Forbes have release their prime time top earning women list from June 1, 2008 to June 1, 2009. When coming up with the list they take into account earnings from television work, producing, movie work and any endorsements.
10. Ellen Pompeo (tie) – $6 million
Now in its sixth season, viewers still tune in to see the latest as Pompeo’s Meredith Grey simultaneously pushes away and pines after her husband, Dr. Derek “McDreamy” Shepherd, on ABC’s medical hit. Off camera, the Massachusetts native gave birth to her first child with her producer husband Chris Ivery.
10. Jennifer Love Hewitt – $6 million
Hewitt’s CBS star vehicle rolled out its fifth season last month. As she’s done in seasons past, she serves as a producer and lead actor on the female-friendly series. The former Party of Five star also shills pimple cream and other products for skincare company Proactiv.
9. Marcia Cross – $6.2 million
Cross’ comedic turn as the all-too-perfect Bree Van De Kamp on ABC’s hit series has earned her critical accolades, countless fans and a $225,000 per episode paycheck. Off set, she took on a role as a Motts spokeswoman.
8. Tina Fey – $7 million
Despite just 7 million weekly viewers–up 10% from last season–Fey’s comedy consistently garners critical and award-show praise. Still more impressive, she serves as creator, writer and star. She grabbed gobs of attention last fall for her impersonations of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live. In addition to striking a lucrative book deal during the 12-month period, she also filmed Date Night, a romantic comedy opposite fellow NBC star Steve Carell.
6. Maura Tierney – $8 million (tie)
As nurse turned doctor Abby Lockhart, Tierney spent a decade stitching up bodies at County General Hospital on NBC’s long-running medical drama ER. After a lengthy and lucrative run, the series and its fictional hospital finally closed its doors this past spring. The Emmy-nominated actress had grand plans to take on a new NBC drama, the upcoming Parenthood, before bowing out for health reasons.
6. Julia Louis-Dreyfus – $8 million (tie)
While its hardly Seinfeld money, Dreyfus makes a more than a healthy living as the star of CBS’ Wednesday night comedy. She’s also seen money from Seinfeld residuals and a Seinfeld-themed guest arc on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. Lest it stop there, the famously goofy star also serves as spokeswoman for Conagra’s Healthy Choice.
5. Mariska Hargitay – $8.5 million
After 10 seasons on the NBC program, the Emmy-winning actress and co-star Chris Meloni found themselves in the middle of a protracted contract dispute this past spring. Off-camera, Hargitay also struggled with a collapsed lung.
4. Eva Longoria Parker – $9 million
The Desperate Housewives vixen may have shed her model body and sexpot image in the show’s leap forward, but she still commands a pretty paycheck. In addition to her $225,000 per episode payday last season, she rakes in additional dough with endorsements like L’Oreal Paris.
3. Marg Helgenberger – $9.5 million
The Emmy-winning actress recently launched her 10th season as showgirl turned blood-spatter analyst Catherine Willows on the lucrative CBS procedural. In an era where few shows deliver massive ratings much less massive profit, her series stands out.
Kathernie Heigl – $18 million
As cancer patient Izzie Stevens on the ABC drama Grey’s Anatomy, Heigl garnered tears and fans alike last season. Whether her character will ultimately survive the illness–and thus remain on the show–remains one of prime-time’s biggest guessing games. Over on the big-screen, the 30-year-old star appeared opposite Gerard Butler in another romantic comedy, The Ugly Truth. Proving her range, she’ll follow that with a starring role opposite Ashton Kutcher in the Lionsgate action comedy Five Killers.
Tyra Banks – $30 million
When it comes to supermodels turned super-personalities, Banks has her competition beat. Among the former cat-walker’s projects: her own production company, along with a slew of TV shows, including model competition series America’s Next Top Model, beauty competition show True Beauty and daytime chat-fest The Tyra Banks Show.
Last week we got the nominations for the 2009 Emmy Awards, but now we get an even better list – the 25 biggest Emmy snubs ever.
