A survey done by TV Guide in America has released a list of TV's major players, and how much coin the pocket from each episode of their respective programs.
Charlie Sheen and co-star Jon Cryer top the comedy list, while Dr House's Hugh Laurie leads the way for the drama catagory. Opera Winfrey is no surprise as the top earner in the talk show department taking home 350 Million(US) a year!
It seems that there's no global financial crisis when it comes to TV stars and their whopping pay cheques.
Here's the top earners!
Comedy actors (per episode, US dollars): 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
Tina Fey (30 Rock) $350,000
Jeremy Piven (Entourage) $350,000
Steve Carell (The Office) $297,000
Adrian Grenier (Entourage) $200,000
Ed O'Neill (Modern Family) $100,000
Johnny Galecki (Big Bang Theory) $60,000
Drama actors (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
Laurence Fishburne (CSI) $350,000
Patrick Dempsey (Grey's Anatomy) $250,000
Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice) $200,000
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife) $175,000
Lauren Graham (Parenthood) $150,000
Nathan Fillion (Castle) $100,000
Jon Hamm (Mad Men) $100,000
Alex O'Loughlin (Hawaii Five-0) $100,000
Anna Paquin (True Blood) $75,000
Talk show hosts (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
So do you think these stars are worth their giant pay packets?
Check out other rich actors (not video dated early this year so celeb's have earned more since this was done...unfortunately)
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