JamesG
11-05-2022, 04:57 PM
"Whose Line is it Anyway?" To End Run on The CW, Says Star Colin Mochrie
by Lynette Rice
Oct. 5, 2022
Another The CW show is on its way out. "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" will wrap its 12th and final season this spring on the network.
Longtime star Colin Mochrie tweeted that they will begin shooting the last season in January. "Hey everyone. Hope you are enjoying the current season of Whose Line. In January, we shoot our final season. Thank you all for the support over the years."
https://deadline.com/2022/11/whose-line-is-it-anyway-ending-2023-colin-mochrie-tweet-1235164524/
JamesG
02-09-2023, 04:10 PM
Colin Mochrie Claims "We Never Received Fair Compensation" on "Whose Line is it Anyway?"
by Lynette Rice
Feb. 9, 2023
After tweeting in November that he believes the 12th season of The CW’s "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" will be the last, star Colin Mochrie is getting brutally candid about his time — and lack of fair pay — on the show.
“There is a complicated relationship with the show,” Mochrie told Vulture. “The downside is that we never received fair compensation for the success of the show. We provide the content but don’t get paid as writers. We never received residuals for a show that’s been shown around the world since its inception. Seeing announcements about the sale to the show overseas or to HBO Max can get irritating.”
“I hope I don’t sound bitter, because I learned long ago that this business is not fair, and being bitter about it gets you nowhere,” he continued.
“I also find it odd that any publicizing of the show comes through our social media. Every day a tweet shows up: ‘You guys should bring that show back!’ Every season for the last nine years we’ve had to remind folks that we are on. So the short answer is, as of now, this is the last season with this cast. The longer, more vague answer is that it’s like the Mafia: It keeps pulling us back, so who knows?”
The CW has said that no final decision has been made, but Mochrie told Vulture, “Everyone at the show — producers and actors — are calling this the last taping. The short answer is that if it comes back, it probably won’t be with this cast.”
Deadline has contacted a CW spokesperson for comment.
https://deadline.com/2023/02/whose-line-is-it-anyway-colin-mochrie-fair-pay-twelve-seasons-1235254834/