From Steve Harvey To Oprah Winfrey, Here’s How These TV Stars Became Filthy Rich
There’s big money to be made on TV. Just ask anyone of the people featured in this story. These stars are raking in the big bucks from comfortable thousands to mega millions thanks to a mixture of their talent, sacrifice, and hard work. For some of them, like Steve Harvey, it’s their life’s work.
For others, it’s just a coming together of their talents and the opportunities thrown their way. But not everyone is made for it, and some fail at it a few times before they finally find something that works. But one thing is sure; these stars are rolling in the dough; here’s how they make it.
Tucker Carlson (Tucker Carlson Tonight) – $10 Million
From the infamous political legend Roger Stone to the iconic guitarist Ted Nugent, Tucker Carlson has welcomed all kinds of people to his show “Tucker Carlson Today.” The prodigal son of Fox News, Carlson is also known for “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” the other popular program that has kept him busy at the start of 2022.
While not all viewers have the same admiration for his tactics, Carlson is undoubtedly one of the most polarizing men in broadcasting and one of Fox News’s wittiest commentators. His reported yearly salary sits anywhere between $6 million and $10 million, but we can imagine him landing an even bigger contract anytime.
Oprah Winfrey (The Oprah Winfrey Show) – $300 Million
No one in the world can deny Oprah Winfrey her title as the queen of all media. She has a $3.5 billion net worth and is America’s first African-American multi-millionaire. She is also one of the greatest African-American philanthropists as well, and it all got kick-started by “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”
It ran from 1986 to 2011, was syndicated worldwide, and has the highest ratings for its format. She also earned an Oscar nomination for her role in “The Color Purple.” She has also won 18 Daytime and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2021 she served as producer on another season of “Queen Sugar.”
Kimberly Guilfoyle (The Five) – $8 Million
As a result of her relationship with Donald Trump Jr., Kimberley Guilfoyle landed a job on the Trump Administration as an advisor to the president. She didn’t just walk in on the role without any skills, though, and she has worked as an attorney in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
She is also popular on TV and has worked for Fox News, most notably co-hosting the panel talk show “The Five.” She abruptly left the network to work for Trump and soon joined the Super PAC America First Policies, which is a pro-Trump organization. In 2021 she appeared on a show called “The Supporters.”
Jimmy Kimmel (Jimmy Kimmel Live!) – $15 Million
Show business has been kind to the New York City comedian Jimmy Kimmel. He went on from being a high school radio host to become a Comedy Central writer, and he hit the big time in 2003 when he first starred in “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Over 3,000 episodes later, the talk show is still being broadcast on ABC.
Kimmel collects a reported yearly salary of $15 million for his work in “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” but he’s always looking for new career opportunities. In 2021, he worked as a voice actor in the animations “PAW Patrol: The Movie” and “The Boss Baby: Family Business.”
Harris Faulkner (Outnumbered) – $2 Million
Can the American newscaster Harris Faulkner even catch a breath? In 2022, she continued to collect daily appearances in “Outnumbered” and “The Faulkner Focus,” the two shows that have convinced Fox News to pay her an impressive yearly salary of $2 million.
Remarkably, Faulkner started her journalistic career by selling business articles for $50 apiece to the LA Weekly newspaper. She then went on to work as a reporter for multiple local news stations before joining Fox News in 2005. So far, her decades-long spell with the conservative news network has been nothing short of a success.
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