Josh Peck revealed precisely how a lot he earned from Drake and Josh regardless of having no residuals
Though lots of people who grew up watching Drake and Josh would presume that the celebrities of the present turned filthy wealthy from it, that apparently wasn’t the case.
Hundreds of thousands of followers tuned in to look at the Nickelodeon collection that was fronted by Drake Bell and Josh Peck from 2004 till 2007, so that you’d think about that will equate to a pair of monster paycheques.
However in keeping with the double act, they did not earn half as a lot as you may suppose.
Bell, 39, has beforehand spoken out about his earnings from the teenager sitcom and the way individuals usually assume he ‘should reside in a mansion in Hollywood’ and is ‘wealthy’ past his wildest goals.
“And that’s removed from the case,” he stated earlier this 12 months. “Which is the bummer for many of us on Nickelodeon, we don’t get residuals for our reveals.”
He identified that almost all TV stars ‘make nearly all of their cash’ from residual funds, which is the money that actors obtain for reruns and airings after the mission’s preliminary launch.
However each he and his co-star got salaries as an alternative of this – and Peck beforehand revealed how a lot his performing expertise in Drake and Josh earned him.
The New York-born actor, 38, dished the dust on how a lot he was paid for his position on the hit youngsters’ TV present in his 2022 memoir, Comfortable Folks Are Annoying.
Within the e-book, Peck defined that he made $15,000 (£11,400) per episode – which totals as much as $900,000 (£684,000) for the whole thing of Drake and Josh. However after stumping up some cash to his agent and managers, the father-of-three was solely left with $450,000 (£341,905).
Though it is actually not a determine to show your nostril up at, Peck defined that he and Bell weren’t as rich as lots of people thought.
“Unfold that over 5 years, which is how lengthy it took us to shoot all 60 episodes, and it breaks right down to rather less than $100,000 (£76,965) a 12 months,” he wrote in Comfortable Folks Are Annoying.
So, you may perceive why each stars of the present have discovered their lack of residuals fairly the bitter tablet to swallow.
Throughout a earlier look on the BFF’s podcast, Peck stated: “It aired from 2004 to 2007, however – enjoyable truth – as a result of youngsters’ TV doesn’t have residuals, it’s nonetheless on day-after-day. I’ve labored by it. It’s taken some time.”
He additionally touched on his Drake and Josh earnings whereas chatting to Steven Bartlett on The Diary Of A CEO podcast a few years again.
Peck stated that his wages allowed him to guide a ‘pretty center class way of life’ and the entire determine he walked away with was ‘nice cash’ – nevertheless, his position as Josh Nichols did not precisely set him up for all times.
LADbible has contacted Nickelodeon for remark.
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