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"&lt;img alt=\"0728_ABC_modern_family\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/07/28/0728-abc-modern-family-2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Producers for \"&lt;strong&gt;Modern Family&lt;/strong&gt;\" settled their dispute with several key cast members the same way every American family does ... throwing a bunch of $$$ at them, and now thanks to some major pay raises, everyone's getting back to work. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The cast members --&lt;strong&gt; Ty Burrell&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Julie Bowen&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Jesse Tyler Ferguson&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Eric Stonestreet&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Sofia Vergara&lt;/strong&gt; -- officially dropped their&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/24/modern-family-cast-ty-burrell-julie-bowen-jesse-tyler-ferguson-eric-stonestreet-sofia-vergara-lawsuit-salary/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; lawsuit against the ABC show&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, after coming to an agreement with the show's producers over their salaries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you recall -- the adult cast members (minus Ed O'Neil) were upset over their contract negotiations --&amp;#160; they were holding out for a reported $200k per episode, according to &lt;a href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/modern-family-cast-deal-salary-355527\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Hollywood Reporter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The tryst with the show's producers resulted in the cast taking legal action to get out of their contracts altogether and halted production after a recent table read was cancelled. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All that's behind them now, THR reports that the show's producers and the hold-out cast members settled around $175k per episode ... with the cast taking a cut of the show's profits as well. Their salaries will shoot up to around $350k an episode by the show's 8th season. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In exchange for the cash increase, the cast members extended their terms with \"Modern\" to 8 seasons, rather than the original 7, THR reports. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The co-creator of \"Modern Family\" Steve Levitan, told THR, \"I'm of course thrilled and I cannot wait to get on stage Monday morning and start making the show again.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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