However, we were surprised to see the most obvious celebrities missing from the list – TV actors and actresses.
From network to cable primetime, we decided to take a look at the salaries for television's biggest returning actors this fall.
Salaries are estimated by looking at an actor's reported pay per episode with the number of episodes for the coming season.
Excluded from this list are new faces coming to TV since its unknown how long any one new show may last on air.
And, if you're wondering, Claire Danes gets $1.32 million for the 12 ordered episodes of Showtime's Outstanding Drama Series winner "Homeland."
"Mad Men" star Jon Hamm would have rounded out the list had his AMC hit been a fall show. His 13-episode salary for "Mad Men" would come to a total of $3.25 million at $250,000 per episode.
With a few big names coming to television this fall (Lucy Liu, Dennis Quaid), here's what they can look forward to making ... once on the air a few seasons.
One of the highest-paid actors on television also took home one of the biggest Emmy upsets last night, beating out Jim Parsons ("Big Bang Theory") and Louis C.K.
Kirsten Acuna was a correspondent on Business Insider's Entertainment team covering TV, movies, and theme parks. She is Businness Insider's resident expert on all things "The Walking Dead." YKirsten covers superheroes and all things Disney (Marvel, Pixar, and live-action remakes). She is a verified film critic on Rotten Tomatoes. Kirsten has previously written for TV Guide and Time Out New York Kids. She joined Business Insider's entertainment team in 2012 as a reporter, helping to build the team from two people. She holds a degree in magazine journalism and minors in both English and child family studies from Syracuse University.Follow her on Twitter @KirstenAcuna.
Most television actors aren't earning tens of millions for their shows; however, they're still getting paid a pretty nice penny.