Name Show Salary* Ratings*Pay-per-viewerChelsea Handler "Chelsea Lately" $12 .718$16.70Anderson Cooper "360" (CNN show only) $6 .443 $13.54David Letterman "Late Show" $31 3.2 $9.69Jon Stewart "Daily Show" $14 1.7 $8.24Bill O'Reilly "O'Reilly Factor" $16 2.8 $5.71Craig Ferguson "Late Late Show" $8.51.5 $5.67Matt Lauer "Today" $25 4.6 $5.43Judith Sheindlin "Judge Judy" $45 9 $5.00Piers Morgan "Piers Morgan Tonight" $2 .49 $4.08Maury Povich "Maury" $13 3.2 $4.06Stephen Colbert "Colbert Report" $4.5 1.2 $3.75 Jimmy Kimmel "Jimmy Kimmel Live" $6 1.8 $3.33Simon Cowell "The X Factor"$40 12.6 $3.17Ellen DeGeneres "Ellen" $5 2.9 $1.72Tyra Banks "America's Next Top Model" $4 2.4 $1.67Tina Fey "30 Rock" $7.2 4.6 $1.57Mehmet Oz "Dr. Oz"$4 3.3 $1.21Ashton Kutcher "Two and a Half Men" $17 14.7 $1.16Ryan Seacrest "American Idol" $15 20 $0.75Jennifer Lopez "American Idol" $12.5 20 $0.63Ted Danson "CSI" $5 12.6 $0.40Christina Aguilera "The Voice"$2.112.7 $0.17"Snooki" Polizzi "Jersey Shore"$1.2 7.6 $0.16Ty Burrell "Modern Family" $1.1 13.3 $0.08
* — in millions
