‘Whose Line Is It Anyway’ Star Colin Mochrie Claims ‘We Never Received Fair Compensation’
deadline.comAfter tweeting in November that he believes the 12th season of CW’s Whose Line Is It Anyway? will be the last, star Colin Mochrie is getting brutally candid about his time — and lack of fair pay — on the show. “There is a complicated relationship with the show,” Mochrie told Vulture. “The downside is that we never received fair compensation for the success of the show.
We provide the content but don’t get paid as writers. We never received residuals for a show that’s been shown around the world since its inception.
Seeing announcements about the sale to the show overseas or to HBO Max can get irritating.” “I hope I don’t sound bitter, because I learned long ago that this business is not fair, and being bitter about it gets you nowhere,” he continued. “I also find it odd that any publicizing of the show comes through our social media.
Every day a tweet shows up: ‘You guys should bring that show back!’ Every season for the last nine years we’ve had to remind folks that we are on.
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