List of highest paid American television stars

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This is a list of people starring on American TV that are the highest paid, based on various sources of news and reliable websites. This list includes the top paid TV stars, the Network primetime salaries per episode, which includes stars from Two and a Half Men and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. It also includes the highest salaries per year which include Tyra Banks, Maury Povich and Ellen DeGeneres, and the top paid news presenters, with some people of the Today Show and the CBS Evening News.

Top people

Name Program Role Salary Year References
Oprah Winfrey The Oprah Winfrey Show Host & producer $315 million 2010 [1]
Dr. Phil McGraw Dr. Phil Host $80 million [2][3]
Charlie Sheen Two and a Half Men Charlie Harper $50 million 2011 [4]
Ray Romano Everybody Loves Raymond Raymond Barone $44 million 2002 [2][5]
Simon Cowell American Idol Judge $34 million [2][6][7]
Judith Sheindlin Judge Judy Judge $30 million [8]
James Gandolfini The Sopranos Tony Soprano $22 million 2007

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Mariah Carey American Idol Judge $18 million [2][10]
Katie Couric CBS Evening News News anchor $15 million [2]
Britney Spears The X Factor USA Judge $15 million [2]

Network primetime salaries per episode

Name Program Role Salary Year References
Charlie Sheen Two and a Half Men Charlie Harper $1,8 million 2010-2011 [11]
Kelsey Grammer Frasier Dr Frasier Crane $1.6 million 2002-2004 [12]
Ray Romano Everybody Loves Raymond Raymond Barone $1.7 million 2003-2005 [13]
Tim Allen Home Improvement Tim Taylor $1.25 million 1998 [14]
Jennifer Aniston Friends Rachel Green $1 million 2002–2004 [15]
Courteney Cox Friends Monica Geller
Lisa Kudrow Friends Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc Friends Joey Tribbiani
David Schwimmer Friends Dr. Ross Geller
Matthew Perry Friends Chandler Bing
Jerry Seinfeld Seinfeld Jerry Seinfeld $1 million +
Paul Reiser Mad About You Paul Buchman $1 million 1998 [14]
Helen Hunt Mad About You Jamie Buchman
Johnny Galecki The Big Bang Theory Leonard Hofstadter $1 million 2014-2017 [16]
Jim Parsons The Big Bang Theory Sheldon Cooper
Kaley Cuoco The Big Bang Theory Penny
Ashton Kutcher Two and a Half Men Walden Schmidt $755,000 [11]
David Hyde Pierce Frasier Dr Niles Crane $750,000 [17]
Jon Cryer Two and a Half Men Alan Harper $600,000
Mark Harmon NCIS Leroy Jethro Gibbs $525,000 [18]
Hugh Laurie House M.D Dr Gregory House $409,000
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Morning top paid salary per year

Name Program Role Salary Year References
Judith Sheindlin Judge Judy Judge $31 million [citation needed]
Barbara Walters The View Host $13 million [1]
Bob Barker The Price Is Right Game show host $10 million [2]
Maury Povich Maury Host $7 million (plus profits) [3]
Ellen DeGeneres The Ellen DeGeneres Show Host $5 million [4][5]
Jerry Springer The Jerry Springer Show Host $3 million - 4 million [6]
Tyra Banks The Tyra Banks Show Host $3.5 million [7][8]

Top paid news presenters

Name Program Role Salary Year References
Katie Couric CBS Evening News News anchor $15 million [9]
Matt Lauer Today Anchor $21 million [10]
Meredith Vieira Today Anchor $15 million [11][12]

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References

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  8. http://www.thestreet.com/p/newsanalysis/sbmanagement/10380979_2.html[dead link]
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