Monday, August 04, 2008

Kill me now...


Ready to get sick and/or throw yourself off the nearest roof...? TV Guide lists the salaries of your favorite celebs... Don't say I didn't warn ya:

  • Oprah Winfrey earns a whopping $385 million a year.
  • Simon Cowell banks $50 million.
  • David Letterman? $32 million!...
  • According to the magazine, newlywed Charlie Sheen is the highest-paid comedy star on primetime television, with $825,000 per episode.
  • CSI's William Peterson — who is leaving the show this upcoming season — is the highest-paid actor in a prime-time drama, earning $600,000 per episode.
  • With $400,000 an episode, Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay is the highest-paid actress in a drama.
  • Kyra Sedgwick takes home $275,000 per episode of TNT's The Closer, making her top- earning actress on a cable network drama.
  • Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, who supplies the voice of lead character Peter Griffin, just signed a deal with Fox that will net him $100 million through 2012.
  • And The Simpsons cast — Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith and Hank Azaria — each earn $400,000 per episode. [us weekly]


2 comments:

Unknown said...

Why the F**K is Charlie Sheen making that INSANE amount of money per eppy? Does anyone even watch that ass-hat's show?

Nicole said...

no. not one time. it's like life according to jim. how does it stay on???