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TV's Top Earners
Aug 11th, 2010
TV'S TOP EARNERS
"TV Guide" has published a list of TV's Top Earners . . . according to numbers they've received from various network and studio executives. Here's a rundown of some of the highest paid TV stars on the list:
Drama: (--NOTE: The salaries listed are PER EPISODE.)
--Hugh Laurie, "House" . . . $400,000+
--Christopher Meloni & Mariska Hargitay, "Law & Order: SVU" . . . $395,000 each
--Mark Harmon, "NCIS" . . . $375,000
--David Caruso, "CSI: Miami" . . . $375,000
--Marg Helgenberger, "CSI" . . . $375,000
--(Porno star dad) Laurence Fishburne, "CSI" . . . $350,000
--Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer" . . . $350,000
--Denis Leary, "Rescue Me" . . . $350,000
Comedy: (--NOTE: The salaries listed are PER EPISODE.)
--Charlie Sheen, "Two and a Half Men" . . . $1.25 million
--Jon Cryer, "Two and a Half Men" . . . $550,000
--Marcia Cross, Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman and Eva Longoria Parker, "Desperate Housewives" . . . $400,000 each
--Dan Castellaneta and Julie Kavner, "The Simpsons", $400,000 each (--They do the voices of Marge and Homer, respectively.)
--Tina Fey, "30 Rock" . . . $350,000
--Jeremy Piven, "Entourage" . . . $350,000
--Steve Carell, "The Office" . . . $297,000
--17-year-old Angus T. Jones, "Two and a Half Men" . . . $250,000
Late Night / Talk Syndication: (--NOTE: Salaries are PER YEAR.)
--Oprah Winfrey . . . $315 million
--Judge Judy Sheindlin . . . $45 million
--David Letterman . . . $28 million
--Jay Leno . . . $25 million
REALITY: (--NOTE: Salaries are PER YEAR.)
--Ryan Seacrest, "American Idol" . . . $15 million
--Piers Morgan, "America's Got Talent" . . . $2 million
--Joel McHale, "The Soup" . . . $2 million
NEWS: (--NOTE: Salaries are PER YEAR.)
--Matt Lauer, NBC . . . $16 million +
--Katie Couric, CBS . . . $15 million
--Brian Williams, NBC . . . $12.5 million
--Diane Sawyer, ABC . . . $12 million
--Meredith Vieira, NBC . . . $11 million
--Bill O'Reilly, Fox News . . . $10 million
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Top-TV-Earners-1021717.aspx



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