With the clock ticking down on contract negotiations that could save the show for one last season -- or see it end after this, its 23rd -- one of the cast members of "The Simpsons" released a statement in an effort to nudge producers 20th Century Fox TV towards a more equitable profit share.

Harry Shearer, who voices such characters as Mr. Burns and Ned Flanders, acknowledged a willingness to take the networks proposed salary cut, but explained that he felt he and his cast mates deserve a cut of the billions in revenue that comes to the show. Thus far, Fox has refused, and if they cannot come to a deal with the cast by Friday, the show will be canceled at the end of the season.

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