'This is Us' stars to now get USD 4.5 million per season

The five central stars of hit NBC series "This is Us" are reportedly getting a big pay raise with each of them set to earn USD 4.5 million per season.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, lead actors Chrissy Metz, Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K Brown and Justin Hartley have renegotiated their contracts with 20th Century Fox Television and scored significant pay raises for season three.

Sources told the publication that after the renegotiations, the actors will see their per-episode salary jump to USD 250,000, once their respective signing bonuses are factored in.

Earlier, Ventimiglia (Jack) was raking in USD 115,000 per episode, while Hartley (Kevin) earned USD 75,000.

Metz, who was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at last year Emmys, had once said that she had 81 cents in her bank account when she landed the show. She was earlier earning USD 40,000 per episode.

It is unclear if co-stars Susan Kelechi Watson, who plays Beth, and Chris Sullivan, who essays Toby, also renegotiated their pacts.

The show's third season, with 18 episodes, premiered recently.