Who are the Highest Paid Actors on TV?

Is it my imagination or are some of the actors below overpaid while others are severely underpaid? Ignoring all the new shows since naturally they're not gonna pay an actor 300 grand per episode when they don't even know if the show is going to last past the first 5, but for the older ones, like The Mentalist, CSI Miami etc.. it's a bit too much.

David Caruso gets $375,000 an episode just to put on his sunglasses and pose with his hands on his hips...how much do they pay the sunglasses of justice to endure that torture?

Nathan Fillion (aka Castle) ONLY gets paid $100,000 an episode! COME ON!! That show is awesome and THAT'S ALL they're paying him after 3 very successful seasons?

Even Two and a Half Men newbie Ashton Kutcher is getting $700,000 while veteran John Cryer gets less than him at $600,000 per episode.

Hey, at least Ted Danson isn't getting paid more than Marg Helgenberger on CSI this season.




DRAMAS :

1. Hugh Laurie (House season 8) : $700,000/episode.
2. Mark Harmon (NCIS season 10) : $500,000/episode.

3. Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order SVU season 13) : $395,000/episode.
4. David Caruso (CSI Miami season 10) : $375,000/episode.
4. Marg Helgenberger (CSI season 12) : $375,000/episode.
4. Marcia Cross (Desperate Housewives season 8) : $375,000/episode.
7. Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer season 7) : $350,000/episode.

8. Simon Baker (The Mentalist season 4) : $300,000/episode.
9. Patrick Dempsey (Grey's Anatomy season 8) : $275,000/episode.
9. Kate Walsh (Private Practice season 5) : $275,000/episode.
11. Kiefer Sutherland (Touch season 1) : $225 000/episode.
11. Ted Danson (CSI season 12) : $225,000/episode.

13. Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife season 3) : $180,000/episode.
14. Kathy Bates (Harry's Law season 2) : $175,000/episode.
14. Jon Hamm (Mad Men season 5) : $175,000/episode.
16. Dana Delany (Body of Proof season 2) : $150,000/episode.

17. Tom Selleck (Blue Bloods season 2) : $130,000/episode.
17. Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds season 7) : $130,000/episode.
19. Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad season 4) : $125,000/episode.
19. William H. Macy (Shameless season 2) : $125,000/episode.
19. Maria Bello (Prime Suspect season 1) : $125,000/episode.
19. Christina Ricci (Pan Am season 1) : $125,000/episode.
19. Jared Padalecki (Supernatural season 7) : $125,000/episode.

24. Cote De Pablo (NCIS season 9) : $120,000/episode.
24. Thomas Gibson (Criminal Minds season 7) : $120,000/episode.
26. Alex O'Loughlin (Hawaii Five-0 season 2) : $115,000/episode.
27. Michael Emerson (Person of Interest season 1) : $100,000/episode.
27. Eddie Cibrian (The Playboy Club season 1) : $100,000/episode.
27. Sarah Michelle Gellar (Ringer season 1) : $100,000/episode.
27. Nathan Fillion (Castle season 4) : $100,000/episode.

31. Poppy Montgomery (Unforgettable season 1) : $85,000/episode.
32. Angie Harmon (Rizzoli & Isles season 2) : $80,000/episode.
33. Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire season 2) : $75,000/episode.
33. Danny Pino (Law & Order SVU season 12) : $75,000/episode.
33. Jason O'Mara (Terra Nova season 1) : $75,000/episode.
36. Blake Lively (Gossip Girl season 5) : $60,000/episode.
37. Minka Kelly (Charlie's Angels season 1) : $50,000/episode.
38. Britt Robertson (The Secret Circle season 1) : $30,000/episode.


COMEDIES :

1. Ashton Kutcher (Two and a Half Men season 9) : $700,000/episode.
2. Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men season 9) : $600,000/episode.

3. Tina Fey (30 Rock season 6) : $350,000/episode.
4. Alec Baldwin (30 Rock season 6) : $300,000/episode.

5. Angus T. Jones (Two and a Half Men season 9) : $250,000/episode.
5. Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki & Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory season 5) : $250,000/episode.
7. David Duchovny (Californication season 5) : $225,000/episode.
7. Tim Allen (Last Man Standing season 1) : $225,000/episode.
9. Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother season 7) : $200,000/episode.

10. James Spader (The Office season 8) : $125,000/episode.
10. Christina Applegate (Up All Night season 1) : $125,000/episode.
12. Ed O'Neil (Modern Family season 3) : $105,000/episode.
13. Simon Helberg & Kunal Nayyar (The Big Bang Theory season 5) : $100,000/episode.

14. Zooey Deschanel (New Girl season 1) : $90,000/episode.
15. Kevin Dillon (How To Be A Gentleman season 1) : $80,000/episode.
16. Will Arnett (Up All Night season 1) : $75,000/episode.
16. Jamie Pressly (I Hate My Teenage Daughter season 1) : $75,000/episode.

18. Joel McHale (Community season 3) : $60,000/episode.
18. Whitney Cummings (Whitney season 1) : $60,000/episode.
18. Jane Lynch (Glee season 3) : $60,000/episode.
21. Matthew Morrison (Glee season 3) : $55,000/episode.
22. Nick Offerman (Parks & Recreation season 4) : $30,000/episode.