What Famous TV Commercial Actors Get Paid

The SNL Hero

By playing the "It's Not That Complicated Guy" for AT&T, it not only made him a cool $250,000, but it also helped him snag himself a role on SNL. He's been playing characters like Donald Trump Jr. and Mitch McConnell as if he was one of their distant family members since 2013. Bennett's reign of hilarity doesn't seem like it's going to end any time soon. 

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The More You Know

  • Lisa Kudrow was cast as Phoebe, but only after she was cast as, then fired from, the part of Roz on Frasier.
  • The producers of The X-Files originally wanted Pamela Anderson for the role of Dana Scully.
  • The rights to popular television shows are coveted possessions for streaming networks. In 2019, HBO acquired the rights to Friends, which will move from Netflix to the new HBO Max streaming service.
  • The Brady Bunch: Uh, you might have noticed that the kids' bathroom didn't have a toilet. Allegedly, network censors at the time didn't want a toilet shown on TV.
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