Season 5 of Fox’s “9-1-1” is set to premiere this fall, and star Angela Bassett is going into the new installment with a pay raise that could make history.
On Tuesday, Deadline reported that all of the show’s regulars secured 25 percent pay increases after lengthy negotiations. Bassett leads the show’s cast, helped creator Ryan Murphy develop the series and serves as executive producer for it and its Southern spinoff, “9-1-1: Lone Star”.
As such, her raise reportedly brings her “north of” $450,000 an episode. The salary is among the highest on network television and is possibly the highest ever for an actress of colour on a broadcast drama series.
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