List of TV's top salaries led by Oprah, Seacrest, Laurie, Sheen
David
Who Are TV's Top Earners?
by Stephen Battaglio
If you're an actor who lands a lead role on a TV series, you can count
on a big payday. But it won't be as big as it used to be.
Network and studio executives tell TV Guide Magazine they've adopted a
get-tough policy on salaries for stars of the new fall shows. While
the salary for a lead has been $150,000 to $200,000 per episode in
recent years, most deals for stars of new series were between $75,000
and $125,000. "No one broke the bank on anything this year," says one
former studio head.
A case in point is a negotiation with a veteran film actor who for
years has been coveted by several networks to do series TV. He was in
discussions for a lead role in one of the new dramas that made the
fall schedule. His asking price was $250,000. The network and the
studio said no way. When the actor refused to go below $200,000, the
network and studio moved on and hired someone else.
Why the hard line? The broadcast networks have been in a cost-cutting
mode since ad revenues were hard-hit by the recession. While the ad
market is recovering, they are also coping with a changing long-term
financial picture as DVR playback and online viewing have greatly
diminished the ratings on the second network run of shows, once the
source of windfall profits.
There is an effort to keep talent costs down on their veteran hits as
well. ABC's Brothers & Sisters, which once had four actors earning
$150,000 or more per episode, will lose Rob Lowe and have only 18
episodes next season instead of the typical 22. Some regulars will
appear in fewer episodes. Marg Helgenberger's new deal with CSI also
calls for her to have a lighter workload next season and helps to trim
the show's budget in the face of declining ratings.
If a show is on the rise, it's a different story. The stars of The Big
Bang Theory憂im Parsons, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco預ll currently
make well under $100,000 per episode. Their bank accounts are about to
benefit from the show's rise to the top of Nielsen rankings among
viewers in the 18 to 49 age group and a successful sale into
syndication. "I think they'll give an extra year to their studio,
Warner Bros., in exchange for each of them getting $150,000 to
$200,000 an episode," says one network executive. "They'll get bumps
from there and could get up to $300,000 an episode. If it's a hit
show, you start paying."
Additional reporting by William Keck and Michael Schneider
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
Obveeus
"David" <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Snip of a long list of salary markers many of which seemed to have a total
disconnect with the show's ratings...or with the actor's individual
importance to the show.
David
Salaries, ad rates and longevity are a better indication of worth than
the usually bare-bones ratings numbers we get to see.
Obveeus
"David" <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Salaries are the only indication of 'worth'. I just found some of those
numbers really odd.
Steve Newport
Matthew Morrison (Glee) $30,000
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I read this article in TV Guide before it was posted here. The above is
odd, Morrison works hard for this money.
Steve Newport
Angus T. Jones (Two and a Half Men) $250,000
Matthew Morrison (Glee) $30,000
Obveeus
"Steve Newport" <Newpor...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> Worth it:
> Jason Lee (Memphis Beat) $125,000
Sure, he is the entire show, but given the ratings the show is getting, he
is not worth it.
> Jon Hamm (Mad Men) $100,000
Again, given the ratings...
> Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men) $1.25 million
Not worth double what his equally valuable to the show's plotline/humor
co-star is worth (Jon Cryer $550,000).
> Jane Lynch (Glee) $50,000
> Matthew Morrison (Glee) $30,000
Under paid.
Steve Newport
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Cryer isn't half as good.
Obveeus
Cryer is better. Sheen is just playing himself...the same role he ran Spin
City into the ground with.
David
>
>"Steve Newport" <Newpor...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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>> Worth it:
>> Jason Lee (Memphis Beat) $125,000
>
>Sure, he is the entire show, but given the ratings the show is getting, he
>is not worth it.
>
>> Jon Hamm (Mad Men) $100,000
>
>Again, given the ratings...
You're too hung up on ratings. Obviously good and/or well-known actors
have value to them. Cable would still be insignificant if it only used
actors plucked from daytime soaps.
Pinstripe Sniper
>http://www.tvguide.com/News/Top-TV-Earners-1021717.aspx
>Who Are TV's Top Earners?
>by Stephen Battaglio
>
>If you're an actor who lands a lead role on a TV series, you can count
>on a big payday. But it won't be as big as it used to be.
>Alex O'Loughlin (Hawaii Five-0) $100,000
>Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-0) $80,000
>Ashley Tisdale (Hellcats) $30,000
So if $30k per episode is where it cuts off, I wonder how much the
Grace Park is getting for Hawaii 5-1?
