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"Queer Eye" Spies Pay Hike
They're here, they're queer, and they're getting paid good money for it.
After weeks of griping, the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy cast members are about to receive well-deserved raises.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, new contracts have been drawn up for the Fab Five, bumping their per-episode pay from $3,000 to $8,000. The money kicks in once the style mavens sign on the dotted line.
Taking a cue from the united Friends front, the Fabbers--and their respective lawyers, managers and agents--banded together after the first season to demand an increase. The new salary puts them on par with fellow cable talent, such as the Trading Spaces gang.
This despite reports in the New York Post that producers were scouting for possible replacements. The speculation stemmed from an online ad placed by Scout Productions looking for gay men between the ages of 25 and 40 with "terrific personalities as well as a great sense of personal style" for a TV show "building on the success of Queer Eye."
Attempts to verify a spinoff and/or a replacement series were unsuccessful.
Rolling out more queer-minded "make-better" series would make sense for Bravo, which found a summer sleeper hit on its hands with Queer Eye. The show's consistently broken ratings records for the cable net, has become a crossover success on parent company NBC and been sold into syndication to Britain, Iceland, Finland, Australia and New Zealand.
As part of the new contract, the stylish quintet--Carson Kressley (fashion), Kyan Douglas (grooming), Ted Allen (food and wine), Thom Filicia (design) and Jai Rodriguez (culture)--will also be properly compensated for any crossover episodes that appear on NBC in prime time. Last season, the recycled episodes paid them zilch.
And while NBC retains approval rights for any endorsement deals specifically cashing in on the Fab Five nickname--a trademark owned by the Peacock and Scout Productions--the hosts can pursue individual deals without network approval.
In addition, the new contract gives them more leeway to pursue independent projects, as long as they don't pose a direct threat to the stylin' series that overhauls clueless straight guys, one hairy back at a time.
Last month, NBC ordered 40 new episodes of the hit series. On Tuesday, the net announced that the goodwill mission toward straight men returns to Bravo on November 18. Style victims featured this season include a hippie dad postal worker who dabbles in taxidermy, an ex-marine striving to be both an officer and a gentleman, and a conservative lawyer who is ready to go topless for the first time in 13 years by losing his toupee.
The new shows will also include a very Queer Eye Christmas special on December 16 with holiday-themed "hip tips," a brand new Fab Five loft designed and decorated by Thom and surprise visits to check on the progress of the straight guys made over on the first season.
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