| 1. | Oprah Winfrey- The Oprah Winfrey Show: $260 million: This is amazing! Oprah truly is the most powerful women in the world and her bank account proves it! |
| 2. | Simon Cowell- American Idol: $45 million: The mastermind behind the most popular television show of all time deserves some mucho dinero. |
| 3. | Judge Judy- Judge Judy: $30 million: I can't believe people still watch her show! She's about one step up from Jerry Springer. |
| 4. | Katie Couric- CBS Evening News: $15 million: Her ratings so far have indicated that CBS probably could have spent that money elsewhere. |
| 5. | Matt Lauer- Today co-anchor: $12 million: Katie's former partner in crime continues to show the world how being bland and uninteresting can earn you major cash. |
| 6. | Bob Barker- The Price is Right: $10 million: The former legendary host raked in the big bucks each year. It's a shame he still can't host for another 10 years. |
| 7. | Meredith Vieira- Today co-anchor: $10 million: Moving from the disaster that is The View to the Today show proved to be the right move for Vieira, not to mention the added cash. |
| 8. | Maury Povich- The Maury Povich Show: $7 million: I can't believe you can earn $7 million a year just for giving the scum of the earth the results to their paternity tests. |
| 9. | Zach Braff- Scrubs: $6.3 million: Braff is slowly branching out into film, but his work on the popular show Scrubs is worth every red cent. |
| 10. | Ellen DeGeneres- The Ellen DeGeneres Show: $5 million: Ellen has proved to be one of most likable people on television and will probably be taking over Oprah's spot once she retires. |
| 11. | Jerry Springer- America's Got Talent: $4 million: Springer earns $4 million a year? Some of this money has to be syndication rights I would assume. |
| 12. | Tyra Banks - America's Next Top Model: $3.5 million: It is pretty addictive, despite her stuck-up self-centered personality. |
| 13. | William Petersen - CSI: $500,000 per show: Since there is everything but "CSI: Birmingham" and he is the biggest star on the biggest one. |
| 14. | Charlie Sheen - Two and a Half Men: $350,000 per show: For his escort-related expenditures of his infamously priapic, cheerleader-devouring bachelorhood. |
| 15. | Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: SVU: $350,000 per show: Like CSI and Peterson, she is the biggest star on the biggest one. |
| 16. | Chris Meloni - Law & Order: SVU: $350,000 per show: The "co"-star. |
| 17. | Hugh Laurie - House: $300,000 per show: The best doctor on television. |
| 18. | Julia Louis-Dreyfus - New Adventures of Old Christine: $225,000 per show: She deserves more after playing the hilarious Elaine on Seinfeld. |
| 19. | Ellen Pompeo - Grey's Anatomy: $200,000 per show: The best intern on TV. |
| 20. | Eva Longoria - Desperate Housewives: $200,000 per show: The hottest thing on television today. |
| 21. | Jeff Foxworthy - Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?: $150,000 per show: I can't believe he is the highest of all the game show hosts, but deserves it cause he is hilarious. |
| 22. | T.R. Knight - Grey's Anatomy: $125,000 per show: Has earned much publicity recently with the co-worker controversy, but possibly overpayed for his acting talent. |
| 23. | Chandra Wilson - Grey's Anatomy: $125,000 per show: Makes the show watchable for many husbands. |
| 24. | Sally Field - Brothers & Sisters: $100,000 per show: Fabulous talent on a hidden show. |
| 25. | Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer: $250,000 - It feels like TNT spends every commercial break advertising for her and this show. |
| 26. | Julian McMahon - Nip/Tuck: $125,000 per show: The only question is... how sweet will the show be in Miami? |
| 27. | Dylan Walsh - Nip/Tuck: $125,000 per show: What you pay one, you must pay the other. |
| 28. | Joely Richardson - Nip/Tuck: $90,000 per show: It is the best show on Cable. |
| 29. | James Roday - Psych: $60,000 per show: Never heard of him or it. |