The Highest Paid Tv Hosts

Jimmy Kimmel is the poorest host on the list and he brings home $12 million a year. It’s a good gig if you can get it! Dr. Phil McGraw is the highest-paid host of the past year, with $88 million in earnings, but Ellen DeGeneres is nipping at his heels with her hefty $75 million take. Dr. Phil’s $88 million is his highest-ever earnings. He gets a pretty big cut of the profits from his talk show. He is also a producer of The Doctors and has endorsement deals with AARP and AstraZeneca that help his bottom line. Ellen DeGeneres also takes home a big piece of her show’s earnings. Ellen is watched by 3.6 million people every day. Ellen also benefits from her popular mobile game Heads Up! as well as her role in Finding Dory and her endorsement deal with CoverGirl. Ellen is one of six women on the list. Pat Sajak and Alex Trebek made the list for their gigs on Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! The long time hosts have been at their respective gigs for 35 and 32 years. The salaries of the hosts of morning shows account for $98 million of the total salaries. Matt Lauer comes in at number five with his $25 million for hosting the Today show. He’s followed by Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, and Michael Strahan. Kelly Ripa also made the list for her Live duties. Four late night hosts also made the list. Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Fallon, and Stephen Colbert made a combined $54.5 million. Here are the 20 Highest-Paid TV Hosts: #20. Jimmy Kimmel – $12 million Jimmy Kimmel Live #18 Conan O’Brien – $12.5 million Conan #18 Drew Carey – $12.5 million The Price is Right #17 Steve Harvey – $14.5 million The Steve Harvey Show #12 Jimmy Fallon – $15 million The Tonight Show #12 George Stephanopoulos – $15 million Good Morning America #12 Pat Sajak – $15 million Wheel of Fortune #12 Stephen Colbert – $15 million The Late Show with Stephen Colbert #12 Megyn Kelly – $15 million The Kelly File #11 Alex Trebek – $16.5 million Jeopardy! #9 Michael Strahan – $17 million Good Morning America #9 Kelly Ripa – $17 million Live with Kelly #8 Robin Roberts – $18 million Good Morning America #7 Bill O’Reilly – $18.5 million The O’Reilly Factor #6 Heidi Klum – $19 million Project Runway, America’s Got Talent, Germany’s Next Top Model #5 Matt Lauer – $25 million The Today Show #4 Judy Sheindlin – $47 million Judge Judy #3. Ryan Seacrest – $55 million American Idol #2 Ellen DeGeneres – $75 million Ellen #1 Dr. Phil McGraw – $88 million Dr. Phil