Highest-paid television cast

As of January 2017, the highest-paid TV cast are the stars of The Big Bang Theory. The four male leads are the top four male earners on US TV – Jim Parsons ($25.5 million; £19.6 million); Johnny Galecki Johnny Galecki ($24 million; £18.4 million); Simon Helberg ($22.5 million; £17.3 million); and Kunal Nayyar ($22 million; £16.9 million). Kaley Cuoco is TV's second-highest-paid female star ($24.5 million; £18.8 million) behind Modern Family's Sofía Vergara. The combined earnings of the five actors alone push The Big Bang Theory‘s wage bill beyond the $100-million (£79.7-million) mark.