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From the Archives: Contract Cycles: 1969, 1970, 1973
Topic Started: Feb 19 2012, 06:01 PM (439 Views)
Jason47
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The contract status reports for several 13-week cycles back in 1969, 1970 and 1973: http://www.jason47.com/days/contractstatusreports.html

A confusing read, but the main numbers to look for are in the guarantee column. That shows how many episodes each actor was guaranteed to work each 13-week cycle. Multiply that number by 4, and you get to see each actor's yearly guarantee back in the early "Days":

The 1969 chart shows that Mac Carey was guaranteed to work 45.5 episodes each 13-week cycle, for a guarantee of 182 episodes in 1969.
Most of the rest of the cast was guaranteed just half of that: 26 episodes each 13-week cycle, for a guarantee of 104 episodes in 1969.

The 1969 episode rankings show that a few actors did go over their guarantees, with Ed Mallory and John Clarke appearing in 20-30 more episodes than their guarantees called for.

1. Macdonald Carey (Tom Horton) 168
2. Edward Mallory (Bill Horton) 133
3. John Clarke (Mickey Horton) 126
4. Susan Flannery (Laura Horton) 121
5. Denise Alexander (Susan Hunter) 107
6. Frances Reid (Alice Horton) 104
7. Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Olson) 101
8. Mike Farrell (Scott Banning) 97 (non-contract)
9. Regina Gleason (Kitty Horton) 96
10. John Lupton (Tommy Horton) 95
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Matt
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I've always been under the impression that Susan Flannery spent nearly her entire time on the show without a contract. I read an interview in one of the magazine from the time the show went to an hour that quotes her as saying she'd never had a contact during her time on the show (I believe the interview concerned her temporary return to the show to help the show transition to 60 minutes after having already previously left the show "for good". Much was made in the article of her needing a second farewell party.)
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Matt
Feb 19 2012, 06:12 PM
I've always been under the impression that Susan Flannery spent nearly her entire time on the show without a contract. I read an interview in one of the magazine from the time the show went to an hour that quotes her as saying she'd never had a contact during her time on the show (I believe the interview concerned her temporary return to the show to help the show transition to 60 minutes after having already previously left the show "for good". Much was made in the article of her needing a second farewell party.)


Susan Flannery did her first 2 years on the show without a contract. They finally got her to sign one just after Mike was born at the end of 1968. Susan refused to sign a contract when the show went to an hour, so she left in 1975. Guess she only likes to work on 30 minute shows! From her stats in 1975, I don't see any big break for when she left the first time. The "biggest" break was 8 episodes between March 18 and 31. But it's not like she ever left for 2 or 3 months. She was on consistently until she left for good in May 1975.

Susan Flannery: 1975 Monthly Appearances:
1/75: 11
2/75: 8
3/75: 8
4/75: 16
5/75: 12
Edited by Jason47, Feb 19 2012, 07:18 PM.
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I notice that several actors went over their guarantees by a large number of episodes. Does this mean that they were used less in the next cycle? In the 1970 one, Edward Mallory was over by a total of 72 episodes! How would that ever be made up? I'm assuming they just received additional pay.
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