From Ryan Seacrest to Ellen DeGeneres, here are the TV show hosts to make the most bank.
NBC’s huge bet on Megyn Kelly has gone bust.
Her daytime show, “Megyn Kelly Today,” has been dealing with poor ratings, but the final straw came when she made remarks defending blackface during a segment earlier this week. According to the Daily Mail, Kelly is now out at the network.
This is following the hefty $69 million salary (over three years) to lure Kelly from Fox News.
Last August, Variety compiled the biggest estimated annual salaries of reality, news, and talk show hosts. There were newbies to the game like Mike Meyers and Jamie Foxx, and big hitters like Ryan Seacrest, Ellen DeGeneres, and Judith Sheindlin (you know her better as Judge Judy).
Here were some of the top paid hosts, as estimated by Variety last summer:
Note: Some of these figures below include fees for producing and back-end compensation.
Tech: Megyn Kelly is reportedly out at NBC — here’s how her $69 million contract stacked up against other top TV hosts
