Ciudad de México.- Los cinco principales actores de The Big Bang Theory, los actores Robert de Niro, Dwayne Johnson, Mark Harmon y los protagonistas de Game of Thrones encabezan la lista de las celebridades mejor remuneradas de la televisión estadunidense, de acuerdo con la publicación Variety.
Los primeros puestos los ocupa el reparto de la serie estadunidense The Big Bang Theory Kaley Cuoco (Penny), Johnny Galecki (Leonard), Simon Helberg (Howard), Kunal Nayyar (Rajesh) y Jim Parsons (Sheldon), quienes llegan a tener ganancias de 900 mil dólares por capítulo.
Entre los principales actores remunerados, también se encuentra Robert de Niro, que participa en una nueva serie – aún sin título – para la plataforma del sitio web Amazon.
A continuación te presentamos la lista de los 50 actores de televisión mejor pagados:
| Actor o actriz | Programa/Televisora o plataforma | Salario en dólares (por episodio) |
| Jim Parsons | The Big Bang Theory/CBS | $900,000 |
| Kaley Cuoco | The Big Bang Theory/CBS | $900,000 |
| Johnny Galecki | The Big Bang Theory/CBS | $900,000 |
| Simon Helberg | The Big Bang Theory/CBS | $900,000 |
| Kunal Nayyar | The Big Bang Theory/CBS | $900,000 |
| Robert de Niro | Proyecto sin título aún/Amazon | $775,000 |
| Dwayne Johnson | Ballers/HBO | $650,000 |
| Mark Harmon | NCIS/CBS | $525,000 |
| Emilia Clarke | Game of Thrones/HBO | $500,000 |
| Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Game of Thrones/HBO | $500,000 |
| Peter Dinklage | Game of Thrones/HBO | $500,000 |
| Kit Harington | Game of Thrones/HBO | $500,000 |
| Lena Headey | Game of Thrones/HBO | $500,000 |
| Kevin Costner | Yellowstone/Paramount | $500,000 |
| Kevin Spacey | House of Cards/Netflix | $500,000 |
| Mayim Bialik | The Big Bang Theory/CBS | $500,000 |
| Julie Bowen | Modern Family/ABC | $500,000 |
| Ty Burrell | Modern Family/ABC | $500,000 |
| Jesse Tyler Ferguson | Modern Family/ABC | $500,000 |
| Ed O’Neill | Modern Family/ABC | $500,000 |
| Melissa Rauch | The Big Bang Theory/CBS | $500,000 |
| Eric Stonestreet | Modern Family/ABC | $500,000 |
| Sofia Vergara | Modern Family/ABC | $500,000 |
| Claire Danes | Homeland/Showtime | $450,000 |
| Ellen Pompeo | Grey’s Anatomy/ABC | $450,000 |
| William H. Macy | Shameless/Showtime | $350,000 |
| Emmy Rossum | Shameless/Showtime | $350,000 |
| Billy Bob Thornton | Goliath/Amazon | $350,000 |
| Jason Bateman | Ozark/Netflix | $300,000 |
| Laura Linney | Ozark/Netflix | $300,000 |
| Anthony Hopkins | Westworld/HBO | $300,000 |
| Kiefer Sutherland | Designated Survivor/ABC | $300,000 |
| James Spader | The Blacklist/NBC | $300,000 |
| Jeffrey Tambor | Transparent/Amazon | $275,000 |
| Kerry Washington | Scandal/ABC | $250,000 |
| Roseanne Barr | Roseanne/ABC | $250,000 |
| John Goodman | Roseanne/ABC | $250,000 |
| Sean P. Hayes | Will & Grace/NBC | $250,000 |
| Patricia Heaton | The Middle/ABC | $250,000 |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Veep/HBO | $250,000 |
| Eric McCormack | Will & Grace/NBC | $250,000 |
| Debra Messing | Will & Grace/NBC | $250,000 |
| Megan Mullally | Will & Grace/NBC | $250,000 |
| Elisabeth Moss | The Handmaid’s Tale/Hulu | $200,000 |
| Kevin James | Kevin Can Wait/CBS | $200,000 |
| Matt LeBlanc | Man With a Plan/CBS | $200,000 |
| Jeffrey Donovan | Shut Eye/Hulu | $175,000 |
| Michael Weatherly | Bull/CBS | $175,000 |
| Bob Odenkirk | Better Call Saul/AMC | $150,000 |
| Ellie Kemper | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt/Netflix | $150,000 |
