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Highest paid tv actress list from Forbes (sep 2013)
| September 18th, 2013 at 7:51:05 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | The latest list was just published. Income is from all sources and is restricted to actresses and reality TV stars (none of the big money earners like Oprah or Judge Judy or Ellen DeGeneres). Sofia Vergara is not only acting on American TV, but also Mexican and Colombian TV series. She is a marketing powerhouse at the age of 41. Men of all ages like her, women like her, Anglos like her, and Latinos like her. Kaley Cuoco at age 27 is also effective at selling products to mostly people under 40. Mariska Hargitay, Ellen Pompeo, Julianna Margulies, Lena Dunham and Kerry Washington are the only ones making a name in drama Kourtney, Kim and Khloe Kardashian plus Bethenny Frankel are making a fortune in reality television with almost no appeal to straight men Cobie Smulders (age 31) is posed to become the TV actress with the second highest potential earnings next year, as she is transferring from one hit series to a second one "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." which will only fail to become a hit if there is a historic screw up. |
| October 16th, 2013 at 6:44:23 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | Forbes just published their latest list of earnings for TV actors (includes all sources of income). Michael C. Hall joins Lena Dunham in making the list despite being on commercial free pay TV. The Big Bang Theory commands a staggering $326,260 per 30-second spot, It makes it easier for the agents of the primary actors to argue for their present salaries of $325K-$350K per episode. 2013 TV Actor list (1) Ashton Kutcher, $24 million (comedy) (2) Jon Cryer, $21 million (comedy) (3) Ray Romano, $16 million (comedy) (4) Neil Patrick Harris (tie), $15 million (comedy) (4) Mark Harmon (tie), $15 million (drama) (6) Patrick Dempsey, $13 million (drama) (7) Tim Allen (tie), $11 million (comedy) (7) Angus T. Jones (tie), $11 million (comedy) (9) Michael C. Hall (tie), $10 million (drama) (9) Charlie Sheen (tie), $10 million (comedy) 2013 TV Actress list Sofia Vergara: $30 million (comedy) Kaley Cuoco: $11 million (comedy) Mariska Hargitay: $11 million (drama) Kourtney, Kim and Khloe Kardashian (each): $10 million (reality) Bethenny Frankel: $10 million (reality) Tina Fey: $10 million (comedy) Melissa McCarthy: $10 million (comedy) Ellen Pompeo: $10 million (drama) Cobie Smulders: $9 million (comedy) Alyson Hannigan: $8 million (comedy) Amy Poehler: $7 million (comedy) Julianna Margulies: $7 million (drama) Lena Dunham: $6 million (drama) Zooey Deschanel: $6 million (comedy) Courteney Cox: $6 million (comedy) Whitney Cummings: $5 million (part earnings are for production credits) (comedy) Mindy Kaling: $4 million (comedy) Kerry Washington: $3 million (drama) 2012 TV Actor list 1. Ashton Kutcher "Two and a Half Men" $24 million 2. Hugh Laurie "House" $18 million 3. Ray Romano "Men of a Certain Age"/"Parenthood" $18 million 4. Alec Baldwin "30 Rock" $15 million 5. Mark Harmon "NCIS" $15 million 6. Tim Allen "Last Man Standing" $14 million 7. Jon Cryer "Two and a Half Men" $13 million 8. Patrick Dempsey "Grey's Anatomy" $12 million 9. Jim Parsons "The Big Bang Theory" $8 million 10. Johnny Galecki "The Big Bang Theory" $8 million 11. Jason Segel "How I Met Your Mother"$8 million |
