MTV cancels Ridiculousness after 14 years; Rob Dyrdek was making $32 Million/year to host the show

[Chrishaune]

The epitome of white privilege. No black man on earth could get this contract.

Nick Cannon got a bag for WildNOut

 

[DaylitoJames]

https://media.tenor.com/JF9o2yPlhxEAAAAM/f-ucking-ridiculous-fukking-ridiculous.gif -ness

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

USD32m a year is NBA starter money, not role player.

That is literally Jrue Holiday money, except Rob Dyrdek doesn't play any defense.

Right?!?

If he was an NFL player you'd probably have to cut a few good players to not bust the cap

 

[The War Report]

Whenever i think of MTV I think of:

Remote Control
120 Minutes
Headbangers Ball
The Grind
Beavis and Butthead
Unplugged
Spring Break
Rock n Jock
VMAs and MMAs
Real World
Yo! MTV Raps
Road Rules
MTV Jams
TRL(minus the Boy Bands and Brit Love)

Simple Timesrip Big Black

Peak MTV.

You forgot Daria.

 

[maxamusa]

Salute; his come up is legendary.


rob & black was my shyt


I had NO IDEA he was caking like that

 

[maxamusa]

It was a good show to watch when your bored. R.I.P.

the bimbo with the dolphin laugh

 

[valet]

 

[BlackAchilles]

Its crazy u could explain to a Zoomer kid how huge MTV was in the 90s

 

[Elim Garak]

I forgot about this clip lol.

 

[Arizax2]

I never saw 1 full episode ever, just clips online which i never checked for. Traditional TV been toast. To be fair I don't even know what else is on MTV other then Wallin Out.

 

[ISO]

I don’t understand how MTV could become a channel that plays this one dumb ass show all day who tf was watching that

 

[steadyrighteous]

at anyone thinking he was making 32 milly a year for MTV

Yeah I'm sure he's making a lot, but I doubt he's making that much. He has been part of the network for 20 years so I can see him getting big money.

I think there is more to it than just saying he makes 32 mill a year

He most definitely wasn't making 32m's a year for all 14 years, but those figures come from court documents, so yes, he could easily have been making around 32m a year for at least 5 of those years. But not all 14 years. The economics of TV and film are boring, but here's a small insight:

TV contracts at the beginning of a show usually last 7 years, and after year 7 you renegotiate. Some people have the power to renegotiate sooner, but most people are locked in to a rate at the beginning and only get a little wiggle room to get more money sooner. It might be different for unscripted, but probably not too different.

So when it's time to renegotiate, you sit down with an entertainment lawyer and maybe even a forensic accountant, and say "this show airs 24/7 on 3 networks and in 47 countries... the syndication rate to sell it is an estimated $XXXm, that means this show makes the studio $XXXm on a $Xm production budget, so as the lead host and face of the show, it's fair for us to ask for... $XXm"

And you negotiate from there.

So the question to ask isn't "is he really making 32m a year?" - the real question should be, "if he's making 32m a year, how much revenue was that show making the studio if they were willing to pay him 32m?"

 

[Rekkapryde]

The epitome of white privilege. No black man on earth could get this contract.

He mastered P'd them.

A little over 100k an ep...but he had made so makes so many of em per year. Easy content to fill up time slots.

 

[steadyrighteous]

He mastered P'd them.

A little over 100k an ep...but he had made so makes so many of em per year. Easy content to fill up time slots.

21,000 per episode as an exec producer. 61,000 per episode as the host = 82k per episode (bonuses not included)

336 episodes per year = 27,552,000 a year. Base.

 

[the cac mamba]

Chanel West Coast might be the least talented person in entertainment history