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

David Boreanaz (Bones) $200,000

Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice) $200,000

Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife ) $175,000

Dana Delany (Body of Proof ) $150,000

Lauren Graham (Parenthood) $150,000

Jada Pinkett Smith (HawthoRNe) $150,000

Jimmy Smits (Outlaw) $150,000

LL Cool J (NCIS: Los Angeles) $125,000

Chris O’Donnell (NCIS: Los Angeles) $125,000

Mark Feuerstein (Royal Pains) $125,000

Jason Lee (Memphis Beat) $125,000

Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds) $125,000

Tom Selleck (Blue Bloods) $125,000

Michael Weatherly (NCIS) $125,000

Matt Bomer (White Collar) $100,000

Nathan Fillion (Castle) $100,000

Thomas Gibson (Criminal Minds) $100,000

Jon Hamm (Mad Men) $100,000

Cole Hauser (Chase) $100,000

Alex O’Loughlin (Hawaii Five-0) $100,000

Timothy Olyphant (Justified ) $100,000

Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-0) $80,000

Angie Harmon (Rizzoli & Isles) $75,000

Anna Paquin (True Blood) $75,000

Blair Underwood (The Event) $75,000

Zachary Levi (Chuck) $60,000

Ian Somerhalder (The Vampire Diaries) $40,000

Shailene Woodley (The Secret Life of the American Teenager) $40,000

Ashley Tisdale (Hellcats) $30,000

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

Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men) $550,000

Marcia Cross (Desperate Housewives) $400,000

Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives) $400,000

Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives) $400,000

Eva Longoria Parker (Desperate Housewives) $400,000

Dan Castellaneta (The Simpsons) $400,000

Julie Kavner (The Simpsons) $400,000

Tina Fey (30 Rock) $350,000

Jeremy Piven (Entourage) $350,000

Steve Carell (The Office) $297,000

Angus T. Jones (Two and a Half Men) $250,000

David Duchovny (Californication) $200,000

Kevin Dillon (Entourage) $200,000

Adrian Grenier (Entourage) $200,000

Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly) $180,000

Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie) $175,000

William Shatner ($#*! My Dad Says) $150,000

David Spade (Rules of Engagement) $150,000

Ed O’Neill (Modern Family) $100,000

Patrick Warburton (Rules of Engagement) $85,000

Betty White (Hot in Cleveland) $75,000

Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory) $60,000

Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory) $60,000

Ty Burrell (Modern Family) $50,000

Jane Lynch (Glee) $50,000

Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) $40,000

Matthew Morrison (Glee) $30,000

Selena Gomez (Wizards of Waverly Place) $30,000

Dylan and Cole Sprouse (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody) $20,000 (each)

Rico Rodriguez (Modern Family) $15,000

News (per year)

Matt Lauer (Today) $16 million +

Katie Couric (CBS) $15 million

Brian Williams (NBC) $12.5 million

Diane Sawyer (ABC) $12 million

Meredith Vieira (Today) $11 million

Bill O’Reilly (Fox News) $10 million

George Stephanopoulos (ABC) $8 million

Keith Olbermann (MSNBC) $7 million

Shepard Smith (Fox News) $7 million

Wolf Blitzer (CNN) $3 million

Christiane Amanpour (ABC) $2 million

Lawrence O’Donnell (MSNBC) $2 million

Eliot Spitzer (CNN) $500,000



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Source:

Who Are TV’s Top Earners?

Stephen Battaglio

TV Guide August 11, 2010 http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/who-are-tvs-top-earners–1459