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October 02, 2007
George Lopez?
I was quite fascinated to see who Forbes put on its list of the twenty richest people on television. Most of the usual suspects were there, such as Oprah Winfrey, Dave Letterman and Jerry Seinfeld. As the list moved down, however, I was a tad surprised at some of the names on the list:
Simon Cowell of Fox’s “American Idol” places third with $45 million. David Letterman ranks fourth with $40 million, followed by Donald Trump and Jay Leno (both $32 million), [Dr. Phil] McGraw and Judy “Judge Judy” Sheindlin (both $30 million) and George Lopez ($26 million).
Judge Judy gets $30 million to bitch out people arguing over a botched car wash? Apparently advertisers are willing to shell out big bucks to reach the home-at-1-pm demographic. College students, maybe? They are big spenders, after all.
But what of George Lopez? The Latin King of Comedy must have some kind of side deal going on, because I don't see how he can be pulling down $20 million simply from The George Lopez Show. Especially since it got axed.
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Posted by oz115 at October 2, 2007 11:28 AM