Description
Almost unheard of from the beginning of television until the 1980s, more and more actors have been placed on "recurring" so the production company in charge of making the show doesn't go over-budget. Dwindling viewership and a recent economic downturn have caused all the U.S. soaps to place actors (usually veterans who have been with the series in excess of ten years, and who are usually acclimated to higher salary figures) on recurring, something which has antagonized many performers. Some actors, who have saved money from past decades and love the soap genre, accept the move to recurring status, while other actors balk at the contract cut, instead finding work on Broadway, on prime time television series, or even on rival soap operas who will give them a salary that they are used to.
On Australian and British soap operas, contract negotiations are different, and a term such as "recurring status" does not exist, though many of those shows have guest stars that appear frequently enough that literally speaking they could be described as "recurring".
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