS & NOTES : `HOME IMPROVEMENT' STAR ALLEN JOINS $1-MILLION-PER-EPISODE CLUB.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Actor one-upping continues to drive up the cost of producing sitcoms, as Tim Allen's reps have reached an agreement with Disney to pay the ``Home Improvement'' star $1 million-plus per episode, in the same ballpark as Jerry Seinfeld's salary for his NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. sitcom ``Seinfeld,'' sources reported. Allen's pay hike will kick in next year on the ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. sitcom, for which he also is listed as an executive producer, as Seinfeld is for his comedy series. A representative for Disney declined comment. While both ``Seinfeld'' and ``Home Improvement'' are among the most profitable series in off-network syndication, ``Seinfeld's'' NBC numbers are much higher than ``Home Improvement's'' for ABC. The NBC sitcom is routinely the highest-rated comedy series on television. Sources put Seinfeld's current contract at $1 million per episode, though he may make more in his capacities as writer and executive producer on the show. `Shining' ambition: Amy Madigan will co-star co·star also co-star n. A starring actor or actress given equal status with another or others in a play or film. tr. & intr.v. co·starred, co·star·ring, co·stars To act or present as a costar. in HBO's most ambitious movie ever, ``A Bright Shining Lie,'' which is budgeted at $13 million, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. sources. ``A Bright Shining Lie,'' starring Bill Paxton and set to begin production later this month in Bangkok, is an adaptation of Neil Sheehan's 1988 Pulitzer Prize-winning book about one of the first military advisers sent to Vietnam by President Kennedy, who quickly realized that the war was unwinnable Unwinnable is a state in many text adventures, graphical adventure games and computer role-playing games where it is impossible for the player to win the game (not due to a bug but by design), and where the only other options are restarting the game, loading a previously saved and a strategic mistake. Lois Bonfiglio is executive producer, and Terry George is the director. Madigan won CableACE awards for her performances in Lifetime Television's ``And Then There Was One'' and Robert Altman's production of ``The Laundromat.'' Last year she starred in TNT's ``Riders of the Purple Sage'' with her husband, Ed Harris For other persons of the same name, see Edward Harris. Edward Allen Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, known for his performances in The Right Stuff, The Abyss, Apollo 13, Pollock, and . CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Tim Allen Pay hike to kick in next year |
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