Now that it's official that Season 4 is a go, time for the producers to stop being dicks and for that season, FINALLY upgrade Cheryl Texiera and Amir Mitchell Townes to the credits. How long do these 2 have to be on before they finally get that level of basic actor respect?
shareI thought they didn't want to be regulars? It isn't the show disrespecting them. It is a choice made by the actors.
0ther than Diana Muldaur as Doctor Katherine Pulaski on Season 2 of STAR TREK:THE NEXT GENERATION, there is not a single actor in a lead role who doesn't want the the cache being in the credits provides. You want that recognition, you want that footage. Every new long-term castmember on NYPD BLUE got upgraded to the credits, from Bill Brochtrup to John 0'Donahue. 0n this show, Corey Fogelmanis was added in Season 2 so let's see some overdue equity next season, please.
shareExcept in this incident where one of the actors did not want to be a regular. Being a regular means that you have to be available to be on the show and they didn't want to do that. I don't know all the details, but it is not that simple. It is about contracts and availability and money. Maybe they can't afford to have more regulars at this time.
Being a regular means that you have to be available to be on the show and they didn't want to do that.
Diana Muldau was credited as Special Guest Star post-opening credits as she wasn't in every episode - and that was her billing and casting.
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On topic though that's not how Disney shows work. The credits are the 5-7 stars of the show that are on weekly. Corey was left off because they were already at the threshold but with the shows success and him being deserving of it he got added on.
The guys you listed are recurring characters and they don't make the credits on any Disney show.
But they are recurring characters who are not working on other shows. GMW is the only paycheck Cheryl Texiera and Amir Mitchell Townes collect and when you look at how long she has been on the show since Season 1 and how long he has been on the show since Season 2 and both near equal frequency with the rest of the cast, it stands to reason that we can consider them lead cast, only without the billing they deserve after such a long term of service. Since the show has been renewed for Season 4, there is nothing to stop producers from adding these 2 actors. I got pissed by how CSI:NEW YORK dragged their feet when it came to adding AJ Buckley & Robert Joy. Buckley & Joy both debuted in Season 2 and for 3 years languished as recurring performers when just on the basis of appearing on the packaging for the Season 3 & 4 DVD were leads, producers were just too lazy to upgrade the credits.
shareWhere did you see it got renewed?
Somebody more knowledgeable than me would have to explain their reasoning but the channel doesn't seem to operate that way. They restrict the credits to the 5-7 stars of the show. Just an example GLC had those 2 black friends for 4 years. They never made the credits. It really doesn't matter if they're in half of the episodes they're still considered recurring. I imagine it's for budget purposes but that's speaking over my head.
Somebody more knowledgeable than me would have to explain their reasoning but the channel doesn't seem to operate that way. They restrict the credits to the 5-7 stars of the show.
Which just means they were approved for a larger credited full time cast from the get go. Normally it is 5-7 but for whatever reason they got 9. Probably because it's a show based off a large family and they wanted all of them included.
Here he's talking about semi regulars. They even joked about it with Zay in one of the last episodes.
How many more times have we seen Cheryl Texiera who is not in the credits but whole chunks of seasons go by without August Maturo anywhere and he has been in the credits all along. Can you see the disconnect?
shareThat's a very fair point but it would really only apply to Amir. He's only missed 3 episodes in season 3 while August has missed 4. August has missed 17 in total thru the 3 years. Cheryl on the other hand really only averages about 4 episodes a year. There's really no argument to put her in the credits.
Even if with Amir it's not out of common at Disney. Like I brought the lesser of friends of GLC or LAM no matter how frequent they were.
They are not regulars. These sort of things have meaning. A regular has offered up their availability to the show, meaning they can't take other jobs that interfere with their ability to be on Girl Meets World. Not all actors want to take that on as part of their contract, so they don't get to be a regular. Also, the show would have to offer more money to an actor who contracted their availability to them and maybe the show didn't want to do that.
To pretend that they are just doing this as some sort of slight is to misunderstand the complexity of the situation. If they aren't regulars, they actually don't deserve to get that recognition because it is based on contracts and money and not how many episodes an actor is on the show.
Now that it's official that Season 4 is a goWait.. what? Since when?