Tuesday, August 10, 2010
If you're interested in last years post, here it is: http://tonightontv.blogspot.com/2009/08/whos-being-paid-big.html
DRAMA (Upcoming Series)
Dana Delany (Body of Proof) - $150,000 an episode
Jimmy Smits (Outlaw) - $150,000 an episode
Tom Selleck (Blue Bloods) - $125,000 an episode
Cole Hauser (Chase) - $100,000 an episode
Alex O'Loughlin (Hawaii Five-0) - $100,000 an epside
Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-0) - $80,000 an episode
Blair Underwood (The Event) - $75,000 an episode
Ashley Tisdale (Hellcats) - $30,000 an episode
DRAMA (Returning Series)
Hugh Laurie (House) - $400,000 an episode
Mariska Hargitay (Law and Order: SVU) - $395,000 an episode
Christopher Meloni (Law and Order: SVU) - $395,000 an episode
Mark Harmon (NCIS) - $375,000 an episode
David Caruso (CSI: Miami) - $375,000 an episode
Marg Helgenberger (CSI) - $375,000 an episode
Laurence Fishburne (CSI) - $350,000 an episode
Kyra Sedwick (The Closer) - $350,000 an episode
Denis Leary (Rescue Me) - $350,000 an episode
Gary Sinise (CSI: NY) - $275,000 an episode
Patrick Dempsey (Grey's Anatomy) - $250,000 an episode
David Boreanaz (Bones) - $200,000 an episode
Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice) - $200,000 an episode
Julianna Marguiles (The Good Wife) - $175,000 an episode
Lauren Graham (Parenthood) - $150,000 an episode
Jada Pinkett Smith (HawthoRNe) - $150,000 an episode
LL Cool J (NCIS: Los Angeles) - $125,000 an episode
Chris O'Donnell (NCIS: Los Angeles) - $125,000 an episode
Mark Feuerstein (Royal Pains) - $125,000 an episode
Jason Lee (Memphis Beat) - $125,000 an episode
Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds) - $125,000 an episode
Michael Weatherly (NCIS) - $125,000 an episode
Matt Bomer (White Collar) - $100,000 an episode
Nathan Fillion (Castle) - $100,000 an episode
Thomas Gibson (Criminal Minds) - $100,000 an episode
Jon Hamm (Mad Men) - $100,000 an epsiode
Timothy Olyphant (Justified) - $100,000 an episode
Angie Harmon (Rizzoli and Isles) - $75,000 an episode
Anna Paquin (True Blood ) $75,000 an episode
Zachary Levi (Chuck) - $60,000 an epsiode
Ian Somerhalder (The Vampire Diaries) - $40,000 an episode
Shaiene Woodley (Secret Life) - $40,000 an epsiode
COMEDY (Upcoming Series)
William Shatner ($#*! My Dad Says) - $150,000 an episode
COMEDY (Returning Series)
Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men) - $1.25 million an episode
Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men) - $550,000 an episode
The Ladies of Desperate Housewives - $400,000 an episode each
Dan Castellaneta (The Simpsons) - $400,000 an episode
Julie Kavner (The Simpsons) - $400,000 an episode
Jeremy Piven (Entourage) - $350,000 an epsiode
Tina Fey (30 Rock) - $350,000 an episode
Stevel Carell (The Office) - $297,000 an episode
Angus T. Jones (Two and a Half Men) - $250,000 an episode <--- This is one rich kid!
David Duchovny (Californication) - $200,000 an episode
Kevin Dillon (Entourage) - $200,000 an episode
Adrian Grenier (Entourage) - $200,000 an episode
Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly) - $180,000 an episoe <--- Another rich kid!
Edie Flaco (Nurse Jackie) - $175,000 an episode
David Spade (Rules of Engagement) - $150,000 an episode
Ed O'Neill (Modern Family) - $100,000 an episode
Patrick Warburton (Rules of Engagement) - $85,000 an episode
Betty White (Hot in Cleveland) - $75,000 an episode
Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory) - $60,000 an episode
Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory) - $60,000 an episode
Ty Burrell (Modern Family) - $60,000 an episode
Jane Lynch (Glee) - $50,000 an episode
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) - $40,000 an episode <--- WAYYY underpaid
Matthew Morrison (Glee) - $30,000 an episode
Selena Gomez (Wizards of Waverly Place) - $30,000 an episode
Dylan and Cole Sprouse (Suite Life on Deck) - $20,000 an episode each
Rico Rodriguez (Modern Family) - $15,000 an episode
LATE NIGHT/TALK SYNDICATION
Oprah - $315 million a year
David Letterman (The Late Show) - $28 million a year
Jay Leno (The Tonight Show) - $25 million a year
Conan O'Brien (The Conan O'Brien Show) - $10 million a year
Ellen DeGeneres (The Ellen DeGeneres Show) - $8 million a year
Jimmy Kimmel (Jimmy Kimmel Live!) - $6 million a year
Chelsea Handler (Chelsea Lately) - $3.5 million a year
George Lopez (Lopez Tonight) - $3.5 million a year
REALITY
Ryan Seacrest (American Idol) - $15 million a year
Joel McHale (The Soup) - $2 million a year
Piers Morgan (America's Got Talent) - $2 million a year
Kate Gosselin (Kate Plus 8) - $250,000 an episode
Nicole "Snookie" Polizzi (Jersey Shore) - $30,000 an episode
NEWS
Matt Lauer (NBC) - $16 million a year
Katie Couric (CBS) - $15 million a year
Brian Williams (NBC) - $12.5 million a year
Diane Sawyer (ABC) - $12 million a year
Meredith Vieira (NBC) - $11 million a year
Bill O'Reilly (FOX News) - $10 million a year
George Stephanopoulous (ABC) - $8 million a year
Keith Olbermann (MSNBC) - $7 million a year
Shepard Smith (FOX News) - $7 million a year
Wolf Blitzer (CNN) - $3 million a year
Christiane Amanpour (ABC) - $2 million a year
Lawrence O'Donnell (MSNBC) - $2 million a year
Eliot Spitzer (CNN) - $500,000 a year
*All numbers are from the August 16th-August 29th issue of TV GUIDE MAGAZINE. The article is written by Stephen Battaglio.
