The actual amount may surprise you
Josh Peck has revealed how much money he walked away with after starring on hit kids show Drake and Josh, despite 'not making' residuals on the show.
Peck, 37, became one of the most recognisable faces in children's television back in the mid-2000s as one of the co-leads of the Nickelodeon show from 2004 until 2007.
Starring alongside Drake Bell, the pair played the 'enemies-to-friends' stepbrothers who were forced to share a room after their parents got married.
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Due to the immense success of the show – pretty much anybody born in the 1990s who had access to Nickelodeon will have watched the show at some point – you'd think the stars would be set for life.
However that's not quite the case.
The Oppenheimer actor got pretty candid about his experience filming Drake and Josh in his 2022 memoir Happy People Are Annoying, revealing exactly how much he made across the four seasons.
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Peck explained that he made $15,000 (£11,477) per episode, which amounts to a grand total of $900,000 (£688,652) for the whole show. However, this wasn't the final amount of money he walked away with, with the actor explaining that after paying fees to his agent and managers he was left with a total of $450,000 (£344,326) – which doesn't sound to shabby for a kids' show airing in the mid-noughties.
"Spread that over five years, which is how long it took us to shoot all 60 episodes, and it breaks down to a little less than $100,000 (£76,516) a year," he added in the book.
Compared to the US household income in 2007, which was $50,740 (£38,824), Peck's salary was nothing to be sniffed at.
However, it is less then you'd imagine for an actor on a show as big as Drake and Josh.
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The most surprising revelation was that he doesn't receive any residual payments for his time on the show.
Being a leading cast member on a hit show such as Game of Thrones, Friendsor The Big Bang Theory can be enough to leave you set for life as you will continue to receive residuals every time the show airs.
However, this is not the case for Peck, who revealed on the BFFs podcast that he hasn't made money of the show since 2007 as 'kids TV doesn't have residuals'. "It aired from 2004 to 2007, but — fun fact — because kids’ TV doesn’t have residuals, it’s still on every day," he explained.
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"I’ve worked through it. It’s taken a while."
Peck isn't the only former Nickelodeon cast member to speak about their lack of residuals either, with Devon Werkheiser also revealing that he never made money from being on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide after the show finished airing.
LADbible Group has approached Nickelodeon for comment.
Topics: TV, TV and Film, Entertainment
