The cast members of “Modern Family,” the most watched comedy on television, sued the show’s producer, News Corp.’s Twentieth Century Fox Television, to void contracts which cap pay and limit outside work.
Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell and other cast members are seeking to invalidate their agreements ahead of the show’s fourth season, according to a complaint filed Tuesday in California state court in Los Angeles. The contracts, which limit actor pay increases as well as their ability to pursue outside work, violate state labor law prohibiting some contracts for performing services from lasting more than seven years, according to the filing.
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