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The lead actors of The Simpsons are close to a deal with the Fox network that will keep the much-loved show on air, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Fox threatened earlier this week to cancel the 23-year-old show, saying the business model was unsustainable. At issue were the salaries paid to Dan Castellaneta (Homer,sacs louis vuitton Grampa Simpson, Krusty the Clown, and others), Julie Kavner (Marge Simpson and others), Nancy Cartwright (Bart and others), Yeardley Smith (Lisa), Hank Azaria (Moe, Chief Wiggum and Apu), and Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns, Principal Skinner, and Ned Flanders, among others). The Hollywood Reporter said the cast has agreed to reducing the $400,000 US per episode they have been making since 2008, but have not come close to the 45 per cent reduction demanded by Fox. Shearer spoke out earlier Friday about the dispute, saying he was willing to cut his salary by 70 per cent to keep the show going. But he said he wanted a share in the production's long-term profits, estimated to be worth billions. "For many years now, the cast of The Simpsons has been trying to get Fox to agree that, like so many other people who've contributed significantly to the show's success, we be allowed a tiny share of the billions of dollars in profits the show has earned," Shearer said in a statement. "Fox has consistently refused to even consider the matter. Instead, it's paid us salaries that, while ridiculous by any normal standard, pale in comparison to what the show's profit participants have been taking home." It is not known if the deal between Fox and the actors included a share of profits from the show.