DJariya

Synopsis:

devilshalo

'Burn Notice' star getting big raise
Jeffrey Donovan more than doubles current salary
By Nellie Andreeva
Feb 6, 2009, 01:00 AM ET

He plays the coolest guy on TV. Now Jeffrey Donovan has a cool new raise to match.

The star of USA Network's breakout hit "Burn Notice" has renegotiated his pact with the series' producer, Fox TV Studios.

Under the new agreement, Donovan will be paid $125,000-$150,000 an episode, a big bump from the $55,000 he used to make.

As is the practice, especially in cable, the cost of the pay increase will be shared between FTVS and USA.

Donovan's new deal also adds one year to his original seven-year contract for the show.

"Notice," which launched in July 2007, is in the midst of the winter portion of its second season.

On the stylish action dramedy, Donovan plays Michael Westen, a blacklisted former spy helping people in need while tracking down the people who burned him.

It has become a star-making role for Donovan, who before that toplined USA's short-lived series "Touching Evil." He went on to co-star in Clint Eastwood's "Changeling."

"Burn Notice" ranks as the top cable drama series among adults 18-49. Its winter premiere two weeks ago hit a series high in the 18-49, which was eclipsed by a demo record last week.

Donovan is repped by Paradigm.

dpz301

a 7 year deal, wow, that's along time. i do enjoy the show though.

DJariya

That's a nice raise and a really long contract for Donovan. I know it's standard to give talent long-term contracts, but I don't think Burn Notice is going to last 8 seasons.

Now did anyone watch this episode?

devilshalo

Depends on what they consider a season I guess. If they're only 13 - 15 episode runs, 8 seasons aren't too much.

As for watching... well, it's on my DVR to be viewed tonight.

Axeramm

I love this show, just kinda wish the night wasnt so crowded.

skacore

Great episode. They brought Seymour and his bodyguard back, and he had some really funny lines. Marla Sokoloff had her cleavage out & the crew pulled a pretty slick con.

"Sometimes a blacklisted spy can be standing right in front of you and you don't even know it"
-Michael

"You are such a badass"
-Seymour

TGM

it re-airs multiple times during the week, I think even later on the very same night.

grundle

I really, really loved this new episode.

Regarding a previous episode called "Rough Seas," did anyone else besides me notice that

Charlie Goose

I hope this doesn't create any tension with the other cast. Unless they got bumps too.

Jimmy James

I could imagine that Campbell and Gless got good money from the start, particularly given the amount of time Gless spends on screen.

Anwar is the one I can imagine might have gotten the least starting out. I hope she does end up with a bump and that Campbell does as well if he didn't start out with a decent salary given his notoriety.

Gilgamesh1082

I'd be willing to say that 15% of the viewership of this show is directly related to just his being in the cast. Its the whole reason I tuned in for the first episode.

Red Dog

She has some awesome cleavage.

TGM

More Bruce Campbell!!!!

Jadzia

What did he do with the painting at the end of the episode? Did he give it to the daughter?

cam16

Watched the pilot the other night for the first time. Gee, wonder why they decided to drop Fi's accent. Uh, maybe because it was horrible.

pelenor

I thought that it was her real accent?

DJariya

Gabrielle Anwar is English. Her character Fiona is Irish. If I recall correctly, Fiona dropped the Irish accent after the pilot because she didn't want to sound like a Leprechaun while working in Miami.

crankyman

i like the fact that she's english and has no navel.

boredsilly

That was bugging me too. Either way, Burn Notice is the perfect little show. An over arching storyline if you care to have something to follow, but nice stand alone episodes to satisfy you in 60 minutes. I love this return to the 70s-80s detective type shows.

8 seasons seems like a long time, but then look how long Monk has gone for, or how long Dead Zone went for. USA is pretty good to shows that are good to them.

The Bus

I get a big A-Team vibe from this episode, only because I can't directly reference other 70s/80s shows with a similar format.

I don't see this lasting eight seasons. If anything, I don't see how it could go past four seasons. It's already getting a bit formulaic.

Jadzia

I didn't see a thread for the new episode and I am too lazy to start one right now, but I just wanted to say WOW. I usually hate hostage episodes (primarily because it seems like every single show has one at some point), but wow, this is how you do a hostage episode! I loved it!

My husband has never seen this show and I am thinking of showing him this episode just because of how entertaining it was.

Red Dog

Yeah that was good. Sam was hilarious throughout.