TVFactFan
06-13-2006, 07:08 PM
Here is the reason you saw Kim fields instead of Gary Coleman in the beginning of season 4
Gary Coleman was in a Pay fight with NBC. Gary Coleman sought on October 6, 1981, to renegotiate his contract with Tandem Productions, the independent outfit packaging the popular NBC sitcom. Coleman's starting salary for Diffrent Strokes was $1800 a week. His lawyers contend that even though his salary has increased, the fantastic success of the show is not properly reflected in Mr. Coleman's salary. Brandon Tartikoff, newly installed president of NBC Entertainment, conceded that "without Coleman" the show would now be commercially viable, and whatever shell of a show would be left would be unacceptable. Tandem, meanwhile, countersued it's invaluable star for five million dollars in damages. The First episodes of the show excluded Coleman, who was biding his time at his Los Angeles home.
Marc Eliot, American Television, 1981
Gary Coleman was in a Pay fight with NBC. Gary Coleman sought on October 6, 1981, to renegotiate his contract with Tandem Productions, the independent outfit packaging the popular NBC sitcom. Coleman's starting salary for Diffrent Strokes was $1800 a week. His lawyers contend that even though his salary has increased, the fantastic success of the show is not properly reflected in Mr. Coleman's salary. Brandon Tartikoff, newly installed president of NBC Entertainment, conceded that "without Coleman" the show would now be commercially viable, and whatever shell of a show would be left would be unacceptable. Tandem, meanwhile, countersued it's invaluable star for five million dollars in damages. The First episodes of the show excluded Coleman, who was biding his time at his Los Angeles home.
Marc Eliot, American Television, 1981