25. SPORTS NIGHT
Aaron Sorkin’s dramedy about a struggling cable sports program had it all: a swoon-inducing central romance (between Peter Krause’s sly anchor and Felicity Huffman’s brainy producer); a stunning supporting cast (including the awesome Robert Guillaume); and lightning-quick dialogue that ranged from heartbreaking to hilarious. And funny enough, we reacted to Sports Night’s lack of Emmy recognition much the same way we would to a typical episode — by laughing out loud and reaching for the Kleenex.
24. WALTON GOGGINS The Shield
Michael Chiklis garnered most of the award attention for his bulldog-on-steroids performance as Vic Mackey, the head of a stop-at-nothing L.A. police squad. But as his onetime right-hand man and best friend Shane Vendrell, Goggins also proved he’s an acting force to be reckoned with. A loose cannon whose messes kept getting bigger and stickier and more dangerous each season, Shane spun out of control in season 6, playing all sides against each other and becoming hell-bent on self-destruction after dropping a hand grenade in the lap of his squad mate at the end of season 5.
23. MY SO-CALLED LIFE
Okay, so it only lasted one season. And while ”the Academy” didn’t know it then, this critically acclaimed ratings bust has since become one of the most beloved cult-classics to ever hit the tube. It not only captured teen angst in a way few have been able to replicate, but it also showed the softer side of trying to figure out who you are. Although I may never forgive Claire Danes (she admitted to EW in 2004 that she had a hand in the show not returning for a second season) at least they didn’t go with their first rumored pick — Alicia Silverstone. Cher pining over brooding Jordan Catalano? Whatever!
22. SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Can you believe it!? I guess it’s not too surprising that SMG was never nominated. The closest this classic ever got to a major nomination was a writing nod for the genius Joss Whedon (and the poor guy didn’t even win). But if there was one person that deserved that little golden angel it was Gellar (duh), who played Buffy Summers as a high school girl all high school kids could relate to. Sure, the goths may have claimed her, but Buffy blurred the lines of cliques and social circles and played into a fantasy any high schooler would envy: superpowers + important mission in life.
21. HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET
When it premiered in January 1993, Homicide was a meticulously bleak show — morose, cynical, and allusive in a way nothing else on prime time was even trying to be. Critical raves poured in for these tales of the Baltimore homicide division; viewers, correctly suspecting a downer, stayed away in droves. Sadly, the Academy didn’t bestow the Best Dramatic Series love either. And that’s a crime.
20. AN AMERICAN FAMILY
Twelve episodes. One family. A 20-year-old gay man. And more than 10 million viewers. Long before The Real World, The Osbournes, and Wife Swap, filmmakers Susan and Alan Raymond gave America a peek inside the lives of a normal clan, the Louds, in An American Family. PBS’ documentary series was so ahead of its time that no Emmy category existed in 1973 to accommodate it. (Sure, it might have qualified for Outstanding Documentary, but that category was filled with news-division shows on such topics as Watergate.) Among the first ”ordinary people” to become ”celebrities,” the Loud family appeared on the cover of Newsweek and son Lance became something of a gay icon. Little did they know what they had wrought.
19. KATEY SAGAL Married…With Children
With a cigarette dangling from one hand and the remote control from the other, Sagal’s sex-obsessed Peggy ruled the suburban middle-class wasteland that was the Bundy household. It was the actress’ own idea to outfit her character in ’60s- and ’70s-style TV-housewife garb — a hilarious move, as it further highlighted the divide between those women’s devotion to homemaking and Peg’s refusal to ever lift a fake nail…unless it was to eat a bonbon.
18. RON HOWARD The Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days
Don’t you wish there was a ”Best Narration” category? Because Ron Howard would’ve cleaned up for Arrested Development. Sticking to his on-screen appearances, the Academy dissed Howard in his six seasons as Howdy Doody look-alike Richie Cunningham on Happy Days. But how could little Ronny not have scored a nod for the episode ”Opie the Birdman” from The Andy Griffith Show? Not many child stars can communicate a dawning youngster’s awareness of the value of life, the importance of parenting, and the pain of separation as he did in this episode, a performance mature in its innocence.
17. AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL
Just how crazy a weave must Tyra don before Emmy takes notice of ANTM? The supermodel’s modeling competition may not score the ratings of some other reality juggernauts, but when it comes to entertainment value, the show never disappoints (see: every cycle’s makeover episode). And unlike some other reality shows, ANTM actually does produce some success stories (e.g. Eva Pigford, Danielle Evans, Adrianne Curry…kinda). C’mon Emmy, you know that ANTM deserves to still be in the running to become Best. Reality. Competition. Show.
16. KRISTIN DAVIS Sex and the City
From home, we all followed Kristin Davis’ Park Avenue princess Charlotte York as she went through the same big-girl realizations as the rest of us. Discarding Prince Charming fantasies and big-city illusions, Charlotte developed throughout the series into the sweet but strong woman we later saw on the big screen
15. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
The most likely reason Ronald D. Moore’s magnum opus hasn’t been nominated is that it’s ”too genre,” which is ironic given that Battlestar Galactica is a self-conscious break from the genre conventions that have clogged much of TV sci-fi (I’m looking at you, Star Trek: Enterprise). BSG is great drama that just happens to be set in a sci-fi context.
14. CHLOË SEVIGNY Big Love
While it’s slightly shocking to see indie fashionista Chloë Sevigny so comfortable in the conservative skin of Mormon Nicki on HBO’s Big Love, the actress’ portrayal of the second wife is believable far beyond her single braid/turtleneck/long skirt ensembles. She gives an honest glimpse into the struggles facing a fundamentalist polygamist gal trying to survive in a world where her belief system is illegal.
13. DESI ARNAZ I Love Lucy
Sure, we all know that the real star of I Love Lucy was comedy legend Lucille Ball, but Lucy wouldn’t have been half as funny without her heavy-accented, bongo-banging, disciplinarian foil/husband Ricky Ricardo, played by real-life spouse Arnaz. In fact, out of the show’s four regular cast members — Ball, Arnaz, William Frawley, and Vivian Vance — Arnaz was the only one never recognized during its six-year run. Emmy, you got some ’splainin’ to do.
12. CONNIE BRITTON AND KYLE CHANDLER Friday Night Lights
Eric and Tami Taylor, TV’s most realistic couple (and yes, that includes reality shows), are just too divine. Why? They — he, the obsessive coach; she, the doting mom and school counselor — are believable: They fight, make up, talk, parent, and work together with the harmony and grace of a pair that’s been together in real life for years.
11. THE WIRE
We can almost convince ourselves that there were too many fantastic actors on David Simon’s Baltimore threnody for Emmy to get around to them all (though how one overlooks Dominic West or Michael K. Williams, we’ll never know). But that a series routinely hailed as one of the best shows ever on television — if not the best — never even garnered a dramatic series nod? Shameful.
10. COURTENEY COX Friends
How was Cox — who aced her half of the Chandler-Monica affair — the only Friend ignored?
9. BOB NEWHART The Bob Newhart Show
Three noms for Newhart’s next sitcom didn’t make up for earlier snubs.
8. HEATHER LOCKLEAR Melrose Place
Her hilariously bitchy stroll on Melrose turned a snooze into a must-watch.
7. NORMAN FELL
Three’s Company
The only thing lovable about wife-hating homophobe Mr. Roper? Fell’s perfect timing.
6. MICHAEL LANDON
Ignoring the beloved star for his two seminal series, Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie, is like never sending your dad a Father’s Day card.
5. THE HONEYMOONERS
One of the best sitcoms on TV, and prototype for the rest of the best. Pity Emmy voters never noticed.
4. LAUREN GRAHAM Gilmore Girls
Put those hyperliterate scripts in a lesser actress’ hands — see what hash they make of them.
3. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Believe it or not, kids, before Lost, Emmy didn’t always understand shows with fanciful premises.
