Top 10 Highest-Earning TV Actresses: Who Is the Most Overpaid?
SLIDESHOW: Most Overpaid TV Actress?
Tina Fey
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Tina Fey
Fey tops Forbes' list, earning $13 million between May 2010 and May 2011, even though "30 Rock" is still struggling for ratings.
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Eva Longoria
Longoria ties Fey with $13 million in earnings between May 2010 and May 2011 (thanks in part to endorsements), but does anyone still watch "Desperate Housewives"?
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Marcia Cross
Cross, another "Desperate Housewife," earned $10 million from 2010-2011, but she’d better save her pennies: This is the show’s last season on the air.
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Mariska Hargitay
Hargitay made $10 million on "Law & Order: Special Victim's Unit" from 2010-2011, but we sometimes fear that people think she fights crime in real life.
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Marg Helgenberger
Helgenberger made $10 million on "CSI" from 2010-2011. Too bad fighting crime doesn’t pay so well in real life.
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Teri Hatcher
Hatcher made $9 million on "Desperate Housewives" from 2010-2011, pocketing a whopping $375,000 per episode, according to Forbes.
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Felicity Huffman
Like Hatcher, Huffman made $9 million on "Desperate Housewives" from 2010-2011, but at least she has an Oscar nomination.
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Courteney Cox
We get the whole "Friends" thing, but did Cox seriously make $7 million on "Cougar Town"?
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Ellen Pompeo
We admit that we're a sucker for "Grey's Anatomy," but we’re not sure Pompeo deserves $7 million for pretending to be "dark and twisty."
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Julianna Margulies
Margulies just won an Emmy for "The Good Wife," but she’d better boost the ratings if she wants to keep earning $6 million a year.
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Forbes points out that women on TV make a lot less than movie stars (the top three women in film earned $88 million combined), but that's not really a consolation. And then there's the question of who makes the most. Tina Fey and Eva Longoria tie for first place on Forbes' list, with each actress making $13 million between May 2010 and May 2011. Who said you have to be blonde to make it in Hollywood?
Fey also serves as producer and head writer on "30 Rock" in addition to starring on the show, so you can't say she's not earning her pay. But the critically acclaimed show is still struggling for ratings. As for Longoria, she has some lucrative endorsements, but does anyone still watch "Desperate Housewives"?
From Fey to Longoria to Courteney Cox, click through our slideshow and let us know: Who is the most overpaid TV actress?
Top Opinion
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rusty 2011/09/29 15:08:50
However, if I have to pick someone, it has to be Eva because she recently referred to the Tea Party as a racist extremist movement. I find it difficult to support people who call me such things.
The only two good actresses in the list are Mariska and Julianna.
And you spelled it wrong. it KARTRASHIAN!
It is ........drum roll Kardashian although I get the "trash" input :)
BTW: LMFAO had NO idea until about a week ago, that Bruce Jenner is step-daddy!! hahahahahaha
And I spelled it the way I meant it! PURE TRASH!