Posted on 06/30/2009 7:23:57 AM PDT by rock_lobsta
Yep... almost a billion a year - how crazy is that? Hey, if Fox is willing to pay him the money for the show that he and Fuller brought to America - then yeah, good for him.
Personally, I wouldn’t pay him that much. Perhaps that’s why I’m not a TV exec... I’m just too simple, I guess.
What really tweaks me about it, is that 60% of it would go to zero’s leviathan.
And that's still 8 minutes of commercials... LOL!
Obmam needs to take control of American Idol and limit the salaries that the executives can make.
ditto
Sure you could find lots of people WILLING, but would they be any good at it. There’s a pretty delicate balance in being the lovable @$$#0!3 like Simon, he’s a major part of the draw of the show. He’s been talking about leaving for a long time and they just keep backing up the truckloads of cash. Fox seems to comprehend what side that bread is buttered on.
Cool. I would rather give it to him than some welfare folks. No sarc either.
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