| November 28th, 2014 at 7:51:10 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | 2014 TV Actress list dated 3 September 2014 Sofia Vergara: $37million (comedy) {Less than $8 million from Modern Family} Mariska Hargitay: $13 million (drama) Kaley Cuoco: $11 million (comedy) Julianna Margulies: $10 million (drama) Ellen Pompeo: $10 million (drama) Cobie Smulders: $10 million (comedy | drama) Alyson Hannigan: $9.5 million (comedy) Amy Poehler: $7 million (comedy) Mindy Kaling: $6.5 million (comedy) Kerry Washington: $6 million (drama) Zooey Deschanel: $6 million (comedy) Courteney Cox: $6 million (comedy) Claire Danes: $5 million (drama) Lena Dunham: $3.5 million (drama) Forbes must have changed their criteria, because the 6 woman from the 2013 list are unlikely to have dropped below $3.5 million Kourtney, Kim and Khloe Kardashian Bethenny Frankel Tina Fey Melissa McCarthy 2014 TV Actor list Ashton Kutcher, $26 million (comedy) Jon Cryer (tie), $19 million (comedy) Mark Harmon (tie), $19 million (drama) Neil Patrick Harris , $18 million (comedy) Patrick Dempsey, $16 million (drama) Kevin Spacey, $16 million (drama) Tim Allen , $15 million (comedy) Simon Baker, $13 million (drama) Jim Parsons, $12 million (comedy) Johnny Galecki, $11 million (comedy) Jason Segal, $11 million (comedy) Charlie Sheen (tie), $10 million (comedy) Jon Hamm (tie), $10 million (drama) Josh Radnor (tie), $10 million (comedy) Bryan Cranston, $8 million (drama) |
| November 28th, 2014 at 8:26:01 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | Why does Sofia Vergara make so much? She's my least fave of MF, too loud and corny. She's a caricature of Latino women. She's a modern Ricky Ricardo, mispronounces words and misunderstands them. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| November 28th, 2014 at 8:39:53 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Sofia Vergara has a 12 year deal with Kmart and is the face of Diet Pepsi, CoverGirl, Head & Shoulders, AT&T , and the medication Synthroid. She founded a talent management and entertainment-marketing firm recently teamed up with CNET to launch a Spanish-language tech news site. Her salary for MF is $7.8 million per year. Most of the TV actresses do not make Forbes celebrity 100, or are ranked very low Celebrity Rank Name Age Earnings Category #1 Beyonce Knowles 33 $115 M Musicians #4 Oprah Winfrey 60 $82 M Personalities #5 Ellen DeGeneres 56 $70 M Personalities #18 Taylor Swift 24 $64 M Musicians #36 Sandra Bullock 50 $51 M Actresses #8 Rihanna 26 $48 M Musicians #56 Gisele Bundchen 34 $47 M Models #9 Katy Perry 30 $40 M Musicians #54 Sofia Vergara 42 $37 M Television actresses #33 Jennifer Lopez 45 $37 M Musicians #17 Miley Cyrus 21 $36 M Musicians #12 Jennifer Lawrence 24 $34 M Actresses #19 Lady Gaga 28 $33 M Musicians #77 Jennifer Aniston 45 $31 M Actresses #80 Kim Kardashian 34 $28 M Personalities #85 Li Na 32 $24 M Athletes #63 Maria Sharapova 27 $24 M Athletes #69 Serena Williams 33 $22 M Athletes #89 Gwyneth Paltrow 42 $19 M Actresses #97 Cameron Diaz 42 $18 M Actresses #73 Angelina Jolie 39 $18 M Actresses #95 Veronica Roth 26 $17 M Authors #76 Scarlett Johansson 30 $17 M Actresses #84 J.K. Rowling 49 $14 M Authors #100 Natalie Portman 33 $13 M Actresses #81 Amy Adams 40 $13 M Actresses #99 Kaley Cuoco 28 $11 M Television actresses #92 Meryl Streep 65 $10 M Actresses #94 Kate Upton 22 $7 M Models #91 Kate Moss 40 $7 M Models #96 Zooey Deschanel 34 $6 M Television actresses #93 Kerry Washington 37 $6 M Television actresses #97 Lena Dunham 28 $3.5 M Television actresses |
| November 28th, 2014 at 11:54:49 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | She's beautiful, but her character is uber irritating on AF. I swear, half her sentences start with 'Oh, Jay', meaning her husband. She's a stereotype, it's insulting. The Gay guys are not stereotypes, I really like what's written for them. I like the kid, Manny, he's cool. The husband, Phil Dumbass, is also a stereotype. He's 10 different sitcom dumbass husbands all rolled into one big dumbass. I like the show over all, I see it in reruns every day. The two sisters are very good, smart and dumb. I like the mom, Clair, but I really like the actress, so that's part of it. It's mostly the Gay guys I like, and the appearances of Nathan Lane. He loves it when he can Gay it up real good, I'm sure that's why he does the show. He sure doesn't need the money. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| November 29th, 2014 at 6:28:19 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
