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'Mentalist' Star Signs $30M Deal

  • Deadline, Monday, December 27, 2010 11:41 PM
"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, Baker would add one additional year to his current six-year contract and would get an additional piece of the show's back-end.

"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.

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