>Late Night/Talk Syndication (per year)
>
>Oprah Winfrey $315 million
>Judge Judy Sheindlin $45 million
Yeeesh! Judge Judy gets that? She's an instant change the channel for
me - all the fake judge shows are.
>David Letterman (The Late Show) $28 million
>Jay Leno (The Tonight Show) $25 million
>Jimmy Kimmel (Jimmy Kimmel Live) $6 million
I wonder how much the Craig Ferguson gets?
>Comedy (per episode)
>Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men) $1.25 million
Whoa more than the Seinfeld - geez time flies...
>Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men) $550,000
I wonder how much he was making before he won that award?
>Dan Castellaneta (The Simpsons) $400,000
>Julie Kavner (The Simpsons) $400,000
Whoa - really? Surprising. I wonder what the Futurama folks get -
American Dad and Family Guy too. Cleveland Show salaries could be
amusing.
>Angus T. Jones (Two and a Half Men) $250,000
LOL, the punk is raking it in. I wonder how much the housekeeper
gets.
>Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory) $60,000
>Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory) $60,000
>Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) $40,000
I wonder if they make the same when they get raises?
You figure Parsons should get the most right? But then Cuoco and
Galecki had better resumes. What about the Indian guy and the
engineer with only a Masters degree? :-)
>News (per year)
>Matt Lauer (Today) $16 million +
LOL, Today show is news?...
>Eliot Spitzer (CNN) $500,000
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>Who Are TV's Top Earners?
>by Stephen Battaglio
>Late Night/Talk Syndication (per year)
>Oprah Winfrey $315 million
It's impossible to believe that Oprah takes that in salary. I'm sure she
takes minimum imputed salary acording to federal tax accounting rules and
the rest as capital.
>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
Snarf. Some of these guys must make more money per viewer than others.
>News (per year)
>Matt Lauer (Today) $16 million +
This is a news program? I had no idea.
Barb May
>> Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory) $60,000
>> Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory) $60,000
>> Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) $40,000
Considering how popular the show is this seems very low.
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Anim8rFSK
very...@nocando.com (Pinstripe Sniper) wrote:
> David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >http://www.tvguide.com/News/Top-TV-Earners-1021717.aspx
> >Who Are TV's Top Earners?
> >by Stephen Battaglio
> >
> >If you're an actor who lands a lead role on a TV series, you can count
> >on a big payday. But it won't be as big as it used to be.
>
> >Alex O'Loughlin (Hawaii Five-0) $100,000
> >Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-0) $80,000
>
> >Ashley Tisdale (Hellcats) $30,000
>
> So if $30k per episode is where it cuts off, I wonder how much the
> Grace Park is getting for Hawaii 5-1?
Seriously, is there ANY reason we're thinking of sampling that mess
other than the previews of Park in a bikini? She should be getting top
dollar; certainly more than KHAAAAAAAAAAN is.
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Adam H. Kerman
>>>Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory) $60,000
>>>Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory) $60,000
>>>Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) $40,000
>Considering how popular the show is this seems very low.
Uh, no. Everybody else is completely overpaid.
You couldn't live well on $40,000 a week?
Obveeus
"Pinstripe Sniper" <very...@nocando.com> wrote:
> David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>http://www.tvguide.com/News/Top-TV-Earners-1021717.aspx
>>Alex O'Loughlin (Hawaii Five-0) $100,000
>>Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-0) $80,000
>
>>Ashley Tisdale (Hellcats) $30,000
>
> So if $30k per episode is where it cuts off, I wonder how much the
> Grace Park is getting for Hawaii 5-1?
The real story here is how much Alex O'Loughlin is getting overpaid. How
many failed shows does he have to have before he stops getting cushier
offers?
>>Late Night/Talk Syndication (per year)
>>
>>Oprah Winfrey $315 million
>>Judge Judy Sheindlin $45 million
>
> Yeeesh! Judge Judy gets that? She's an instant change the channel for
> me - all the fake judge shows are.
Doesn't Judge Judy get even higher ratings than oprah these days? Oof
course, Oprah makes most of her money as a franchise, not a host.
>>Dan Castellaneta (The Simpsons) $400,000
>>Julie Kavner (The Simpsons) $400,000
>
> Whoa - really? Surprising.
The really sad part of it all is that Tracy Ulmann was the only regular from
her show that didn't end up with the cash cow Simpsons gig.
>>Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory) $60,000
>>Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory) $60,000
>>Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) $40,000
>
> I wonder if they make the same when they get raises?
