Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons is the highest-paid television actor of 2015, earning a whopping $29 million between June 1, 2014 and June 1, 2015.
According to Forbes, who assembled the list of male TV stars, Parsons' co-star Johnny Galecki was close behind, raking in $27 million. The list includes money these stars make in addition to their TV gigs, hence Parsons -- who has kept busy on Broadway and in commercials on top of his huge hit sitcom -- making a bit more than Galecki, despite the two actors and their co-star Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting signing massive new deals for Big Bang last year that now bring them $1 million each per episode in addition to a more than 1% cut of the show’s back-end profit. Big Bang Theory's Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar also made the Forbes list as well, each earning $20 million in the past year.
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According to Forbes, who assembled the list of male TV stars, Parsons' co-star Johnny Galecki was close behind, raking in $27 million. The list includes money these stars make in addition to their TV gigs, hence Parsons -- who has kept busy on Broadway and in commercials on top of his huge hit sitcom -- making a bit more than Galecki, despite the two actors and their co-star Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting signing massive new deals for Big Bang last year that now bring them $1 million each per episode in addition to a more than 1% cut of the show’s back-end profit. Big Bang Theory's Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar also made the Forbes list as well, each earning $20 million in the past year.
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