2. ANDY GRIFFITH
The Andy Griffith Show
Don Knotts nabbed four trophies, but not one nod for the sheriff? A crime!
1. ROSEANNE
Emmy loved the sitcom’s actors but never acknowledged the show or its writers. So the stars did an amazing job saying…nothing worthwhile?
I think this is one of the few lists that I agree with everything on it, yes including America’s Next Top Model. I am a huge fan of Buffy The Vampire Slayer and always thought it was robbed every year.
One of the 14 girls who will compete on the new season of America’s Next Top Model – which returns to The CW on September 3 – is transgender.
“My cards were dealt differently,” Isis, a 22-year-old former receptionist, tells Us Weekly exclusively in its new issue, on newsstands now.
Hailing from Prince George’s County, Maryland, Isis identifies herself as “a woman born physically male.”
Will she be a role model?
“I like to help people, but I’m here to follow my dreams,” she tells Us.
The inclusion of Isis is being hailed by GLAAD president Neil Giuliano as “an unprecedented opportunity for a community that is underrepresented on television.
“We applaud Tyra Banks and The CW for making this historic visibility of transgender people possible,” Giuliano said.
source: Transgender Contestant to Compete on Top Model [us magazine]
Tyra Banks had the contestants on America’s Next Top Model literally wear slabs of meat for their latest photo shoot.
Doesn’t that look yummy?
There were beef bras and beef panties all over the place. Seriously, this is truly a sick concept…. disgusting. Come on Tyra, you can do better than this.
Paulina Porizkova is set to be a judge on “America’s Next Top Model” even though she doesn’t have much faith in the show.
Paulina doesn’t think Tyra Banks‘ reality show produces any real supermodels.
She told TVGuide,
“Models are not superstars anymore. With cheap computer retouching, anybody can be a cover girl. You can be 50 and have acne, but look gorgeous by the time they’re done with you. Models are back to what they were in the ‘70s: clothes hangers.”
“[They want to be models] for the same reason I did — they’re looking for love. They think, ‘I’m on TV; people will realize that I’m worth something. But once the TV’s over and they join the real world, it’ll be a whole different thing.”
Adrianne Curry will appear in the January 2008 issue of Playboy. She originally posed in February 2006 shortly after winning “America’s Next Top Model”. She’s certainly a gorgeous model, but I don’t think Playboy is quite what Tyra and the gang had in mind when they crowned her the best model of the cycle.
Playboy’s promo reads:
“Adrianne Curry — Since America’s Top Model wed Christopher Knight, we have a new favorite Brady. Come see why in an unbridled pictorial, and keep your eyes wide shut. Thanks for sharing, Pete.”
Adrianne is reportedly getting paid $2 million for the photo spread.
More revealing pics of Adrianne:
Source: “Adrianne Curry Poses For Playboy” [Right Celebrity]
“I have been worn thin. I am stressed, my anxiety is out the roof, my body is weak, I’ve lost 10 pounds from being sick, and I’m depressed.
At least I can admit that I am unhealthy in the mind.”
She also said that as a teen, she “used to fall into these funks all the time,” but now she reveals that she might need a little “help” to beat the blues this time.
“I think I may ask if it’s time to be put on some meds again,” she writes. “Being in this state of mind is very dangerous for me. The last thing I need is to be offered drugs at this weak state.”
