21 TV Personalities With Absurdly Large Paychecks [Ranked]

After Curry was ousted from the "Today" show last summer, she was offered a position as foreign correspondent for the network that would give her $5 million a year. 

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.

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.

"The Rachel Maddow Show" debuted on MSNBC in 2008. This past May, the show had its lowest ratings since its start.

The "Chelsea Lately" host is signed to E! through 2014. Lindsay Lohan hosted the show for an evening following her rehab stint.

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.

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.

In 2011, Couric signed a multiyear contract with ABC for daytime talk show "Katie." January, she was the first to interview Manti Te'o after he was found to be part of a fake girlfriend scandal. The show will begin its second season this fall.

Between parodies of "The Bachelor," unnecessary and an ongoing fake feud with Matt Damon, Kimmel has been a must-watch on late night.

Fallon may be looking at a bigger paycheck when he takes over "The Tonight Show" from Jay Leno next year. Seth Meyers will replace Fallon as NBC's "Late Night" host.

Despite the Conan / Leno debacle of 2010 over "The Tonight Show," O'Brien has been flourishing on his TBS talk show "Conan."

Earlier this year, there have been rumors the ABC World News host may retire due to personal matters.

In May, Williams' show "Rock Center" was cancelled amid low ratings. According to a New York Times' article, Williams felt "insulted" by the network's decision. Williams still hosts NBC Nightly News.

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.

"The O'Reilly Factor" host announced he's releasing a third book, "Killing Jesus," due out September 24.

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.