> You figure Parsons should get the most right? But then Cuoco and
> Galecki had better resumes.
They are all getting big raises ($250K/episode or something like that).
Yes, Jim Parsons deserves to make the most given that he carries the show.
Cuoco, on the other hand, is already overpaid.
chicagofan
> http://www.tvguide.com/News/Top-TV-Earners-1021717.aspx
>
> Who Are TV's Top Earners?
> by Stephen Battaglio
>
>
> Drama (per episode)
>
>
OMG!!! THIS is where CBS should have started their cuts to save money,
instead of Criminal Minds/CSI:NY!
> Comedy (per episode)
>
> Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men) $1.25 million
>
What a joke... getting paid this much money to be yourself on TV. I
wish I hadn't read this. :)
bj
Ian J. Ball
> http://www.tvguide.com/News/Top-TV-Earners-1021717.aspx
>
> Who Are TV's Top Earners?
> by Stephen Battaglio
>
>
> Drama (per episode)
>
SWEET!! :D
> Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice) $200,000
Nice!
> Mark Feuerstein (Royal Pains) $125,000
> Jason Lee (Memphis Beat) $125,000
Over-paid!!
> Alex O'Loughlin (Hawaii Five-0) $100,000
*SO* over-paid!!!
> Matt Bomer (White Collar) $100,000
This is more than I would have thought...
> Ian Somerhalder (The Vampire Diaries) $40,000
Wonder how much they're paying the other two leads...
> Reality (per year)
>
> Joel McHale (The Soup) $2 million
Worth. Every. Frickin'. Penny.
(What about Jeff Probst?...)
> Comedy (per episode)
>
> David Spade (Rules of Engagement) $150,000
> Patrick Warburton (Rules of Engagement) $85,000
OK, I love Spade, but that's just f***ed up!
> Selena Gomez (Wizards of Waverly Place) $30,000
> Dylan and Cole Sprouse (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody) $20,000
> (each)
I'd love to know how much they're paying Demi Lovato and Victoria
Justice...
> Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly) $180,000
> Shailene Woodley (The Secret Life of the American Teenager) $40,000
> Ashley Tisdale (Hellcats) $30,000
Oh, Good Lord!! - Just shoot me now!!!
shawn
I agree that it seems like everyone is overpaid (as are the network
execs.) To address Barb's issue you have to recall that this is the
salary that was set before the show aired. None of the actors were big
names so giving them big salaries made no sense. Most of the big
salaries shown in this list were garnered after the shows became big
hits. Now that TBBT has become a hit you can expect the actor's
salaries to at least double.
Obveeus
"Ian J. Ball" <ib...@san.rr.com> wrote:
>> Matt Bomer (White Collar) $100,000
>
>This is more than I would have thought...
I doubt White Collar will be renewed.
>> Selena Gomez (Wizards of Waverly Place) $30,000
>> Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly) $180,000
>> Ashley Tisdale (Hellcats) $30,000
>Oh, Good Lord!! - Just shoot me now!!!
Paid directly according to their level of talent.
windowwasher
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>
> "Ian J. Ball" <ib...@san.rr.com> wrote:
>>> Matt Bomer (White Collar) $100,000
>>
>>This is more than I would have thought...
>
> I doubt White Collar will be renewed.
I doubt your doubt.
>
>>> Selena Gomez (Wizards of Waverly Place) $30,000
>>> Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly) $180,000
>>> Ashley Tisdale (Hellcats) $30,000
>
>>Oh, Good Lord!! - Just shoot me now!!!
>
> Paid directly according to their level of talent.
>
Funny that Gomez won all the Teen Choice Awards though.
Ian J. Ball
> "Ian J. Ball" <ib...@san.rr.com> wrote:
>
> >> Matt Bomer (White Collar) $100,000
>
> >This is more than I would have thought...
>
> I doubt White Collar will be renewed.
Are you baked?!
> >> Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly) $180,000
> >> Shailene Woodley (The Secret Life of the American Teenager) $40,000
> >> Ashley Tisdale (Hellcats) $30,000
>
> >Oh, Good Lord!! - Just shoot me now!!!
>
> Paid directly according to their level of talent.
Or to the level that they irritate me!!
Ian J. Ball
> "Obveeus" <Obve...@aol.com> wrote in message
Why all the Hate from America for poor Demi L.?... :(
Anim8rFSK
"Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote:
Well, let's remember that that's not for 52 weeks. And unless they're
on a sitcom anyway, it's not 'per week' it's per episode. Then you've
got agents and managers and unions taking percentage bites. I wouldn't
be surprised if you only get half that per week, before taxes.
