Step aside, Monica, Chandler and the gang! The Big Bang Theory might become the next sitcom ensemble to earn $1 million per episode. Stars Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Jim Parsons and Johnny Galecki are currently negotiating contracts for their upcoming eighth season, and a source close to the talks confirms to E! News they are going after “Friends money.” When Friends bowed out in 2004, they six stars were each making $1 million per episode.
Creator and executive producer Chuck Lorre told E! News he isn’t concerned about the negotiations, even though the studio has less than two weeks to finalize a deal before production begins July 30 . “It will be fine,” Lorre said, adding that “Warner Brothers has done this before.”
