I know that she asked for a pay raise or whatever but i didn't know this. Anybody got the FULL details on this? Thank you in advance.

Here are the details from the "E! True Hollywood Story" episode about the show:

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Narrator: 18-year-old Nancy McKeon also had a beef about money. But for a very different reason. Nancy's ex-manager, Greg Sims . . .

Greg Sims: When she went in, she was a 14-year-old girl making the absolute drop-dead minimum that they could get somebody to do a contract with. But the show was generating hundreds of millions of dollars in profits and she should have been paid more.

Narrator: After five seasons on The Facts of Life, McKeon was the most popular member of the cast. Her demands for more money hardly seemed unreasonable.

John Bowab: Nancy had probably the strongest effect on young women, a lot of young women who felt lost and alienated from family and unsure of who they were, what they were. Nancy received hundreds of letters a week.

Narrator: The stand-off continued as Season Six got under way in late Summer 1984. Nancy was a no-show at the first two tapings. Embassy Television, which produced the series for NBC, sued McKeon for breach of contract, but cooler heads prevailed. Nancy was given a substantial raise, the lawsuit was dropped and the popular actress returned for the third episode. McKeon, however, wasn't the only cast member looking for more cash.

Greg Sims: I would say that all of them successfully renegotiated some higher pay schedule.

Hamilton Cloud: I think that they survived it fairly well, it was dealt with fairly quickly so that it didn't damage the show irreparably.

Narrator: With that bullet dodged, the time was right to add a new ingredient to the mix. In late 1984, auditions were held and 11-year-old MacKenzie Astin walked away with the role of Andy Moffet. The son of actors Patty Duke and John Astin, MacKenzie was no stranger to show business and he was excited about joining the all-girl cast.

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Excerpted from: E! True Hollywood Story: Facts of Life Girls (Part Two) (http://www.televisionhits.com/factsoflife/transcripts/etranscript2.html)

(and here is Part One (http://www.televisionhits.com/factsoflife/transcripts/etranscript1.html))

Here are the details from the "E! True Hollywood Story" episode about the show:

====================

Narrator: 18-year-old Nancy McKeon also had a beef about money. But for a very different reason. Nancy's ex-manager, Greg Sims . . .

Greg Sims: When she went in, she was a 14-year-old girl making the absolute drop-dead minimum that they could get somebody to do a contract with. But the show was generating hundreds of millions of dollars in profits and she should have been paid more.

Narrator: After five seasons on The Facts of Life, McKeon was the most popular member of the cast. Her demands for more money hardly seemed unreasonable.

John Bowab: Nancy had probably the strongest effect on young women, a lot of young women who felt lost and alienated from family and unsure of who they were, what they were. Nancy received hundreds of letters a week.

Narrator: The stand-off continued as Season Six got under way in late Summer 1984. Nancy was a no-show at the first two tapings. Embassy Television, which produced the series for NBC, sued McKeon for breach of contract, but cooler heads prevailed. Nancy was given a substantial raise, the lawsuit was dropped and the popular actress returned for the third episode. McKeon, however, wasn't the only cast member looking for more cash.

Greg Sims: I would say that all of them successfully renegotiated some higher pay schedule.

Hamilton Cloud: I think that they survived it fairly well, it was dealt with fairly quickly so that it didn't damage the show irreparably.

Narrator: With that bullet dodged, the time was right to add a new ingredient to the mix. In late 1984, auditions were held and 11-year-old MacKenzie Astin walked away with the role of Andy Moffet. The son of actors Patty Duke and John Astin, MacKenzie was no stranger to show business and he was excited about joining the all-girl cast.

=====================

Excerpted from: E! True Hollywood Story: Facts of Life Girls (Part Two) (http://www.televisionhits.com/factsoflife/transcripts/etranscript2.html)

(and here is Part One (http://www.televisionhits.com/factsoflife/transcripts/etranscript1.html))

Thank you so much! Great read!