Forbes magazine has published the new list of the highest-paid men in television and last year’s winner is glaringly absent.
Replacing Charlie Sheen this year in top spot is his ‘Two and a Half Men’ replacement Ashton Kutcher, who earned $24 million during his first year in the role of Walden Schmidt, the naive internet tycoon. Besides his $700,000 per episode paycheck, Forbes factored in his investments and film salaries.
In an interesting twist of fate, co-star Jon Cryer came in at #7 with earnings of $13 million.
We should see some upward movement in his pay status next year based on the fact that Cryer picked up an Emmy last month for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series some two years after winning in the Best Supporting Actor category during Sheen’s overshadowing tenure.
Check out the full list below:
In case you’re wondering how Forbes ranked the ladies: Sofia Vergara topped the list at $19 million, Kim Kardashian $18 million, Eva Longoria $15 million, Bethenny Frankel $12 million, Khloe Kardashian $11 million, Tina Fey $11 million, Mariska Hargitay $10 million, Zoey Deschanel $9 million, Felicity Huffman 9 million.
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