I think I’m too dumb to ask this but I genuinely do not know how actors playing in TV programs get paid. or even how the broadcasted content is directly related to no of viewers watching? and how me watching a program will turn out to be a finance for these guys.
I know you pay for your cable and stuff but how does that get processed?
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TV actors generally are paid on a per episode basis. Their contract will say you get paid $X per episode.
For TV production: A production company makes a show, it sells it to a network, the network then sells the right to broadcast their network to a cable company.
You pay the cable company, who pays the network, who pays the production company, who pays the actors, directors, crew, etc.
For viewership: the more people viewing means the network or show is more valuable (people want to watch it!) and it also means you can sell commercials on it for more, since more people are watching. If a show is really popular, commercials can go for incredible rates. The network takes this money.
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