Emmy Watch: Guest Star

June 21, 2009 It wasn't the lure of a big paycheck that seduced an Oscar-nominated actress like Amy Ryan, who this season took a guest-starring turn on NBC's "The Office." Nor was it the money that drew Eric Stoltz, who played a shackled serial killer on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy." Or Meat Loaf, who took to his bed in agonizing death throes on Fox's "House." Along with a general tightening of Hollywood budgets, there's scant evidence that guest stars bump ratings as they once did, a factor in the lower pay the stars are earning.

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