Thursday 7 August 2008

Oprah hauls $385 million






Oprah Winfrey earns a thumping $385 trillion US a year.

Simon Cowell banks $50 million.

David Letterman? $32 million!

They�re among the stars world Health Organization appear in TV Guide�s annual star salary review, based on information from TV manufacture insiders and published sources, usmagazine.com reports.

According to TV Guide, Charlie Sheen is the highest-paid comedy star on prime-time telly 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 habitation $275,000 per episode of TNT�s The Closer, making her top-earning actress on a cable network drama.

Some stars make serious money without appearing on TV at all.

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, wHO supplies the voice of lead fibre Peter Griffin, just sign-language a apportion with Fox that will net him $100 1000000 through 2012.

And The Simpsons cast � Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith and Hank Azaria � each pull in $400,000 per episode.








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