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NBC pays 'Friends' $22M
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February 12, 2002: 8:41 a.m. ET
Each of six cast members to receive $1M per episode for final season.
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NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - NBC and Warner Bros. concluded the biggest deal ever for a half-hour television program Monday when they renewed the Thursday-night blockbuster "Friends," agreeing to pay each of the six cast members $1 million per show, or $22 million a season, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
The deal will cost NBC $7 million per episode for the season, which is believed to be� the last for the series, according to the New York Times report.
The paper said NBC will pay more for two half-hour shows -- $14 million -- than the network spent to renew the highly rated "E.R." in its 1998 season, which cost $13 million per hour-long episode.
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In addition to the "Friends'" salaries, each cast member will continue to receive some portion of the syndication profits, the Times said. 
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