Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon all earn more than US$1 million an episode – is your favourite actor on this list of Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV and HBO’s top-paid stars?
HBO’s Sex and the City revival signed a seven-figure pay cheque for stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis – but Harrison Ford, Steve Carell and The Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus all command similar per-episode salaries
On January 10, HBO Max announced a Sex and the City revival called And Just Like That … – much to the excitement of rosy-eyed fans the world over.
Three of the original stars – Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis – are returning for the miniseries and are expected to enjoy massive paydays. The three actresses will each make more than US$1 million per episode for the 10-episode series, Variety reported on January 11.
They aren’t the first to join the US$1 million TV club. As more big-name movie actors have made the jump to TV – from Nicole Kidman to Reese Witherspoon – salaries have ballooned. That is likely to continue as media companies focus on their streaming businesses and look to attract A-list talent for their content.
We rounded up other actors who have scored US$1 million or more per episode for recent TV projects. They range from Norman Reedus, who leads the long-running popular show The Walking Dead, to Kerry Washington, who landed a big payday for Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere.