'Big Bang Theory' Cast Contract Negotiations, Season 8 Air Date Spoilers - Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Jim Parsons Sign $90 Million Deal - CBS Series Continues

CBS's The Big Bang Theory is one huge step closer to getting it's season 8 fall air date after contract negotiations have ended for stars Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco. According to new reports, the series stars have signed a $90 million deal after weeks of negotiation. Co-stars Melissa Rauch and Mayim Bialik are already on board for season 8, so now we're just waiting on Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar.

Parsons, Galecki, and Cuoco allegedly tripled their per-episode salaries and quadrupled their ownership of the series.

August 6 is the first table read for the upcoming season, which is only waiting on Helberg and Nayvar at this point. If this all works out, The Big Bang Theory will only be one week behind schedule and could end up with 24 episode instead of being cut to 23.

Deadline reports:

The focus is on wrapping negotiations with the last remaining original cast members, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar, before the table read planned for Wednesday. I hear the two are close and there is a possibility for them to reach new deals today though there have been some bumps in the back-and-forth. The close friends, who raised their per-episode fee to more than $100,000 an episode in the 2010 renegotitions, are again negotiating together and had been looking to close the salary gap with fellow original cast members Parsons, Galecki and Cuoco.

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(via Deadline)