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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?

From left, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston and Nicole Kidman are three of the stars to have made US$1 million or more per episode in various TV shows. Photo: Getty Images/AFP, @nicolekidman/Instagram

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.

From left to right, the original cast of Sex and The City, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Kim Cattrall and Cynthia Nixon. Photo: PA Wire/ZUMA Press/TNS

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.

The Friends cast members were even set to make “at least US$2.5 million” for the HBO Max reunion special, Variety reported last year, before it was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
From left, the cast of Friends: David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, Courtney Cox Arquette, Jennifer Aniston and Matt LeBlanc, with their Emmy for outstanding comedy series in September 2002. Photo: AFP

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.

The five main cast members of The Big Bang Theory were all making US$1 million an episode before agreeing to take US$100,000 pay cuts in 2017, to help co-stars Melissa Rauch and Mayim Bialik earn more, Variety reported at the time.

The cast of Big Bang Theory, from left: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch. Photo: Invision/AP

And it doesn’t stop there.

Actors like Harrison Ford and Jeff Bridges have struck big deals for upcoming TV shows. Ford is nabbing more than US$1 million an episode for the true-crime adaptation, The Staircase, and Bridges for the upcoming FX on Hulu series, The Old Man, according to Variety.

Below are 10 TV stars who have made US$1 million or more an episode for existing or upcoming series – with Nicole Kidman even making both lists.

Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show (Apple TV Plus) – US$1.25 million

Witherspoon also made US$1.1 million an episode for Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere, according to Variety, and US$1 million an episode for season two of HBO’s Big Little Lies, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show (Apple TV Plus) – US$1.25 million

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon star in The Morning Show on Apple TV. Photo: @reesewitherspoon/Instagram

Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu) – US$1.1 million

Kerry Washington stars as Mia Warren in the Hulu series Little Fires Everywhere. Photo: @kerrywashington/Instagram

Steve Carell, Space Force (Netflix) – US$1 million

Steve Carell stars as General Mark R. Naird in Space Force on Netflix. Photo: @spaceforce/Instagram

Norman Reedus, The Walking Dead (AMC) – US$1 million

Norman Reedus in The Walking Dead. Photo: @thewalkingdead/ Instagram

Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) – US$1 million

Elizabeth Moss stars as Offred in The Handmaid’s Tale on Hulu. Photo: @handmaidsonhulu/Instagram

Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies (HBO) – US$1 million

Nicole Kidman stars as Celeste Wright in Big Little Lies on HBO. Photo: @biglittlelies/Instagram

These stars struck big paydays for shows that haven’t been released yet, from Harrison Ford to Jeff Bridges.

Jeff Bridges, The Old Man (FX on Hulu) – US$1 million

Jeff Bridges is set to star in The Old Man on Hulu. Photo: @thejeffbridges/Instagram

Nicole Kidman, Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu) – US$1 million

Nicole Kidman is set to star in Nine Perfect Strangers on Hulu. Photo: @nicolekidman/Instagram

Harrison Ford, The Staircase (HBO Max) – US$1.2 million

Harrison Ford attends the premiere of The Call of the Wild in Los Angeles in February 2020. Photo: Invision/AP

This article originally appeared on Business Insider.

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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