TV Actors/ Newscaster Salaries :wow:

[EQ.]

per episode mind you *as of Sept 2013*

1. Ashton Kutcher, Two and a Half Men, $750,000

2. Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men, $600,000

3. Mark Harmon, NCIS, $525,000

4. Mariska Hargitay, Law and Order: SVU, $500,000

5. Sandra Oh, Ellen Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey, Grey’s Anatomy, $350,000

6. Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco, The Big Bang Theory, $325,000

7. Simon Baker, The Mentalist, $300,000

7. Angus T. Jones, Two and a Half Men, $300,000

9. Claire Danes, Homeland, $250,000

9. Michael Weatherly, NCIS, $250,000

9. John Hamm, Mad Men, $250,000

12. Tim Allen, Last Man standing, $225,000

12. David Boreanaz, Bones, $225,000

12. Ted Danson, CSI, $225,000

12. Jason Segel, How I Met Your Mother, $225,000

16. Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother, $210,000

17. Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation, $200,000

If its network most shows get 20 -24 episodes a season, not to mention syndication, other deals, doing other projects etc Of course those are among the high earners if we look at 2010's numbers below if 30 K an episode is nothing to brush off.

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

The fukk is Matt Lauer doing with 16+mill a year tho, i aint seen this nikka in iraq, this nikka comfy cozy in a studio and shyt and that goes for all newscasters

Brehs, fukk professional sports, put your kids in acting lessons early

 

[Spaceman Piff]

oprah getting 315mil a year?

 

[EQ.]

oprah getting 315mil a year?

Begs the question, why aint steadman splashed all up in dem ovaries yet? In these trying economic times that would be a great investment

 

[Iamnutz]

Damn Charlie Sheen was fukking killing them.....

 

[EQ.]

Damn Charlie Sheen was fukking killing them.....

Which makes his actions/fukkery so much more dude was knee deep in the belly of the beast and turned super heel

 

[Dirty Mcdrawz]

i see why the simpson cast is always threatening to quit. 400k for a show that been on air for two decades and some of them are doing more than 1 character. yea i'd be pissed too.

 

[Iamnutz]

none of those news folks deserve that bank...especially Diane Sawyer..... She's the worst

 

[Mr. Negative]

Damn, I LOVE me some "The Mentalist" (I really don't understand why cats don't watch it), but I had no idea it was popular enough for Simon Baker to be making 300k an episode. I thought it was some fringe, cult status shyt.

 

[Golayitdown]

Black excellence

 

[EQ.]

none of those news folks deserve that bank...especially Diane Sawyer..... She's the worst

Bruh for that money that they earning you would think that the would be showing up to the studio real early, setting up the live feed ,making coffee, writing their own teleprompters, taking out the trash, doing a light audit, cleaing up the newsdesk and even then that still doesn't add up.

 

[EQ.]

Damn, I LOVE me some "The Mentalist" (I really don't understand why cats don't watch it), but I had no idea it was popular enough for Simon Baker to be making 300k an episode. I thought it was some fringe, cult status shyt.

That's the reason he really isn't doing any movies like that, he found his little niche and is off it. TBF to the show i've peeped all episodes and it comes easy to him, plus he's executive producer on it

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

All with network TV dying too..

 

[Jax]

Glee fakkits

 

[EQ.]

i see why the simpson cast is always threatening to quit. 400k for a show that been on air for two decades and some of them are doing more than 1 character. yea i'd be pissed too.

But do the ratings justify a salary bump tho?

 

[Fellatio]

I guess boxing is entertainment
Howard Stern brings in about 100 mill