The Independent
UK · 2 hrs ago
TV personality Mike Rowe says Discovery stiffed him out of $2M for voiceover work
"Dirty Jobs" star Mike Rowe is suing Discovery for allegedly not paying him more than $2 million for his voiceover work on the hit reality series "Deadliest Catch." Rowe and his production company, Lab Rat, sued Discovery in a lawsuit filed last Wednesday, according to People.The lawsuit alleges that Discovery Talent Services violated its contract by failing to pay him for narrating at least 51 episodes of the show, which follows commercial crab fishers in Alaska, and its spinoff series including "Bering Sea Gold," on mariners searching for gold.Rowe claims he entered a "pay-to-play" agreement with Discovery in 2020, and that he was to be paid $40,000 per episode, whether he was narrating in the episode or not. He has been narrating ”Deadliest Catch” since 2005. The TV star was originally
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