Title: Who Are TV's Top Earners? Post by: Allhallowsday on August 11, 2010, 03:12:29 PM Who Are TV's Top Earners?
If you're an actor who lands a lead role on a TV series, you can count on a big payday. But it won't be as big as it used to be. Network and studio executives tell TV Guide Magazine they've adopted a get-tough policy on salaries for stars of the new fall shows. While the salary for a lead has been $150,000 to $200,000 per episode in recent years, most deals for stars of new series were between $75,000 and $125,000. "No one broke the bank on anything this year," says one former studio head... http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/who-are-tvs-top-earners--1459 (http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/who-are-tvs-top-earners--1459) ... Drama (per episode) Hugh Laurie (House) $400,000+ Christopher Meloni & Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU) $395,000 (each) David Caruso (CSI: Miami) $375,000 Marg Helgenberger (CSI) $375,000 Mark Harmon (NCIS) $375,000 Laurence Fishburne (CSI) $350,000 Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) $350,000 Denis Leary (Rescue Me) $350,000 Gary Sinise (CSI: NY ) $275,000 Patrick Dempsey (Grey's Anatomy) $250,000... ...Late Night/Talk Syndication (per year) Oprah Winfrey $315 million Judge Judy Sheindlin $45 million David Letterman (The Late Show) $28 million Jay Leno (The Tonight Show) $25 million Conan O'Brien (The Conan O'Brien Show) $10 million Ellen DeGeneres (The Ellen DeGeneres Show) $8 million Jimmy Kimmel (Jimmy Kimmel Live) $6 million Chelsea Handler (Chelsea Lately) $3.5 million George Lopez (Lopez Tonight) $3.5 million Reality (per year) Ryan Seacrest (American Idol) $15 million Joel McHale (The Soup) $2 million Piers Morgan (America's Got Talent) $2 million Kate Gosselin (Kate Plus 8) $250,000 per episode Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi (Jersey Shore) $30,000 per episode Comedy (per episode) Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men) $1.25 million (!!! :hatred:) Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men) $550,000... |