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Simon Cowell Beats Trump and Seacrest in Earnings Poll

Posted by Adam

Wednesday November 11, 2009

Simon CowellSIMON Cowell‘s laughing all the way to the bank!

The American Idol judge has beaten The Apprentice host Donald Trump and Idol presenter Ryan Seacrest as the highest-earning man on US TV.

Cowell took home $75m, Trump $50m and Seacrest $38M — according to estimated pre-tax earnings from June 1, 2008 to June 1, 2009 compiled by Forbes.

Rounding out the top five: Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen, who netted $21 million, and Office star Steve Carell, with an estimated $21 million.

The remainder of the Top 10:

6. Howie Mandel ($15 million)

7. Kiefer Sutherland ($13 million)

8. Jeff Foxworthy ($11 million)

9. Hugh Laurie ($10 million)

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  • Claus

    Interesting….no women. Some things never change when it comes to compensation.

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/adamnutburn adamnutburn

      It's a poll to find the highest-earning man in TV.

    • Clio

      Yeah, if it was overall highest earners, you know Oprah would be way up there, at least top three if not #1.

      • http://intensedebate.com/people/adamnutburn adamnutburn

        Oprah would almost certainly be number one!