Previously, we updated readers on the highest of the highest paid TV actresses of 2016-17 and the corresponding television season.
Now it’s time to make room for the fellas. The very rich fellas.
Forbes has released its rankings of the highest-paid actors on the small screen, with the salaries below earned during the prior season.
Ready to count them down from #15 to #1? Let’s do this…
Justin Chambers: $9.5 Million
It pays to be one of the few remaining original cast members on Grey’s Anatomy.
David Duchovny: $10 Million
Think he’s glad he came back for that X-Files reboot?
Michael Weatherly: $10 Million
Michael Weatherly now anchors his very own show on CBS, Bull. He made the right financial move in leaving NCIS.
Kevin Spacey: $10.5 Million
House of Cards? More like House of Hundred Dollar Bills!
Eric Stonestreet: $11 million
He’s the first comedic actor on the list. He will not be the last.
Ed O’Neill: $11.5 Million
O’Neill just edges out his Modern Family colleague.
Ray Romano: $12 Million
Who says you need a new show to make a lot of money? Syndication, baby!
Jesse Tyler Ferguson: $12 Million
So, yes, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and company are making all this money now and will KEEP making a boatload as long as Modern Family remains in syndication.
Nathan Fillion: $12 Million
With Castle over, Nathan Fillion is looking for a new job. But he won’t be going broke in the meantime.
Ty Burrell: $12.5 Million
Ty Burrell ranks just a hair above the rest of his male Modern Family co-stars.
Mark Harmon: $20 Million
We’ve reached a new stratosphere with the top five. Harmon is our first $20 million man.
Kunal Nayyar: $22 Million
Starting with Nayyar, you’re about to see that the stars of The Big Bang Theory are in a class by themselves.
Simon Helberg: $22.5 Million
Helberg checks in at $22.5 million. Still not the highest Big Bang Theory star.
Johnny Galecki: $24 Million
Johnny Galecki at $24 million? We’re getting close.
Jim Parsons: $25.5 Million
Dinner is on Jim Parsons, people. Even when the other guests include the actors on this list. WOW!