Here’s the part that makes you groan. Soaps tape about 250 episodes a year. That’s nearly five times as many as a primetime show. The actors memorize scripts overnight. They have no time for retakes.
So that $2,500 per episode? It’s for eight to twelve hours of hard, stressful work. Compare that to a prime-time actor who might film a single episode over a week. That actor makes $20,000 per episode. See the difference?
Soap actors are working harder for less money per hour. And they do it while wearing polyester suits and fake eyelashes. Respect.
