What the Stars Earn--Too Much, Obviously

FBLA gets TV Guide’s press release emails and we usually ignore them. But today, Julie Farin presented us with some truly fabulous information: salaries of the small-screen stars.

Oprah: $260 million per year (includes income from Rachael Ray, Dr. Phil, and other programs)

Simon Cowell: $45 million per year (for American Idol and other projects)

Judge Judy: $30 million per year

Katie Couric: $15 million per year

Zach Braff: $6.3 million (for 18 episodes of Scrubs next season)

Think about that for a momemnt: Braff gets nearly half of what Couric makes, and she has to show up every day.


NETWORK PRIME TIME (all salaries are per episode)

William Petersen (CSI): $500,000

Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men): $350,000

Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU): $350,000

Chris Meloni (Law & Order: SVU): $350,000

Hugh Laurie (House): $300,000

Julia Louis-Dreyfus (New Adventures of Old Christine): $225,000

Ellen Pompeo (Grey’s Anatomy): $200,000

Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives): $200,000

Jeff Foxworthy (Are You Smarter Than…): $150,000

T.R.

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