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The top earners, by category:

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

http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/who-are-tvs-top-earners--1459


Wow @ Late night television hosts
and... Charlie Sheen @ 1.25M wtf

[shenmecar]

I like how Oprah trumps everyone else in her category.

[twitchyzero]

i wanna see how much Bryan Cranston and Michael C Hall gets paid for their respective shows

[Slifer]

^Breaking Bad FTW

[murd0c]

I like how Oprah trumps everyone else in her category.

thats different tho. Remember she owns her own company harpo so shes making most money because of that.

[Ford_Fanatic]

Wow, Judge Judy makes 45 mill a year?!

[Not really racist!]

bbbaalllinn

even the 15,000$ per ep is good though its the lowest

[canucksfan]

WTF Charlie Sheen gets $1.25 mil per EPISODE?? Jesus. News anchors also get paid quite a ridiculous amount.

And it's a disgrace that Bryan Cranston and Michael C. Hall aren't on the list, while Snooki is. Michael C. Hall might not be on the list because of his cancer?

[Vale46Rossi]

What the fuck, secret life and wizards of wave make so much? 30K per?

Fucking LG's

I understand for two and a half men tho.... Charlie

[kknater]

I like how Oprah trumps everyone else in her category.

She trumps everyone on that list.

[Greenstoner]

Wow, Judge Judy makes 45 mill a year?!

Ya, wtf... Big surprise to me too
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[Vale46Rossi]

And fuck snooki aint worth 30K per episode someone shove a dick in her mouth

[BLUETIGER]

jeremy piven's agent got him more than vinny chase

[insomniac]

well for two and a half men there arnt that many actors and not many props are used.. but wtf charlie gets paid twice as much? D:

[The_AK]

And fuck snooki aint worth 30K per episode someone shove a dick in her mouth

On it

[beanzzz]

And fuck snooki aint worth 30K per episode someone shove a dick in her mouth

So... she pretty much get's paid $30,000 to get drunk, dance, make out and get punched in the face.

[woob]

jeremy piven's agent got him more than vinny chase

haha nice catch. Well, Piven's a more established actor than Adrian Grenier.

[trancehead]

ARI GOLD. Ironic how on the show Ari has quite the condescending tone towards TV

[hotjoint]

too much money

[gdoh]

i find it funny how people make this much money and there are people starving and dirt poor around the world

[C5_Ryder]

Jon Hamm (Mad Men) $100,000

underpaid

[hk20000]

Judge Judy probably has court fees on top of the appearance fee LOL.

[hal0g0dv2]

Oprah rape

[Vinny G]

jeremy piven's agent got him more than vinny chase

well he did win 3 emmys and a golden globe.

[Delerious]

Wow David Boreanaz making 200g per ep, that's quite the step up from buffy/angel.

[7seven]

And it's a disgrace that Bryan Cranston and Michael C. Hall aren't on the list, while Snooki is. Michael C. Hall might not be on the list because of his cancer?

That's because this isn't a complete list, just the salaries that where released. I personally know that on Smallville a couple of our leads make well more than some on that list, my buddy on Supernatural would also be up there too if his salary was released.

also expect Ashley Tisdale's salary to be bumped up when WB gives us the official order for a full 22. Everyone on Hellcats were all basically on pilot deals and half 1st season deals.

Just as an FYI, it usually takes approx 10-15 shooting days per episode, so those salaries are per approx 2 weeks work.

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[DC5-S]

That's because this isn't a complete list, just the salaries that where released. I personally know that on Smallville a couple of our leads make well more than some on that list, my buddy on Supernatural would also be up there too if his salary was released.

also expect Ashley Tisdale's salary to be bumped up when WB gives us the official order for a full 22. Everyone on Hellcats were all basically on pilot deals and half 1st season deals.

Just as an FYI, it usually takes approx 10-15 shooting days per episode, so those salaries are per approx 2 weeks work.

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you work with the cast for smallville? thats cool, i wanna meet them.. one of my fav shows.. where do they usually shoot?

[phunky.FOB]

wtf... holy crap.

[7seven]

you work with the cast for smallville? thats cool, i wanna meet them.. one of my fav shows.. where do they usually shoot?

Yup, on Smallville and Hellcats. The SV studio is in Burnaby just of Gilley.

[SpuGen]

Jim Parsons only makes 40k/episode?

His character IS the show. wtf. underpaid.

