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Ashton Kutcher is the highest-paid actor on television with $700,000 an episode for "Two and a Half Men." But it's still a far cry from his predecessor Charlie Sheen's $1.2 million an episode.
Tim Allen and Kiefer Sutherland (who return to TV in "Last Man Standing" and "The Confession" respectively) will each made $125,000 an episode, "TV Guide" magazine reports. That's a major pay cut for Sutherland, who was making $400,000 an episode on 24, as the "Huffington Post" points out.
Over on the procedurals, Mariska Hargitay earns $350,000 a season of "Law & Order: SVU." Ted Danson will bank $225,000 on "CSI" -- less than Laurence Fishburne's $350,000, whom Danson replaced.
As for news, Scott Pelley will make less than $5 million a year as anchor of the "CBS Evening News" compared to Katie Couric's $15 million annual. Keith Olbermann gets $10 million a year and equity in Current TV. Anderson Cooper will make $11 million a year with his syndicated talk show and anchoring on CNN.
Simon Cowell will pull in $75 million per season of "The X Factor."
– The Hollywood Reporter