 Sofia made it big in the mid 1990's when she hosted a travel show for Univision. |
| September 12th, 2015 at 10:11:26 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Well Cobie Smulders & Alyson Hannigan & Courteney Cox had their TV series end. Perhaps Claire Danes took a pay cut. Julie Bowen (Modern Family) got a phenomenal pay increase. Emily and Zooey (sisters) both made it this year. Sofia came in top for the fourth year in a row. For actors The Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons leads the pack with a $29 million haul earned between June 1, 2014 and June 1, 2015 but the 15th ranked actor made $9.5 million (much higher than the 15th ranked female TV star). While female stars are drawn equally from sitcoms and dramas, only 4 of 15 top earning actors are from dramas (NCIS’s Mark Harmon; Grey’s Anatomy Patrick Dempsey; Simon Baker' The Mentalist and Kevin Spaceys House of Cards). 2015 TV Actress list dated September 2015 Sofia Vergara: $28.5 million (comedy) {mostly from advertisements; Modern Family} TOP 10 BY DEMO Kaley Cuoco: $28.5 million (comedy) {mostly from sitcom TBBT} TOP 10 BY DEMO Julie Bowen: $12 million (comedy; Modern Family) TOP 10 BY DEMO Ellen Pompeo: $11.5 million (drama; Grey's Anatomy ) Mariska Hargitay: $11 million (drama; Law & Order: SVU ) Julianna Margulies: $10.5 million (drama;The Good Wife) Amy Poehler: $10.5 million (comedy;Parks and Recreation|finished) Mindy Kaling: $9 million (comedy;The Mindy Project) Kerry Washington: $7 million (drama;Scandal ) TOP 10 BY DEMO Patricia Heaton:$7 million (comedy; The Middle) Tina Fey:$6.5 million (comedy; Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt|Netflix) Emily Deschanel: $6.5 million (drama; Bones) Pauley Perrette: $6 million (drama;NCIS) TOP 10 BY TOTAL VIEWERS Robin Wright:$5.5 million (drama;House of Cards|Netflix) Zooey Deschanel: $5 million (comedy; New Girl) Many of these shows have surprisingly low ratings, and Mindy Kaling's show was cancelled although Hulu picked it up as a streaming show. TOP 10 BY DEMO NBC Sunday Night Football, NBC (7.3) Empire, Fox (7.1) The Big Bang Theory, CBS (6.5) Thursday Night Football, CBS/NFL (5.9) Modern Family, ABC (5.4) How to Get Away With Murder, ABC (5.0) The OT, FOX (4.6) Scandal, ABC (4.5) The Blacklist, NBC (4.2) The Voice (Monday), NBC (4.2) TOP 10 BY TOTAL VIEWERS NCIS, CBS (21.4 million) The Big Bang Theory, CBS (21.3 million) Sunday Night Football, NBC (20.8 million) NCIS: New Orleans, CBS (18.6 million) Empire, FOX (17.3 million) Thursday Night Football, CBS/NFL (17.1 million) The Blacklist, NBC (15.4 million) Scorpion, CBS (15.2 million) Blue Bloods, CBS (15.1 million) Dancing With the Stars, ABC (15 million) |
| September 12th, 2015 at 11:26:32 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | If Kaley Cuoco, the least talented member of the cast, is making $28 mil a year, what the heck are the others making. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| September 12th, 2015 at 12:11:23 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
$29 million Jim Parsons $27 million Johnny Galecki $20 million Simon Helberg $20 million Kunal Nayyar Although ratings are dropping this year for TBBT I don't think they could push it past 10 years with those salaries even if the ratings began to soar. Spinning off a follow on with one or two characters has not usually worked in the past. Frasier being the huge exception. Joey and AfterMash being more the norm. They are probably better off casting the stars in brand new TV shows. When TBBT and Modern Family finally are cancelled under the weight of their star salaries, it is not clear if any future live action sitcom will replace those stratospheric salaries. The current third place sitcom is Mom, about mother and daughter alcoholics.  |