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Network primetime salaries per episode
Peter Dinklage
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Emilia Clarke
Kit Harington
Name
Program
Role
Salary
Inflation Adjusted
Year
Ref.
Peter Dinklage
Game of Thrones
Tyrion Lannister
£2,000,000
[a]
2017–18
[2]
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Jaime Lannister
Lena Headey
Cersei Lannister
Emilia Clarke
Daenerys Targaryen
Kit Harington
Jon Snow
Charlie Sheen
Two and a Half Men
Charlie Harper
$1.8 million
$2,438,000
2010–11
[3]
Ray Romano
Everybody Loves Raymond
Raymond Barone
$1.7 million
$2,652,000
2003–05
[4]
Kelsey Grammer
Frasier
Frasier Crane
$1.6 million
$2,581,000
2002–04
[5]
Tim Allen
Home Improvement
Tim Taylor
$1.25 million
$2,286,000
1998–99
[3]
James Gandolfini
The Sopranos
Tony Soprano
$1 million
$1,469,000
2006–07
[6]
Jennifer Aniston
Friends
Rachel Green
$1.25 million
$1,613,000
2003–04
[7]
Courteney Cox
Monica Geller
Lisa Kudrow
Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc
Joey Tribbiani
David Schwimmer
Ross Geller
Matthew Perry
Chandler Bing
Helen Hunt
Mad About You
Jamie Buchman
$1 million
$1,829,000
1998–99
[8]
Paul Reiser
Paul Buchman
Jerry Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld
$1 million
$1,869,000
1997–98
[9]
Johnny Galecki
The Big Bang Theory
Leonard Hofstadter
$900,000
$1,092,000
2017–19
[10]
Jim Parsons
Sheldon Cooper
Kunal Nayyar
Raj Koothrapali
Simon Helberg
Howard Wolowitz
Kaley Cuoco
Penny
Ashton Kutcher
Two and a Half Men
Walden Schmidt
$755,000
$959,000
2014
[3]
Drew Carey
The Drew Carey Show
Drew Carey
$750,000
$1,210,000
2001–04
[3]
Lauren Graham
Gilmore Girls
Lorelai Gilmore
$750,000
$952,000
2016
[11]
Alexis Bledel
Rory Gilmore
David Hyde Pierce
Frasier
Niles Crane
$750,000
$1,210,000
2014
[12]
Hugh Laurie
House
Dr. Gregory House
$700,000
$929,000
2014
Andrew Lincoln
The Walking Dead
Rick Grimes
$650,000
$789,000
2017–18
[2]
Jon Cryer
Two and a Half Men
Alan Harper
$620,000
$797,000
2013–15
[13]
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Seinfeld
Elaine Benes
$600,000
$1,122,000
1997–98
[3]
Jason Alexander
George Costanza
Michael Richards
Cosmo Kramer
Norman Reedus
The Walking Dead
Daryl Dixon
$550,000
$667,000
2017–18
[2]
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^ Mahan, Colin (July 5, 2006).
"Sopranos actors end pay dispute" . TV.com . Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
^ Carter, Bill (June 11, 2004).
"The fame and fat paycheck from Friends--$1.25 million per episode last season" . The New York Times . Retrieved August 30, 2018 .
^ Flint, Joe (April 10, 1998).
"Helen Hunt and Paul Riser get a raise" . Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
^ Fahey, Mark (May 31, 2015).
"Seinfeld's per-line payday" . CNBC .
^ Goldberg, Lesley (March 29, 2017).
"Why the 'Big Bang Theory' Stars Took Surprising Pay Cuts" .
The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 4, 2018 .
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"Salaries of TV's Top Talent Revealed" . Retrieved 27 October 2016 .
^ Acuna, Kirsten (September 25, 2012).
"The Highest-Paid Actors On TV This Fall" . Business Insider . Retrieved September 10, 2014 .
^ Balloni, Matthew (May 1, 2013).
" 'Two and a Half Men': Jon Cryer Gets a Raise, Ashton Kutcher Doesn't" . Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 11, 2017 .
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