[Blitzula]

http://www.forbes.com/business/2007/...27tvfaces.html

1. Oprah Winfrey, $260 million
2. Jerry Seinfled, $60 million
3. Simon Cowell, $45 million
4. David Letterman, $40 million
5. Donald Trump, $32 million
6. Jay Leno, $32 million
7. Dr. Phil McGraw, $30 million
8. "Judge" Judy Sheindlin, $30 million
9. George Lopez, $26 million
10. Kiefer Sutherland, $22 million
11. Regis Philbin, $21 million
12. Tyra Banks, $18 million
13. Rachael Ray, $16 million,
14. Katie Couric, $15 million
15. Ellen DeGeneres, $15 million
16. Ryan Seacrest, $14 million
17. Matt Lauer, $13 million
18, Barbara Walters, $12 million
19. Diane Sawyer, $12 million
20. Meredith Vieira, $10 million

Not suprising that Oprah tops the list...I was somewhat surprised that Judge Judy was so high. I wonder if she syndicates her own program...or maybe she sells a lot of books.

Seinfeld turned down $5 million/episode to do another season...I can see why the money didn't matter to him now.

I'd like to have a job where they round my earnings to the nearest million....

 

[vcoheda]

$260M in 1 year!!!

i'm definitely doing something wrong.

 

[blessingx]

It's nice to see it's relatively gender balanced. Still I gotta get into that Dr. Phil business - making millions stating the obvious to idiots who suck that stuff up.

 

[rb67]

Wow, such a huge gap between Oprah and the rest.

 

[Edwood]

Is that Oprah's personal salary, or her company HARPO's gross income?

-Ed

 

[Quaddy]

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Originally Posted by Blitzula /img/forum/go_quote.gif http://www.forbes.com/business/2007/...27tvfaces.html 1. Oprah Winfrey, $260 million 2. Jerry Seinfled, $60 million 3. Simon Cowell, $45 million 4. David Letterman, $40 million 5. Donald Trump, $32 million 6. Jay Leno, $32 million 7. Dr. Phil McGraw, $30 million 8. "Judge" Judy Sheindlin, $30 million 9. George Lopez, $26 million 10. Kiefer Sutherland, $22 million 11. Regis Philbin, $21 million 12. Tyra Banks, $18 million 13. Rachael Ray, $16 million, 14. Katie Couric, $15 million 15. Ellen DeGeneres, $15 million 16. Ryan Seacrest, $14 million 17. Matt Lauer, $13 million 18, Barbara Walters, $12 million 19. Diane Sawyer, $12 million 20. Meredith Vieira, $10 million

i wonder if simon cowells total includes his U.K. earnings too doing the show, or just his american ventures? - its big business over here too.

 

[chesebert]

what are we all doing here wasting our lives???

 

[EyeAmEye]

Wow, who knew you could make so much money being a hack?

Tyra Banks makes $18mil for that garbage show?

 

[Rock&Roll Ninja]

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Originally Posted by Quaddy /img/forum/go_quote.gif i wonder if simon cowells total includes his U.K. earnings too doing the show, or just his american ventures? - its big business over here too.

And I'm sure he owns a healthy percentage of the 20+ countries with "Idol" he doesn't even appear on.

 

[darkninja67]

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Originally Posted by EyeAmEye /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wow, who knew you could make so much money being a hack? Tyra Banks makes $18mil for that garbage show?

Yeah that really surprised me. Only $4 million less than Jack Bauer? Come on now

 

[will75]

I can't believe how much money the daytime junk pays (i.e. Judge Judy).

 

[braillediver]

Do you feel any of these people really earn the money?

Totally meaningless question but curious if anyone thinks so. Since I don't have a TV I've already voted.


Mitch

 

[PiccoloNamek]

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Originally Posted by braillediver Do you feel any of these people really earn the money?

No, not at all. But you know how people are. They eat this kind of stuff right up, and when people watch these shows, they watch lots of advertisements too, which ends up generating more revenue for everyone.

You can't really blame the hosts, or the market, only basic human nature.

 

[The Pieman]

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Originally Posted by EyeAmEye /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wow, who knew you could make so much money being a hack? Tyra Banks makes $18mil for that garbage show?

What, David Letterman, Oprah, Dr Phil, American Idol, Judge Judy, The Apprentice are not garbage? LOL.

BTW out of the 20 listed, these are fortunately the only ones I believe we see in Australia.

cheers
Simon

 

[axion]

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Originally Posted by EyeAmEye /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wow, who knew you could make so much money being a hack? Tyra Banks makes $18mil for that garbage show?

Not really that surprising as she has two shows (That model one, and then her talk show thing) so I can see how she's doing ok.