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The Mentalist - Simon Baker gets multimillionaire seven-season deal

25 Dec 2010

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EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Jane would have a good feeling about this: I hear The Mentalist star Simon Baker is finalizing a new deal with the series producer Warner Bros Television that would net him more than $30 million for his services on the CBS drama, including money he is currently paid. Under the pact, I hear Baker would add one additional year to his current six-year contract and would get an additional piece of the show's backend. The Mentalist was sold in off-network syndication in November 2009 in a rich deal with TNT that is fetching Warner Bros. $2.2 million-$2.3 million an episode. As part of the new deal with Warner Bros. TV, Baker will also get a producer credit on the show beginning in Season 5.

The Mentalist launched as the top new series of the 2008-09 season. For the past 2 seasons, it has been airing on Thursday at 10 PM as one of very few dramas that perform solidly in the 10 PM hour dominated by DVR viewing. Season to date, The Mentalist has averaged 16 million viewers and a 3.5 rating among adults 18-49, down 6% and 15% from last year, respectively. The series, in which Baker stars as Patrick Jane, an unorthodox consultant to the California Bureau of Investigation, ranks as one of most DVR-ed programs on TV, regularly adding some 3 million extra viewers from playback viewing.

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25 comments:

  1. Marcela Mattiuzzo26 December 2010 at 00:30

    Good for him, I guess,

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  2. LucAltaiR26 December 2010 at 00:55

    It strikes me that CBS is basically saying that The Mentalist will lasts at least until season 7, when actually this season its ratings hasn't been very much phenomenal, going under the 3.0 in the Adults 18-49 share, more than a few times.

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  3. Ricky Terry26 December 2010 at 01:04

    Cha-Ching!!!

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  4. Sudarshan Winchester26 December 2010 at 04:31

    Good for him :)

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  5. Aydrian26 December 2010 at 05:10

    Huh...I don't think the show is THAT good, but if they want to throw money at him then go right ahead. I'd be happy in his shoes. ;)

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  6. mary f26 December 2010 at 09:32

    I like the Mentalist but for 7 seasons??? Vampire Diaries,yes but not the Mentalist-it isn´t that good...;(

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  7. solea26 December 2010 at 10:29

    Let's hope the rest of the cast got a new deal too. It's really the work of a fantastic ensemble that makes me enjoy the show.

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  8. Amy Rinearson26 December 2010 at 14:56

    Awesome!! Love this show :D Just hope it doesn't fall into the trap of stale atmsophere like House, Monk and Castle did.

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  9. Smidnite26 December 2010 at 15:40

    Better Baker than Sheen.

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  10. Love Simon26 December 2010 at 18:39

    I must admit that I watch "The Mentalist" mainly because of Baker. With all due respect to the rest of the cast,
    there would be no show without Simon. Way to go Simon! You deserve it.

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  11. MariaZ26 December 2010 at 18:46

    I do believe a huge part of the show's appeal is Baker's acting (well, and charm and looks, too) and if Warner Bros. is willing to pay, it is because he deserves it.
    I hope at least Tunney gets a good deal too, because imo their partnership works wonderfully. I can't really imagine the show, or Jane, without Lisbon.

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  12. Anthea Buckley26 December 2010 at 20:42

    Well, if Tunney gets a good deal, she should finally start act better because her Lisbon is getting really hard to watch. I mean, I love Jane/Lisbon attachement, but what is wrong with her?

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  13. Barbara Joan Hendrickson26 December 2010 at 23:16

    Anyone who doesn't think The Mentalist is phenomenal just has no taste. I was hooked on Simon Baker before it started, but ever since the very first episode I've been a goner. It is my wish that it goes on forever but Bruno Heller would probably run out of things to write after a while. :0(

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  14. Barbara Joan Hendrickson26 December 2010 at 23:20

    When It first started I joined the Simon Baker (Wetpaint) website and I knew it would be on for at least 7 seasons but I can dream can't I?

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  15. alex_8527 December 2010 at 02:56

    There's no show without Simon neither Robin IMO, so they better get a good deal for her too. BTW, I love all the cast and their chemistry, that's why I watch this show. Baker is great, but he wouldn't do it alone.

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  16. Adam D. Harris27 December 2010 at 13:56

    It's times like these I wish I was Simon Baker :P

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  17. enrolled agent cpe28 December 2010 at 06:30

    More money for Simon and more episodes for The Mentalist fans. I just hope people would not get bored watching him for seven seasons.

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  18. arun27928 December 2010 at 20:49

    I recall one of the writers saying "ask again in season 7" when asked who Red John was. So, I guess The Mentalist has always been a 7-year project.

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  19. LucAltaiR28 December 2010 at 22:14

    Well, that maybe the plan of the producers, but not always the plans go as they're supposed to. Ask FlashForward's producers... lol

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  20. solea29 December 2010 at 17:00

    I agree. Baker and Tunney are fantastic and both great actors (so is the rest of the cast).

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  21. arun27929 December 2010 at 21:12

    yeah :D

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  22. Annie B.V.31 December 2010 at 03:17

    Monk, I'll grant you, and maybe House, but Castle? That show's only half-way through it's third season. Not sure that's the parallel you're looking for. (Either way, I don't see it as having staled at all, but that's a topic for another place.)

    I do hope the Mentalist stays strong, though. There was a bit of lag, late last season, but they seem to have found their footing again.

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  23. MLS295 January 2011 at 13:10

    I just hope they dont drag out discovering who Red John is till season 7. Its a great storyline but 7 years would be a long time.

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  24. Claudia Mola10 July 2012 at 12:48

    are there gonna be seven seasons of the mentalist???

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  25. Claudia Mola10 July 2012 at 12:48

    and are jane and lisbon gonna kiss????

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