Top TV Star Salaries: You Won't Believe Who's No. 1

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BBC

32. Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black)

$500,000 ($50,000 per episode)

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CBS

31. Sharon Osbourne (The Talk)

$1 million per year

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FX

30. Keri Russell (The Americans)

 $1.3 million per year (100,000 per episode)

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Tyler Golden/FOX

29. Lea Michele, Jane Lynch and Matthew Morrison (Glee)

$1.6 million per year ($80,000 per episode)

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HBO

28. Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)

$1.9 million ($150,000 per episode

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ABC

27. Kerry Washington (Scandal)

$2 million per year ($80,000 per episode)

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Bravo

26. Andy Cohen (Watch What Happens Live)

$2 million per year

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David Giesbrecht/NBC

25. James Spader (The Blacklist)

$2.75 million per year ($125,000 per episode)

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John P. Johnson/HBO

24. Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer and Alexander Skarsgård (True Blood)

$2.75 million per year ($275,000 per episode)

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Kent Smith/SHOWTIME

23. Claire Danes (Homeland)

$3 million per year ($250,000 per episode)

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FOX

22. Zooey Deschanel (New Girl)

$3 million per year ($125,000 per episode)

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Jaimie Trueblood/AMC

21. Jon Hamm (Mad Men)

$3.5 million per year ($275,000 per episode)

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Tyler Golden/NBC

20. Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)

$4.4 million per year ($200,000 per episode)

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FOX

19. Keith Urban (American Idol)

$5 million per year

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Ron P. Jaffe/Fox

18. The Cast of How I Met Your Mother

$5 million per year ($225,000 per episode)

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17. Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Eric Stonestreet, Sofía Vergara & Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family)

$4.2 million per year ($175,000 per episode)

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ABC/Peter "Hopper" Stone

16. Ed O’Neill (Modern Family)

$4.8 million per year (200,000 per episode)

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ABC, CBS

16. Patricia Heaton (The Middle)

$4.2 million per year ($235,000 per episode)

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ABC/RANDY HOLMES

16. Tim Allen (Last Man Standing)

$4.2 million per year ($235,000 per episode)

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Patrick McElhenney/FOX

15. David Boreanaz & Emily Deschanel (Bones)

$5.5 million per year ($250,000 per episode)

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CBS

15. Michael Weatherly (NCIS)

$5.5 million per year ($250,000 per episode)

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MSNBC

14. Rachel Maddow (MSNBC)

$7 million per year

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ABC/Kelsey McNeal

13. Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh & Patrick Dempsey (Grey's Anatomy)

$7.7 million per year ($350,000 per episode)

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NBC

12. Blake Shelton (The Voice)

$8 million ($4 million per cycle)