Sordid Lives Creator Fed Up, Slams LOGO for Non-Payment

Sordid Lives creator Del Shores (below, left) published a letter on his Facebook page yesterday explaining to fans why Sordid Lives: The Series is not moving forward into its second season. According to Shores, LOGO, which reported to him that "it was off the charts...20 times bigger than any show they had ever aired" ordered the show contingent on two other partners ordering the show, and despite the network's ordering a second season, its partners have yet to do so.

Shores has a bigger issue, however. "I'm tired of being told to be silent," he says in the letter.

Claims Shores: "The 12 episodes have now aired 262 times collectively (in America alone). Each time SLTS airs, the writer, director and actors are to receive compensation -- residuals. The production company is the signatory with all the Guilds, meaning they have agreed to pay the residuals. To this date, WE HAVE BEEN PAID NOTHING! I wrote and directed all twelve episodes and am personally owed hundreds of thousands of dollars. I have been paid nothing! I took a huge pay cut to do this show. I made less money in four years working on SLTS than I made in one season on 'Queer As Folk'. The actors, who worked for minimums or slightly above, have also BEEN PAID NOTHING. The Guilds have stepped in, but these claims takes months."

Shores says his home has gone into foreclosure and credits his husband Jason Dottley (an actor in the series - pictured, right) for getting him through a difficult period: "I live daily with gratitude. Jason told me it would be okay and suggest that I start teaching and to get back on stage to tell my stories. I did and it saved me."

Del Shores full letter, AFTER THE JUMP...

(via popwired)

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Her message, AFTER THE JUMP...