Ice-T's The Mediator hasn't been able to pay its staff due to pandemic cost overruns

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“Covid just destroyed the budget completely. It was absolutely brutal," says creator Andre Jetmir of the court-like syndicated series that wrapped filming in February and has already aired 20 episodes. Jetmir has vowed to pay his staff by Tuesday as the budget problems have now been resolved. “I haven’t been paid either, so you can put me down on the list too,” he adds.