Highest Paid TV Actors – Drama 

I just posted a list of the highest paid tv actors in comedy (per episode) which you can see here. As promised, here is the second of the three installments.

Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls) – $750, 000

Mark Harmon (NCIS) – $525, 000

Kevin Spacey (House of Cards) – $500, 000

Lead cast of Game of Thrones – $500, 000

Claire Danes (Homeland) – $450, 000

Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU) – $450, 000

Ellen Pompeo (Grey’s Anatomy) – $400, 000

Joel Kinnaman (Altered Carbon) – $350,000

Reese Witherspoon & Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies) – $350,000

Kiefer Sutherland (Designated Survivor) – $300,000

Viola Davis (HTGAWM) – $200, 000

Kerry Washington (Scandal) – $200, 000

Lead cast of Westworld – $175, 000

Taraji P Henson and Terrence Howard (Empire) – $175, 000

Keri Russell (The Americans) – $175, 000

Mandy Patinkin (Homeland) – $150,000

The Lyon kids (Empire) – $20, 000

I shed a little tear for the Lyon kids. I mean I know they all were virtually unknowns when they started but it just seems so paltry compared to all the amounts listed before it. See any surprises?