[twitchyzero]

Just as an FYI, it usually takes approx 10-15 shooting days per episode, so those salaries are per approx 2 weeks work.


for me it's hard to believe the average show would take that long to shoot..considering many shows they start the season with only half of it filmed..especially the new series that start with 8 episodes and they continue on shooting depending on the viewership of the pilot.

[drunkrussian]

if i'm not mistaken, oprah makes more than the entire reality, news and comedy categories combined lol

[hal0g0dv2]

if i'm not mistaken, oprah makes more than the entire reality, news and comedy categories combined lol

hahha yeah buddy

[maxxxboost]

Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi (Jersey Shore) $30,000 per episode

Really? wow.
But who am i to say anothing, i watch that show. Go VInnY!

[Sid Vicious]

ryan seacrest, 15 million for doing nothing?

whata sweet job

[DC5-S]

snip wrong place

[7seven]

for me it's hard to believe the average show would take that long to shoot..considering many shows they start the season with only half of it filmed..especially the new series that start with 8 episodes and they continue on shooting depending on the viewership of the pilot.

Doesn't work that way, no show on a regular fall schedule would have half their season shot before it airs. We are currently on production of episode 3 and 4 for Smallville and episode 4 and 5 for Hellcats and then post-production still needs to work on it. Our writers I believe are only on episode 6 of Smallville right now. To give you an idea, we began shooting the fall season of Smallville and Hellcats mid and early July for early and late September airing dates respectively.

At times there are also last minute re-shoots, I've seen shows shot and post delivered just 2 days before airing date. Not all things go according to plan either, like on Supernatural right now, they are on production on episodes 1 and 2, but have completed episode 4 and will actually air episode 4 first as the season premiere. Confussed yet lol

[twitchyzero]

^ thanks for the clarification
wow 2 days before airing date...that's cutting it pretty close!

[Vinny G]

Doesn't work that way, no show on a regular fall schedule would have half their season shot before it airs. We are currently on production of episode 3 and 4 for Smallville and episode 4 and 5 for Hellcats and then post-production still needs to work on it. Our writers I believe are only on episode 6 of Smallville right now. To give you an idea, we began shooting the fall season of Smallville and Hellcats mid and early July for early and late September airing dates respectively.

At times there are also last minute re-shoots, I've seen shows shot and post delivered just 2 days before airing date. Not all things go according to plan either, like on Supernatural right now, they are on production on episodes 1 and 2, but have completed episode 4 and will actually air episode 4 first as the season premiere. Confussed yet lol

What happens if a show misses its deadline, lol. Does it/has it ever happened?

[tegz]

CHARLIE SHEEN!!

[7seven]

What happens if a show misses its deadline, lol. Does it/has it ever happened?

Not really, usually when its running that close to ship date, its just the post production that needs to be done, bascially VFX doing rig removal, matte paintings and other effects, so the post guys would work OT until its done.

[Lomac]

Doesn't work that way, no show on a regular fall schedule would have half their season shot before it airs. We are currently on production of episode 3 and 4 for Smallville and episode 4 and 5 for Hellcats and then post-production still needs to work on it. l

Tried crashing one of the Smallville sets last night out by the Boundary Bay airport. Chatted with the PA that was blocking the road for a while (I forgot how shitty of a job that is) before me and my friend turned around. She wanted to watch meteors more than chat with a lowly PA, though she did share a story about how she rejected the actor that plays Lex Luthor (forgot his name ATM) after he hit on her at a club. :lol

I remember one episode of Dark Angel that I was helping on that wrapped filming 36 hours prior to the scheduled release day, thanks to about 48 hours worth of extra reshoots that needed to be completed. Oh how the post production crew hated the director for that one...

[hotong]

holy fuck oprah

[avinayyar]

Gordan Ramsey?

[Mananetwork]

How can people get paid soooo fucking much!! Someone needs to fucking regulate where money goes and how much someone should REALLY get!

[7seven]

I remember one episode of Dark Angel that I was helping on that wrapped filming 36 hours prior to the scheduled release day, thanks to about 48 hours worth of extra reshoots that needed to be completed. Oh how the post production crew hated the director for that one...

Yea, from what I recall, DA was notorious last minute rewrites and reshoots. Our post crew had a fit last season when 48hrs before air date, our director decided that a scene that we shot in the day on a sunny day would look better if it was at night, so the post crew had to be pulled in on their days off to convert everything into night time haha.

How can people get paid soooo fucking much!! Someone needs to fucking regulate where money goes and how much someone should REALLY get!

I hate to sound like a snob, but in all honesty, any actor getting paid under 150k per episode on TV isn't really getting paid much by industry standards.