Adrianne also threw in this gem about celebrities:
BEST CELEBRITY REALITY SHOW PARTICIPANT (COMPETITION)
Stacey Keibler (Dancing with the Stars) – 39.13%
Monique Coleman (Dancing with the Stars) – 17.39%
Mario Lopez (Dancing with the Stars) – 13.04%
Alfonso Ribeiro (Celebrity Duets) – 8.70%
Drew Lachey (Dancing with the Stars) – 8.70%
Joey Lawrence (Dancing with the Stars) – 8.70%
Emmitt Smith (Dancing with the Stars) – 3.45%
Jillian Barberie (Skating with Celebrities) – 0.00%
MOST DOMINENT REALITY SHOW PARTICIPANT
Janelle (Big Brother)- 43.33%
Ozzy (Survivor: Cook Islands) – 26.67%
Melrose (America’s Next Top Model) – 10.00%
Terry (Survivor: Exile Island) – 10.00%
Will Kirby (Big Brother: All Stars) – 6.67%
Yul (Survivor: Cook Islands) – 3.33%
Mario Lopez (Dancing with the Stars) – 0.00%
Tyler & James (The Amazing Race) – 0.00%
MOST ANNOYING REALITY SHOW PARTICIPANT
Mike Boogie (Big Brother)- 41.38%
Peter (The Amazing Race) – 17.24%
Allie (The Apprentice) – 10.34%
Cao Boi (Survivor: Cook Islands) – 10.34%
Brent (The Apprentice) – 6.90%
Erika (Big Brother) – 6.90%
Kai (The Biggest Loser) – 3.45%
Nathan (Survivor: Cook Islands) – 3.45%
PARTICIPANT(S) THAT PLAYED BETTER THAN EXPECTED
Cirie (Survivor: Exile Island) – 35.71%
Emmitt Smith (Dancing with the Stars) – 21.43%
Wes & Casey (Fresh Meat) – 17.86%
David & Mary (The Amazing Race) – 10.71%
Lyn & Karlyn (The Amazing Race) – 7.14%
George (Big Brother) – 3.57%
Mike Boogie (Big Brother) – 3.57%
Jerry Springer (Dancing with the Stars) – 0.00%
PARTICIPANT(S) THAT DIDN’T PLAY AS WELL AS THEY SHOULD HAVE
Yul (Survivor: Cook Islands) – 46.88%
Aubrey (Making the Band) – 25.00%
Bianca Ryan (America’s Got Talent) – 15.63%
BJ & Tyler (Amazing Race) – 12.50%
Emmitt Smith (Dancing with the Stars) – 0.00%
Heather (Hell’s Kitchen) – 0.00%
Taylor Hicks (American Idol) – 0.00%
Tyler & James (The Amazing Race) – 0.00%
LEAST DESERVING WINNER(S)
Mike Boogie (Big Brother) – 39.39%
Taylor Hicks (American Idol) – 36.36%
Sean (The Apprentice) – 9.09%
Aras (Survivor: Exile Island) – 6.06%
Caridee (America’s Next Top Model) – 3.03%
Jeffrey (Project Runway) – 3.03%
Josh Blue (Last Comic Standing) – 3.03%
Cher & Josh (Beauty and the Geek) – 0.00%
BEST MOMENT
Chris Daughtry is Eliminated (American Idol) – 25.81%
Becky & Sundra Not Being Able to Start a Fire (Survivor: Cook Islands) – 22.58%
Pumkin Spits in New York’s Face (Flavor of Love) – 16.13%
Janelle Votes Out Will (Big Brother) – 9.68%
All Aitu Final 4 (Survivor: Cook Islands) – 9.68%
Kim Gets Pelted with Tomatos (The Amazing Race) – 6.45%
Candice and Jonathan Flip Tribes (Survivor: Cook Islands) – 3.23%
Erik Losing 214 Pounds (The Biggest Loser) – 3.23%
Jonathan Baker & Joe Rogan Fight (Fear Factor) – 3.23%
Billy Declaring his Love for Candice (Survivor: Cook Island) – 0.00%
Dustin & Kandice Get Last After Yielding Lyn & Karlyn (The Amazing Race) – 0.00%
WHINIEST
Marcellas (Big Brother) – 32.14%
James (Big Brother) – 25.00%
Candice (Survivor: Cook Island) – 17.86%
Anchal (America’s Next Top Model) – 10.71%
Monica (The Amazing Race) – 7.14%
Jaeda (America’s Next Top Model) – 3.57%
Monique (America’s Next Top Model) – 3.57%
