Actor Harry Shearer, who voices Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders and Smithers on The Simpsons, will return to the animated show after all.
Entertainment Weekly reports that Shearer has signed the same deal as his five fellow primary voice actors on The Simpsons: Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright and Hank Azaria. That means Shearer is contracted for four more seasons (though FOX has only renewed the show for two more years right now), earning an estimated $300,000 USD per episode.
Shearer's signing is surprising because the actor announced he was leaving The Simpsons back in May. At the time, Shearer said he wanted the freedom to do other work, which baffled Simpsons showrunner and executive producer Al Jean, who claimed all of the cast has great free time to pursue other project.
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Entertainment Weekly reports that Shearer has signed the same deal as his five fellow primary voice actors on The Simpsons: Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright and Hank Azaria. That means Shearer is contracted for four more seasons (though FOX has only renewed the show for two more years right now), earning an estimated $300,000 USD per episode.
Shearer's signing is surprising because the actor announced he was leaving The Simpsons back in May. At the time, Shearer said he wanted the freedom to do other work, which baffled Simpsons showrunner and executive producer Al Jean, who claimed all of the cast has great free time to pursue other project.
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