TV salaries - how much does your fave actor make?

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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
 
AntiguanSexx said:
Hold up.. Someone made a mistake..:lol:.. Judge Judy making $45 mil can't be real..

:hmm:Seriously.. Is she making that much?:confused:
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yes, its the number 1 daytime show. judy was even beating oprah on the regular before she left her show. Judge Judy is probably on atleast 4 times a day in every major tv market...

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Judge Judy topped all first-run syndication, and not only edged out Oprah, but also Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy. Her honor trailed only Two and a Half Men in all of syndication. Judge Judy Sheindlin recently signed a new deal that keeps Judge Judy on the air through 2015.
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How the hell can Shemar Moore, who has been on Criminal Minds for the last 6 years or so, not be at least making $75,000 an episode? He is one of the main actors on the show.

He is nowhere to be seen on this list. Criminal Minds seems to be on every network here on Bright House Cable.
 
I want to know how the fuck can Wolf Blitzer only be making 3 million compared to his counterparts.
 
Philli said:
How the hell can Shemar Moore, who has been on Criminal Minds for the last 6 years or so, not be at least making $75,000 an episode? He is one of the main actors on the show.

He is nowhere to be seen on this list. Criminal Minds seems to be on every network here on Bright House Cable.
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Agree, he should be there by now, he has his soap opera work and big screen work to boot, he should be near Thomas Gibson, who's only had "Dharma and Greg", a short-lived hit.

Dana Delaney will probably see a bump as well, for "Body of Proof".

I can also see Jim Parsons eclipsing Kaley Cuoco on "Big Bang Theory", not only has his character become the star, he's won an Emmy as well.
 
Anna Paquin (True Blood) $75,000
Blair Underwood (The Event) $75,000
Ian Somerhalder (The Vampire Diaries) $40,000
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All underpaid...severely. Blair been in the game 30 years!!!
 
Yo those two from the Simpsons.... Voice only, no acting.... 400K per episode. I need that gig. :lol:
 
Philli said:
How the hell can Shemar Moore, who has been on Criminal Minds for the last 6 years or so, not be at least making $75,000 an episode? He is one of the main actors on the show.

He is nowhere to be seen on this list. Criminal Minds seems to be on every network here on Bright House Cable.
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I was thinkin that too..plus that show is top 5, hell its bout the only show worth seeing on TV.......
 
AntiguanSexx said:
Hold up.. Someone made a mistake..:lol:.. Judge Judy making $45 mil can't be real..


:hmm:Seriously.. Is she making that much?:confused:
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Judge Judy is a Jew...I thought she was worth $300M at one time...


Judith Sheindlin, or better known as Judge Judy, is an American family court judge, has a net worth of $90 million. Judge Judy gained her net worth by being the former family court judge that looked at small court claim cases that appeared on television. Sheindlin was born in Brooklyn, New York. The Judge Judy show has been nominated 13 times for the Daytime Emmy Award.
Judge Judy Sheindlin Salary
How much does Judge Judy Sheindlin make per year? $45 million

Judge Judy Net Worth and Salary


After completing her college degree in government at American University, Judge Judy began her law degree at Washington College of Law, where she was the only female in her class of 126 students. She subsequently completed her law degree at New York Law School. After passing the bar examination in 1965, she served as a family court prosecutor for 17 years, and then became a judge in the criminal court, and the supervising judge in the family court system in New York. She was known for her no-nonsense attitude and style of judging, and was featured in the Lost Angeles Times and on “60 Minutes”. She released the book, “Don’t Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It’s Raining” in 1996, and retired soon after. In 1996, she began appearing on her own court show, “Judge Judy”, and it has remained the most popular court show on television for the last 15 years.
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I wonder how much the cast of The Wire were making? I know a lot of characters were making the minimum speaking acting role rate $1000 an episode i think.
 
Djmarkxr7 said:


I can also see Jim Parsons eclipsing Kaley Cuoco on "Big Bang Theory", not only has his character become the star, he's won an Emmy as well.
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Houston's own Jim Parsons — recent Emmy winner for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series — just got a whopping new pay raise for his work on the CBS hit-comedy Big Bang Theory. According to an exclusive report from Nikke Finke’s Deadline.com, Parsons and co-stars Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco, will each get $200,000 per episode for Season 4, as opposed to the measly $60,000 per episode they earned last season.

It gets better.

The trio’s salaries will rise to $250,000 per episode for Season 5, $300,000 per show in Season 6 and $350,000 for Season 7 according to the report. The cherry on top, however, is that the actors will also receive a percentage of the show which will be “a little more than $1 million as an advance” and “another $1 million in Season 7.”







http://houston.culturemap.com/newsd...sons-gets-a-huge-ibig-bang-theoryi-pay-raise/
 
soja said:
Yo those two from the Simpsons.... Voice only, no acting.... 400K per episode. I need that gig. :lol:
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I don't know how to get in it. I have to work on reading aloud. I've struggled with that since I was a kid. Yes, you ignorant motherfuckers, I can read. When I read to myself it all comes together fine, but when I read aloud something about the process, my eyes to my brain to my mouth has me stumbling.

If it weren't for that I would definitely try to get into it. I am a good mimic. I can mimic voices if I hear it enough. I have "hacked" into several of my friends' phones when they had it on voice lock. I am also a pretty good singer and can mimic most singers voices so close that many people have thought I was the radio in stores or places where I just walk around singing. Even with the female singers I can get close to their voice tone. I can also do a southern accent, Australian accent, British and Irish accents, and I have the Olde Spice guy down pat (actually, that motherfucker stole MY voice).

I've been singing since I was 3, and though I can't read music, I have a decent ear and can belt out music at the same tone which I heard it. I used this to fake my way through high school choir, using the piano to find my notes rather than the sheet music which I couldn't follow because I can't read music.

Maybe one day, but you have to have connections. Voice acting would be nice for me because I don't want to be a big star and have media everywhere invading my life. Just something that would allow me to make money and keep my quiet life in Medina, Ohio.
 
doug777 said:
Houston's own Jim Parsons — recent Emmy winner for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series — just got a whopping new pay raise for his work on the CBS hit-comedy Big Bang Theory. According to an exclusive report from Nikke Finke’s Deadline.com, Parsons and co-stars Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco, will each get $200,000 per episode for Season 4, as opposed to the measly $60,000 per episode they earned last season.

It gets better.

The trio’s salaries will rise to $250,000 per episode for Season 5, $300,000 per show in Season 6 and $350,000 for Season 7 according to the report. The cherry on top, however, is that the actors will also receive a percentage of the show which will be “a little more than $1 million as an advance” and “another $1 million in Season 7.”







http://houston.culturemap.com/newsd...sons-gets-a-huge-ibig-bang-theoryi-pay-raise/
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Thanks for this info bruh, I was part right.

Since Kaley had the sitcom before with John Ritter and is the hot chick, I knew she was making more, however, Johnny Galecki has "Roseanne" and a few movies under his belt so I thought he would be higher as well.
 
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