21. Ann Curry: $5 million
20. Queen Latifah: $5-$10 million
Starting September 16, "The Queen Latifah Show" will air daily on CBS. The syndicated program comes from Will Smith's production company, Overbrook Entertainment and Sony Pictures TV.
19. Robin Roberts: $6 million
The "Good Morning America" co-host returned to the show in February after a public battle with myelodysplastic syndrome. Roberts has been a co-anchor since May 2005. She started working on the program June 1995.
18. Rachel Maddow: $7 million
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip Ad[TIED] 17. Chelsea Handler: $8 million
[TIED] 17. Craig Ferguson: $8 million
The Scottish born "The Late Late Show" host has been doing CBS late-night duties since 2005. Some have speculated he may take over for Letterman once he leaves.
[TIED] 15. Anderson Cooper: $10 million
Cooper's daytime talk show "Anderson Live" wasn't renewed last year for a third season; however, the CNN host's "Anderson Cooper 360" is still thriving.
If he didn't already have his own show, there was a good chance he could have been in the running to co-host "Live!" with Kelly Ripa after Philbin's departure. The CNN anchor was often a fill-in.
[TIED] 15. Katie Couic: $10 million
[TIED] 15. Jimmy Kimmel: $10 million
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip Ad12. Jimmy Fallon: $11 million
[TIED] 11. Conan O'Brien: $12 million
[TIED] 11. Diane Sawyer: $12 million
9. Brian Williams: $13 million
8. Maury Povich: $14 million
Paternity tests and countless utterances of "You are not the father" transformed the tabloid show into what it is today after its "Who's the Daddy?" paternity segments gained popularity.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip Ad7. Bill O'Reilly: $17 million
6. [TIE] Kelly Ripa: $20 million
Leaving soap operas may have been the best thing for Ripa. After joining "Live!" in 2001, she took over hosting after Regis Philbin's departure from the show in 2011. Michael Strahan joined the show in September 2012 and is receiving a reported $4 million as co-host.