Overview

• Drake Bell said on The Unplanned Podcast that he and fellow Nickelodeon child actors received only one-time payments and no residuals for reruns or streaming.
• He noted that Drake & Josh continues to rank among Netflix’s top ten most-watched series despite its 2007 end.
• Bell contrasted his lack of royalties with the Friends cast, who each earn over $20 million annually from ongoing reruns.
• He described original contracts promising perpetual royalties as exploitative and blamed their absence for his 2014 bankruptcy.
• Social media users and entertainment industry figures are pressing Nickelodeon and Viacom for a response, but neither company has addressed the allegations.