WASHINGTON: Fox Television said Tuesday it might cancel “The Simpsons” if a pay dispute with voices behind the characters of the hit American cartoon series cannot be resolved.“Twenty-three seasons in, ‘The Simpsons’ is as creatively vibrant as ever and beloved by millions around the world,” said Fox, a unit of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.
“We believe this brilliant series can and should continue, but we cannot produce future seasons under its current financial model,” it added in a statement to the Hollywood Reporter trade journal.The six principal voice cast members on “The Simpsons” – the longest-running animated television show in history – now earn about $8 million a year each for about 22 weeks of work, according to The Daily Beast.
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