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Charlie Sheen Is The Highest Paid TV Actor

Aug 6, 2008 AT 09:29 am

Charlie Sheen is officially the highest paid actor on US television. The man makes... $825,000 an EPISODE while filming Two and a Half Men. I mean... wow. Who else made the list?

Per episode:

  • William Petersen for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - $600,000
  • Mariska Hargitay for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU)  - $400,000 (Highest Paid Female)
  • The cast of The Simpsons are also well-paid - each voice actor receives $400,000 per episode. 

Actors aren't the only ones bringing in the dough.

  • Highest paid host: Simon Cowell for American Idol - $50 million per season
  • Highest paid TV creator - Seth MacFarlane for Family Guy - $100 million deal for five-years 
And who takes the cake? As if we didn't know the answer already...The highest paid TV celebrity by far is chat show queen Oprah Winfrey her annual salary from her talkshow alone is $385 million.
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 8 Comments

minna (not verified)minna (not verified) said:
Good for Charlie. I love that show! ...but 50 million PER season for AI?! My good lord!
Aug 6, 2008 @ 09:47 am
<a href="/user/87" title="View user profile.">Amy</a>Amy said:
ssshhhhh, its supposed to be a secret so Denise doesn't find out.
Aug 6, 2008 @ 09:54 am
l (not verified)l (not verified) said:
One word: insane.
Aug 6, 2008 @ 10:02 am
<a href="/user/2234" title="View user profile.">dyinggiraffe</a>dyinggiraffe said:
ugh. :(
Aug 6, 2008 @ 11:11 am
Passerby2 (not verified)Passerby2 (not verified) said:
2 and a half men is a terrible and un-funny show
Aug 6, 2008 @ 12:17 pm
AnonymousAnonymous said:
love his ex wife denise!
Aug 6, 2008 @ 02:50 pm
Anonymous (not verified)Anonymous (not verified) said:
i cant beleive that.. two and a half men is such a crap show. happy for mariska though, highest paid female! she's such a great actress. but i think these people are all ridiculously overpaid
Aug 14, 2008 @ 05:28 am
big japan (not verified)big japan (not verified) said:
god those amounts are insane. erghh! two and a half men is a joke. that's the worst show on television.. but at least mariska hargitay's founded a charity with part of her money. charlie sheen's just a sleaze.. its wasted on him.
Oct 2, 2008 @ 08:41 pm

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