Obveeus
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> "Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Ian J. Ball" <ib...@san.rr.com> wrote:
>>>> Matt Bomer (White Collar) $100,000
>>>
>>>This is more than I would have thought...
>>
>> I doubt White Collar will be renewed.
>
> I doubt your doubt.
Is there any USA Network show doing worse in the ratings than White Collar?
>>>> Selena Gomez (Wizards of Waverly Place) $30,000
>>>> Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly) $180,000
>>>> Ashley Tisdale (Hellcats) $30,000
>>
>>>Oh, Good Lord!! - Just shoot me now!!!
>>
>> Paid directly according to their level of talent.
>>
> Funny that Gomez won all the Teen Choice Awards though.
A reflection of the value of the awards.
Adam H. Kerman
>"Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote:
>>Barb May <bar...@nonofyourbusinessx.tv> wrote:
>>>>>Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory) $60,000
>>>>>Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory) $60,000
>>>>>Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) $40,000
>>>Considering how popular the show is this seems very low.
>>Uh, no. Everybody else is completely overpaid.
>>You couldn't live well on $40,000 a week?
>Well, let's remember that that's not for 52 weeks.
I know it's 30 weeks off. It leaves me time to make a couple of movies.
>And unless they're on a sitcom anyway, it's not 'per week' it's
>per episode. Then you've got agents and managers and unions taking
>percentage bites. I wouldn't be surprised if you only get half that
>per week, before taxes.
Good point. Parsons needs a new agent if he cannot negotiate wages as
high as Galecki's.
Steve Newport
Obveeus? Hell, yes!
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more than the Seinfeld?
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SN: Sheen is better than Seinfeld.
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Jon Cryer. I wonder how much he was making before he won that award?
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wrote:
>Barb May <bar...@nonofyourbusinessx.tv> wrote:
>
>>>>Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory) $60,000
>>>>Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory) $60,000
>>>>Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) $40,000
>
>>Considering how popular the show is this seems very low.
>
>Uh, no. Everybody else is completely overpaid.
I'll take this opportunity to remind everyone that money has no intrinsic
value. It is a medium of exchange, and is only, and always, worth what
someone will exchange for it. If they pay Jim Parsons $40,000 per episode,
then a dollar, by definition, is worth one 40,000th of Jim Parsons work for
one episode.
The phrases 'overpaid' and 'underpaid' only have sense in a comparative
mode, and for that mode to make sense, you need to do an apples to apples
comparison. Comparion of Johhny Galecki's pay to Alex Rodriuez' pay
doesn't make sense, since they aren't being paid for the same sort of
thing.
You can make a valid comparison several different ways. You can make a
comparison of cost (an actor's salary) to result (income produced by the
show). You can compare relative economic impact of actors within a show,
compared to their salaries (by this, Parsons is underpaid compared to
Cuoco, and Cuoco is overpaid compared to Parsons). You can compare
economic impact of an actor, or actors, on one show versus the economic
impact of actors on other similar shows (but they need to be similar shows,
it's not really valid to compare Johnny Parsons' per episode rate to Craig
Ferguson's per episode rate).
It's not valid to compare an actor's (or ballplayer's, or plumber's) salary
to a meaningless arbitrary standard. "No actor is worth $100,000 per
episode" is meaningless, and wrong. If, for example a show without actor A
produces $2.5M ad revenue per episode and with actor A produces $3M per
episode, then on the face of it that actor is worth $100,000 per episode.
The comparisons can be more complex than just salaries versus ad revenue.
Sometimes a show is worth more to a network than just its own ad revenue.
The last 5 years of Friends, it could not possibly produce enough ad
revenue to cover the salaries of its principals, but it also increased the
ad revenues of the other Thursday night NBC comedies, and, in effect,
increased the over-all profitability of NBC, even while swimming in its own
sea of red ink.
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"Ian J. Ball" <ib...@san.rr.com> wrote:
> On Aug 12, 11:29 am, "windowwasher" <windowwas...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> > "Obveeus" <Obve...@aol.com> wrote in message
> > news:i41dvk$229$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
> > > "Ian J. Ball" <ib...@san.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > >>> Selena Gomez (Wizards of Waverly Place) $30,000
> > >>> Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly) $180,000
> > >>> Ashley Tisdale (Hellcats) $30,000
> >
> > >>Oh, Good Lord!! - Just shoot me now!!!
> >
> > > Paid directly according to their level of talent.
> >
> > Funny that Gomez won all the Teen Choice Awards though.
