posted on July 26, 2007 03:49:06 PM new
One can only imagine how much Oprah would make if she were white. Second on the list comes in at only $215 M behind her.
Oprah tops list of highest paid TV stars
Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:12PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Talk might be cheap, but Oprah is not, topping a list of the highest-paid television stars in the United States.
Oprah Winfrey, host and supervising producer of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," earns an estimated $260 million a year, according to a list in TV Guide magazine's July 23 issue. Music producer Simon Cowell, the blunt and often contentious British judge of "American Idol," placed a distant second to Winfrey, with $45 million for his role on the Fox network's smash hit talent show and other projects.
Courtroom chief Judge Judy (Judith Sheindlin), CBS News anchor Katie Couric and "Scrubs" actor Zach Braff round out the top five.
The list breaks down star salaries by category -- prime-time TV, daytime, cable and news with a partial listing below:
TOP FIVE (all salaries are per year)
Oprah Winfrey ("The Oprah Winfrey Show": $260 million
Simon Cowell ("American Idol": $45 million
Judge Sheindlin ("Judge Judy": $30 million
Katie Couric ("CBS Evening News Anchor": $15 million
Zach Braff ("Scrubs": $6.3 million
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
DAYTIME (all salaries are per year)
Judge Judy: $30 million
Bob Barker: $10 million
Maury Povich (per year plus profits): $7 million
Ellen DeGeneres: $5 million
Jerry Springer: $3 million - 4 million
Tyra Banks: $3.5 million
NEWS ANCHORS (all salaries are per year)
Katie Couric ("CBS Evening News" anchor): $15 million
Matt Lauer (NBC "Today" co-anchor): $12 million
Meredith Vieira (NBC "Today" co-anchor): $10 million
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posted on July 26, 2007 08:53:23 PM new
It's interesting that you'd try to make this a racial issue Bear. How come?
Oprah doesn't represent the majority of blacks in this country anymore than Eva Longoria (sigh...) represents the majority of Latinas. For that matter, do you feel adequately represented by Simon Cowell????
posted on July 27, 2007 05:32:51 AM new
Bear's irrational effort to point out that prejudice is not a problem in this country based on the salary of one black person reminds me of a similar claim by a relative in Mississippi.
When I was visiting Mississippi recently, she took me for a tour of the area and pointed to a beautiful house standing alone in a field on a dirt road and said, "A black family lives there...see how well we treat our negroes".
: $260 million