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The stars of Saved By The Bell aren't relying on their residual checks to get them by nowadays.
From 1989 to 1992, Tiffani Thiessen starred on the hit coming-of-age comedy series Saved By The Bell, a show that remains widely beloved to this day.
The show offered the cast fame. But as for fortune? Not so much.
In a recent interview with Page Six Radio, Thiessen, 52, revealed just how little she continues to earn from being on the show.
'I don't think for Saved By The Bell anymore, I think it's dried out,' she told Page Six Radio when asked about residuals. 'It’s like, negative now. It probably costs more to print the check.'
The finances did change a bit once the show was moved to a primetime slot.
The stars of Saved By The Bell are shedding more light on their paltry residual checks - a revelation that was endorsed by her former co-star Mario Lopez; pictured 1991
Asked if they ever tried negotiating their salaries, she said: 'When we went primetime for one season, we got a little bit more.'
The 'real money' didn't start flowing for Thiessen until she landed the role of Valerie Malone in Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1994.
'I didn’t start making real money until I went to 90210.'
Thiessen, who was still early in her acting career when she joined Saved By The Bell, admitted they had no 'pull' on the show.
'We didn’t have pull on that show at all. We made nothing and we just did our job,' she said.
Thiessen's revelation was backed up by her former co-star Mario Lopez, who reacted with two words on X: 'Real talk!'
News the Saved By The Bell alums receive hardly any money from the show is not exactly new.
In 2019, Mark-Paul Gosselaar said the cast weren't making any money from the show now.
From 1989 to 1992, the duo starred on the hit high school series Saved By The Bell
'We didn’t have pull on that show at all. We made nothing and we just did our job,' Tiffani, pictured with her castmates, said
Dustin Diamond played Samuel 'Screech' Powers on the series from 1989 to 1993
'We made really bad deals - poor deals, back then - it is what it is. You move on, you learn; great experience,' Gosselaar said on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen in 2019.
Earlier this year, a friend of the late Dustin Diamond revealed a minuscule residual check the actor once earned on the show in 2002.
On the show Investigation Discovery series Hollywood Demons, Diamond's friend Dan Block revealed the actor once received a check for little more than $12.
'Here is one for $12.74 and this is from 2002,' Block said of residual checks Diamond received for playing Samuel 'Screech' Powers on the series.
Thiessen's revelation was backed up by Lopez, who reacted on X with two words
Jon Cryer previously revealed he never has to worry about 'making' rent thanks to a steady income flow he is still receiving from Two And A Half Men
Not every star is earning a meager wage from a show they once starred in, however.
Two And A Half Men star Jon Cryer says his role on the show has provided him with the freedom of never having to 'worry' about making rent.
'It still is an engine that’s producing an astonishing amount of money,' he recently told Page Six.
'But it’s not [from] residuals as much,” he said. 'Although, there is still, there are still residual payments that are substantial. It’s mostly because over the course of the years, I was able to get some percentage of the show.'
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