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Payment: Teri Hatcher vs. Dean Cain

posted 12 years ago by moondoggiedaddy2007
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According to imdb.com, Teri Hatcher was paid $75,000.00 per episode, while Dean Cain was paid $60,000.00 per episode in "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" .

Dean Cain portrayed Superman, and it was his new advertures that we viewers watched, right? So why did Teri get paid more money than Dean?

[–] Peterkoss90 12 years ago

I think it was because she was more known than dean.

[–] LesFleursDuMal 12 years ago

She was also the first billed in the title. The show was often promoted with the word "feminism" mixed in and I think it was more about the relationship than Superman himself. Put that all together and it sort of makes sense, I think.

[–] bthr 12 years ago

probably just got better contract than Dean Cain. its not new that some characters get better pay than the main character.

[–] poem 12 years ago

I'm not surprised. This show was very centered on Lois Lane.

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[–] Cognoscente (2778) 4 years ago

She had a relationship with someone who worked for Warner Brothers - Jon Peters. In 1993, he was working with WB on putting together a new Superman movie. His history with Teri dates back to 1989 when he cast her in Tango & Cash. Suspiciously, 1989 was the same year when Teri divorced her husband - Marcus Leithold.

[–] TimMC (9143) 4 years ago

There is a Seinfeld episode about this very thing.

Well, not exactly.