According to Variety, The Simpsons cast have signed on to a four-year deal which ups their salaries to about $400,000 an episode, up from the mid 300,000 range.
The deal means Dan Castellaneta (Homer), Julie Kavner (Marge), Nancy Cartwright (Bart), Yeardley Smith (Lisa), Hank Azaria (Moe) and Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns) went back to work this morning.
Also, as part of his deal, Dan Castellaneta will be consulting producer on the series and serve as a writer as well as voicing Homer.
Because of the late start, only 20 of the usual 22 episodes will be produced.
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