Oprah Winfrey earns four times more than other TV stars
Saturday, October 6th, 2007
Financial magazine Forbes published recently a list of the highest-paid TV celebrities, in which the show host Oprah Winfrey topped it earning an gigantic amount of $260 million between June 2006 and June 2007. Oprah was followed by Jerry Seinfeld earning $60 million, Simon Cowell a judge on top-rated talent show “American Idol” earned $45 million taking the 3rd place.
Another talk show host, David Letterman, came on the 4 place by raking in $40 million while Donald Trump with his reality show “The Apprentice” was No. 5 with $32 million.
Daytime personalities dominate our list of TV’s top earners, with most competition among morning and afternoon talk show hosts.
- Forbes Senior Editor Lea Goldman noted -
The remaining top 20 of the highest-paid TV celebrities is as follows: (more…)

