Top 10 highest-paid TV hosts list: Television may be evolving fast, thanks to the rise of streaming, but one thing hasn’t changed: star hosts still make huge money. Forbes magazine’s 2025 estimates show that TV personalities continue to command massive pay cheques by combining on-air jobs with production deals, side businesses, and long-running fame. Whether it’s late-night comedy, sports analysis, morning shows, or food TV, the biggest hosts are still cashing in.

Even today, network television remains a powerful revenue machine, and familiar faces keep drawing audiences. Jimmy Fallon ($16 million), Jimmy Kimmel ($16 million), and Stephen Colbert ($15 million) are still top earners in the late-night segment, even though their shows no longer deliver the numbers they once did. Across ca

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