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. Knight (Grey’s Anatomy): $125,000
Chandra Wilson (Grey’s Anatomy): $125,000
Sally Field (Brothers & Sisters): $100,000
CABLE (all salaries are per episode)
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer): $250,000
Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck): $125,000
Dylan Walsh (Nip/Tuck): $125,000
Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck): $90,000
James Roday (Psych): $60,000
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