Overview
- On a Nov. 12 podcast, Bush said that after commissions, taxes and rent, her take-home pay was roughly $3,000 per episode early in the series.
- She explained that standard six-year television contracts prevented her from renegotiating or leaving despite the show’s success.
- Before season four, her legal team pressed for a raise for the women on the cast, yet she said she still earned under 20% of what some male co-stars made.
- Bush said the show’s streaming presence generates residuals for the studio that owns the series rather than for the original cast.
- She added that she didn’t achieve equal pay with a male co-star until roughly year 20 of her career, and reporting notes a potential Netflix reboot is in development that could change terms if it is green-lit.