>
> Why all the Hate from America for poor Demi L.?... :(
A) she's standing too close to the talentless fat kid
2) she sings
Steve Newport
A reflection of the value of the Teen Choice awards.
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It's certainly not like winning a Tony, Oscar, Emmy, or Golden Globe.
Obveeus
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Programming alert: Demi Levato and the Jonas Brothers will be on Good
Morning America's Concert series today (Friday, August 13th).
Steve Newport
today (Friday, August 13th).
SN: Including the one who did a nice job on HOT IN CLEVELAND?
Smokie Darling (Annie)
> "Pinstripe Sniper" <veryso...@nocando.com> wrote:
> > David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>http://www.tvguide.com/News/Top-TV-Earners-1021717.aspx
> >>Alex O'Loughlin (Hawaii Five-0) $100,000
> >>Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-0) $80,000
>
> >>Ashley Tisdale (Hellcats) $30,000
>
> > So if $30k per episode is where it cuts off, I wonder how much the
> > Grace Park is getting for Hawaii 5-1?
>
> The real story here is how much Alex O'Loughlin is getting overpaid. How
> many failed shows does he have to have before he stops getting cushier
> offers?
I said before... (the article came out stating that he was the VP of
Programming's "pet project") he has *something* on someone.
Otherwise, after the second failure he headlined, he wouldn't have
been given another one. Maybe playing second fiddle, but not the
headliner.
Obveeus
"Steve Newport" <Newpor...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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I assume he is part of the band.
Anim8rFSK
<16ae89ce-058f-4d08...@l20g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
At least something like MOONLIGHT wasn't all that high profile. CBS
doesn't HAVE anything MORE high profile than Hawaii Fifty. Sticking
this clod on it? And overpaying him? Something's really wrong here,
and I hope somebody loses their job over it.
Pinstripe Sniper
>I'll take this opportunity to remind everyone that money has no intrinsic
>value. It is a medium of exchange, and is only, and always, worth what
>someone will exchange for it.
Hey William George Ferguson, how much is your uncle Craig making on
his late night gig? :-)
PsS
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William George Ferguson
wrote:
>William George Ferguson <wmgf...@newsguy.com> wrote:
>
>>I'll take this opportunity to remind everyone that money has no intrinsic
>>value. It is a medium of exchange, and is only, and always, worth what
>>someone will exchange for it.
>
>Hey William George Ferguson, how much is your uncle Craig making on
>his late night gig? :-)
>
>PsS
More than me.
I guess it's technically possible to have an uncle that's 14 years younger
than you, but I know all my father's sisters who survived to adulthood (two
died during a scarlet fever epidemic in 1912), and his only brother died in
infancy around 1909. Lessee, if Craig Ferguson was my uncle, he'd have to
be born when my grandmother Ferguson was in her 80s. Doesn't seem likely.
Now, nephew is more possible. I do have a passel of nephews, including a
couple that are older than Craig Ferguson (but neither of them are
Fergusons). My oldest grand-nephew hasn't reached his twenties yet (but is
close). I do have a grand-niece who has a daughter, so I am a
great-grand-uncle.
--
"Oh Buffy, you really do need to have
every square inch of your ass kicked."
- Willow Rosenberg
Steve Newport
direct: "Depressing" and my favorite- "Obscene."
Obveeus
> The reactions to this article on my Web TV group were simpler and more
> direct: "Depressing" and my favorite- "Obscene."
I don't need to be depressed or offended by other people's salaries. What
is depressing/offensive is when those salaries are compared against each
other...actor to actor in series to series that are very comparable...yet
the salaries are WAY out of whack (such as Sheen vs. Cryer...or the overpaid
Hawaii Five-O lead (for a show that will get good ratings initially no
matter who 'stars' in it)).
chicagofan
> "Steve Newport"<Newpor...@webtv.net> wrote
>
>> The reactions to this article on my Web TV group were simpler and more
>> direct: "Depressing" and my favorite- "Obscene."
>>
> I don't need to be depressed or offended by other people's salaries. What
> is depressing/offensive is when those salaries are compared against each
> other...actor to actor in series to series that are very comparable...yet
> the salaries are WAY out of whack (such as Sheen vs. Cryer...or the overpaid
> Hawaii Five-O lead (for a show that will get good ratings initially no
> matter who 'stars' in it)).
>
Not to mention David Caruso VS any other lead..... ;)
bj
Steve Newport
each other
No, I think *many* are both things-- on their own. Take the
"newsreaders" for starters.