Many of you may have been watching Friends on TV and even watching the repeats. The Friends lawsuit, one of the biggest TV series, claimed a raise in salary in 2000. The application has been issued with a legal contract and soon NBC's fall schedule was due to be announced. Every six stars required an episode of $1,000,000. The NBC paid $750,000 a star and restructured in 1998, up from $150,000 for the stars.

If stars attempt to rene-negotiate contracts before expiry, they may be replaced if they do not comply with their contracts, and the normal contractual provision may be implemented, which prevents them from doing additional TV work until the expiration of their contracts. It would not be possible to recast six stars for a really popular program. In order to counteract the negotiating strength of the performers, NBC created a TV campaign to rebel the latest program at that time and say 'See how everything ends on Friends.' NBC threats to terminate the series were revealed to the actors. Exit negotiations soon followed, resulting in an agreement of $750,000. The six performers attained their target of 1 million dollars per episode payout two years ago.

The methods of the stars of the Friends were questioned by Jay Leno. He said, "While in this profession, you have to acquire anything you can.

Was indeed the stars' threat of striking ethical right before the news releases? If the stars want additional money throughout a contract, do they break the deal? What's an infringement? Should it be more important to have a concert after the deal was signed? What strategies are they using to gain the network managers' attention? This is ethical? Why not? What and why? What must be gained from each party and what should each party forfeit if stars wish to modify a legitimate contract?

When the new agreement was established, was the current contract withdrawn from each other and a new contract was replaced or was the new agreement unsuccessful? Finally, do you endorse the statements made by Jay Leno? Why or why not?