The impeccable Oprah Winfrey made roughly $260 million dollars last year from her TV show ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ and her production company HARPO.  Not bad for a girl from Tennessee.  Simon Cowell was second earning $45 million bucks.
Here is a look at the Top Five Salaries from TV:

TOP FIVE (all salaries are per year)

Oprah Winfrey (”The Oprah Winfrey Show”): $260 million

Simon Cowell (”American Idol”): $45 million

Judge Sheindlin (”Judge Judy”): $30 million

Katie Couric (”CBS Evening News Anchor”): $15 million

Zach Braff (”Scrubs”): $6.3 million