[jtanner_]

^ A little off topic but 7seven if you don't mind me asking what's your role at work or what crew are you a part of? Definitely sounds like you've got some cool perks from work! And I understand if you'd rather not disclose any information about what you do lol.

[vash13]

Where is does all this money come from when paying for the actors? I mean it seems the actors get paid more than the whole production.

[7seven]

^ A little off topic but 7seven if you don't mind me asking what's your role at work or what crew are you a part of? Definitely sounds like you've got some cool perks from work! And I understand if you'd rather not disclose any information about what you do lol.

I deal with mostly private security for the actors. My clients include actors, studios, etc.., sometimes, my client(s) who are actors are more comfortable working with me, so in those situations they request the studio or production to hire me on and I deal with all aspects from their personal security, accomdations, logistics, locations, transport, etc... in short I'm a glorified babysitter :D

Where is does all this money come from when paying for the actors? I mean it seems the actors get paid more than the whole production.

From the only reason why TV shows are made, not to entertain, but to sell products. A 30 second ad spot on a primetime show goes from anywhere from $150,000 to $300,000, depending on the shows ratings. Product placements in shows & dvd sales also brings in revenue, but by far the #1 revenue generator are the syndication & licensing rights for the show to air in other countries and to other networks for reruns after the show ends.

Examples, for our show Hellcats, the studio just sold the Canadian airing rights to CTV's A Channel network to air the show in Canada. Those Seinfeld and Office reruns that you see airing, NBC sold those syndication rights to the networks airing them.

[vash13]

So the TV shows basically make their revenue through selling their rights to a tv network to air the show. What happens to some of the shows that are not able to get a channel network to air their show?

[Onassis]

I would assume they either jump the shark or get cancelled.

[daica-viet]

wow most surprising to me was judge judy 45 MILL? do they even make that show anymore?

[7seven]

So the TV shows basically make their revenue through selling their rights to a tv network to air the show. What happens to some of the shows that are not able to get a channel network to air their show?

A show doesn't happen if a network doesn't pick it up. The most important time for networks is the annual upfront presentations, this is where the schedules are released and pitches are made to advertisers giving them an "upfront" opportunity to buy commercial ad slots in advance. Shows get cancelled if there isn't sufficient advertiser interest to buy ad slots.

Similarly, the US networks also hold upfront presentations to Canadian media networks and other countries. The American shows you see airing on CTV, Global, etc.., those Canadian channels have bought the licensing rights to air those shows to a Canadian audience and in turn sell ad space to Canadian advertisers.

[Vale46Rossi]

"Two and a Half Men" Child Star Signs Huge Contract
Child Star Angus T. Jones Set to Make Some Big Bucks

Hollywood, FL 10/10/2010 01:00 PM GMT (TransWorldNews)



"Two and a Half Men" is still one of the most popular shows on TV these days. So it is not too surprising that 'half'-man child star Angus T. Jones, is set to make some big bucks as he continues to play one of the main characters on the hit CBS show. According to TMZ.com, the 16-year-old actor has recently signed an extension contract with the show worth $300,000 per episode. The hefty contract was signed on May 12th and promises $7.8 million over the next two seasons, in addition to a $500,000 signing bonus. And that is just for a minimum of 26 episodes over the next two years. Jones could actually earn $14.4 million in the next two years if he appears in every one of the 48 episodes that CBS has planned. E! Online put the story humorously, saying, "That Two and a Half Men Kid Makes More in a Week Than You Will All Year. Enjoy Your Weekend." Jones will very likely be enjoying his weekend, because this young millionaire's 17th birthday was on Friday.

Also making big bucks with the hit show is Charlie Sheen, who plays Jones' uncle on the show. Around the same time that Jones was inking his lucrative deal, Sheen was signing a huge contract of his own. He is set to earn $2 million an episode, which translates into at least $52 million over the next two years.






Charlie Sheen goes up again!

[hal0g0dv2]

man that is fucked ^^

[HonestTea]

Charlie Sheen is rigged lol

[b0unce. [?]]

charlie sheen is op

[KuSouL]

i quite like him tho haha ...

and i think sheldon from big bang needs to make more

[Death2Theft]

Where the hell is Gordon Ramsey!

[InvisibleSoul]

Daaamn... Judge Judy makes more than Jay Leno and Conan combined. :p

[donjalapeno]

glad too see michael scott ( steve carrell ) making alot of money, however pretty pissed that a retarded baboon like snookie makes 30gs a episode

[cressydrift]

What do the local news anchors make?