Heather (The Biggest Loser) – 0.00%
BIGGEST BITCH
New York (Flavor of Love) – 40.68%
Monique (America’s Next Top Model) – 18.75%
Andrea (The Apprentice) – 12.50%
Beth (The Duel) – 6.25%
Candice (Survivor: Cook Island) – 6.25%
Coral (Fresh Meat) – 6.25%
Jade (America’s Next Top Model) – 6.25%
Monica (The Amazing Race) – 3.13%
MOST OVER THE TOP REALITY SHOW PARTICIPANT
New York (Flavor of Love) – 32.14%
Howie (Big Brother) – 21.43%
Jade (America’s Next Top Model) – 14.29%
Erica (The Bachelor) – 10.71%
Melrose (America’s Next Top Model) – 7.14%
Shane (Survivor: Exile Island) – 7.14%
Cao Boi (Survivor: Cook Islands) – 3.57%
Zayra Alvarez (Rockstar: Supernova) – 3.57%
THE “WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND” AWARD
Candice (Survivor: Cook Island)- 50.00%
Dustin & Kandice (The Amazing Race) – 12.50%
Will Kirby (Big Brother: All Stars) – 12.50%
Jonathan (Survivor: Cook Islands) – 9.38%
Erica (The Bachelor) – 6.25%
Melrose (America’s Next Top Model) – 6.25%
Keith (Hell’s Kitchen) – 3.13%
Joseph & Monica (The Amazing Race) – 0.00%
FAVORITE REALITY SHOW
Survivor – 31.25%
The Amazing Race – 18.75%
America’s Next Top Model – 12.88%
So You Think You Can Dance – 12.50%
Big Brother: All Stars – 6.25%
The Apprentice – 3.13%
Project Runway – 3.13%
Rockstar: Supernova – 3.13%
American Idol – 0.00%
The Bachelor – 0.00%
Beauty and the Geek – 0.00%
Dancing with the Stars – 0.00%
Flavor of Love – 0.00%
LEAST FAVORITE REALITY SHOW
Treasure Hunters – 22.22%
Celebrity Cooking Showdown – 18.52%
Unan1mous – 18.52%
American Inventor – 14.81%
The One: Making A Music Star – 11.11%
Skating with Celebrities – 7.41%
The Biggest Loser – 3.70%
Flavor of Love – 3.70%
Celebrity Duets – 0.00%
FAVORITE REALITY SHOW HOST
Phil Keoghan (The Amazing Race) – 34.38%
Tyra Banks (America’s Next Top Model) – 25.00%
Julie Chen (Big Brother)- 15.63%
Jeff Probst (Survivor) – 12.50%
Heidi Klum (Project Runway) – 9.38%
Ryan Seacrest (American Idol) – 3.13%
Brooke Burke (Rockstar: Supernova) – 0.00%
Donald Trump (The Apprentice) – 0.00%
LEAST FAVORITE REALITY SHOW HOST
Laird McIntosh (Treasure Hunters) – 40.00%
Ryan Seacrest (American Idol) – 13.33%
TJ Lavin (The Duel) – 13.33%
Tyra Banks (America’s Next Top Model) – 13.33%
Donald Trump (The Apprentice) – 10.00%
Tom Bergeron (Dancing with the Stars) – 6.67%
Diddy (Making the Band) – 3.33%
Caroline Rhea (The Biggest Loser) – 0.00%
BEST REALITY SHOW BASED ON CELEBRITIES (NON-COMPETITION)
The Simple Life – 32.35%
The Surreal Life – 17.65%
The Girls Next Door – 16.65%
Flavor of Love – 14.71%
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List – 11.76%
Gene Simmons Family Jewels – 2.94%
Hogan Knows Best – 2.94%
Breaking Bonaduce – 0.00%
“Models are not superstars anymore. With cheap computer retouching, anybody can be a cover girl. You can be 50 and have acne, but look gorgeous by the time they’re done with you. Models are back to what they were in the ‘70s: clothes hangers.”
“Adrianne Curry — Since America’s Top Model wed Christopher Knight, we have a new favorite Brady. Come see why in an unbridled pictorial, and keep your eyes wide shut. Thanks for sharing, Pete.”
