In “Modern Family,”
“Modern Family” on ABC was one of the most watched TV programs ever. The sitcom, which was co-created by Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd and had an outstanding 11-season run, came to an end in 2020.
According to a 2019 Variety article, some of the highest-paid TV actors in history, including Sofia Vergara, Ed O’Neill, Julie Bowen, Eric Stonestreet, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Ty Burrell, each made $500,000 for each episode.
According to Deadline, younger TV performers Sarah Hyland, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, and Rico Rodriguez made over $100,000 per episode.
Watch “The Big Bang Theory”
“The Big Bang Theory” premiered on CBS in 2007 and was created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, who also acted as executive producers. The highly popular sitcom ended in 2019 after 12 seasons.
According to People magazine, the show’s original stars, Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, and Kunal Nayyar, began making $1 million per episode in 2014. According to Variety, the highest-paid TV actors voluntarily reduced their salary to $900,000 per episode for the final two seasons to help their co-stars Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch.
‘NCIS’
With “NCIS,” which has been thrilling viewers since 2003, CBS earned a big success. The program was given the go-ahead for its 18th season, which will debut in November and was created by Don McGill and Donald P. Bellisario, both of whom served as executive producers.
Since the show’s debut season, a few “NCIS” cast members have made appearances, notably Mark Harmon, David McCallum, and Sean Murray. Contrary to many other well-liked TV programs, “NCIS” has kept mum on cast pay.
On “The Simpsons,”
The Simpsons, already the longest-running scripted primetime television program in history, received a Season 31 and 32 renewal from Fox in 2019. Along with James L. Brooks and Sam Simon, the show’s creator and executive producer is Matt Groening.
Many members of the original cast, including Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer, and Hank Azaria, have contributed their voices to almost every single episode.
Cartwright, Castellaneta, Kavner, and Smith received $315,000 per episode, according to a 2016 Variety report. Shearer and Azaria were not mentioned in the Variety article, despite the fact that Celebrity Net Worth claims their pay is comparable at $300,000 per episode and that they have respective net worths of $85 million and $80 million.