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Choppergold t1_jaab4g3 wrote

Suzanne Sommers wanted to be paid the same as a guy and they fired her

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Lazlo_Hollyfeld69 t1_jaafie7 wrote

Ritter was and continued to be the real talent. Sommers decided to play hard ball and got her bluff called.

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Choppergold t1_jaairnv wrote

She was a major draw

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Lazlo_Hollyfeld69 t1_jaajxtg wrote

Not more than John Ritter.

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ElectricPeterTork t1_jab5lxt wrote

Well, as they proved, you remove Suzanne Sommers, the show goes on just about as popular as it was for another 3 or 4 years.

If they'd removed John Ritter? Probably wouldn't have been 4 more years if they'd done that.

So, while it's almost certain she deserved more money because she was a draw, she probably wasn't quite worth irreplaceable star of the show money.

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MalteseGyrfalcon t1_jabskvk wrote

Valerie and Roseanne proved that nobody is irreplaceable on television. I think about this at work sometimes.

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