Chris G? (Global)
Tony Parsons? (CBC)
Bill Good? (CTV)

Same with radio...

David Pratt? (Team1040)
.... etc etc

[Amuse]

Man they are filthy rich.

[RRxtar]

just read a thing the other day that malcom in the middle frankie muniz retired at 18 years old with 40million in the bank

[b0unce. [?]]

just read a thing the other day that malcom in the middle frankie muniz retired at 18 years old with 40million in the bank

on top of that he starred in a good chunk of movies

[Vale46Rossi]

What do the local news anchors make?

Chris G? (Global)
Tony Parsons? (CBC)
Bill Good? (CTV)

Same with radio...

David Pratt? (Team1040)
.... etc etc


Radio :

Howard Stern.

Rush inked a 400 million for 8 years with a 100 million dollar signing bounus.

[b0unce. [?]]

:lol

Charlie Sheen Had ‘Allergic Reaction,’ Says Rep. ‘Yeah, To Cocaine,’ Says Hooker.

While Charlie Sheen’s rep is seriously trying to sell the old “my client just had an allergic reaction to some medication” excuse, the hooker claims an already-drunk Charlie flipped out after snorting a line of cocaine, according to RadarOnline:

“She said after he did the coke, he flipped out, couldn’t find his wallet and accused her of stealing it.”
Things quickly went downhill from there, with the disturbance in the room growing louder and louder.

I touched on this briefly in the previous post, but again, what happened here is nothing short of amazing. Granted, I should be focusing on how Charlie Sheen should’ve gone to jail, but I can’t get over the fact that Brooke Mueller, the mother of his newborn children, was jealous over a song he sings with his daughter Sam and got a knife to a throat with threats to use ex-police to hide her body for it. Meanwhile, a random prostitute allegedly steals from him, and she walks away with nary a scratch as he turns his rage towards inanimate objects instead. Talk about a deep, highly-trained respect for the profession. It’s almost unnatural.

On a side note, yes, that is CBS president Les Moonves up top. The photo was taken just last month where he referred to Charlie as his “cleanup hitter” because Les Moonves has a horrible sense of irony and feeds off the domestic violence of others.



http://www.thesuperficial.com/charlie-sheen-had-allergic-reaction-says-rep-to-cocaine-says-hooker-10-2010

[Orion]

I like how Oprah trumps everyone else in her category.

what are you talking about? Oprah in trumping everybody in all categories

[Mancini]

I like how Oprah trumps everyone else in her category.

what are you talking about? Oprah in trumping everybody in all categories

Yup, next up is Judge Judy at $45m. Oprah makes 7 times more.
Then, Letterman at $28m. Oprah makes 11.25 times more.

No one is even remotely close.

[hal0g0dv2]

wow that is nutty ^^^

[97ITR]

"Two and a Half Men" Child Star Signs Huge Contract
Child Star Angus T. Jones Set to Make Some Big Bucks

Hollywood, FL 10/10/2010 01:00 PM GMT (TransWorldNews)



"Two and a Half Men" is still one of the most popular shows on TV these days. So it is not too surprising that 'half'-man child star Angus T. Jones, is set to make some big bucks as he continues to play one of the main characters on the hit CBS show. According to TMZ.com, the 16-year-old actor has recently signed an extension contract with the show worth $300,000 per episode. The hefty contract was signed on May 12th and promises $7.8 million over the next two seasons, in addition to a $500,000 signing bonus. And that is just for a minimum of 26 episodes over the next two years. Jones could actually earn $14.4 million in the next two years if he appears in every one of the 48 episodes that CBS has planned. E! Online put the story humorously, saying, "That Two and a Half Men Kid Makes More in a Week Than You Will All Year. Enjoy Your Weekend." Jones will very likely be enjoying his weekend, because this young millionaire's 17th birthday was on Friday.

Also making big bucks with the hit show is Charlie Sheen, who plays Jones' uncle on the show. Around the same time that Jones was inking his lucrative deal, Sheen was signing a huge contract of his own. He is set to earn $2 million an episode, which translates into at least $52 million over the next two years.






Charlie Sheen goes up again!

So Charlie Sheen, a rich, alcoholic, whore monger, gets $52 million to play a rich, alcoholic, whore monger on t.v.? He doesn't even have to respond to a different name, his "character's" name is Charlie.

[DC5-S]

yes hes suppose to play himself.... you catch in quick eh?
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