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The top-earning TV celebrities of 2017

Kim Kardashian West is earning a cool $45.5 million a year and she’s not even top of the list.
Kim Kardashian West

Kim Kardashian West is the youngest TV star on Forbes’ top-earing TV celebrities of 2017. At just 36 years old, the reality star rakes in almost $50 million a year ($45.5 million to be exact).

Kim has starred in her own reality TV series, Keeping Up With The Kardashians since 2007. The show is now in its 13th season.

It’s been a big year for the Kardashians, with Kim’s youngest sister Kylie Jenner also making her way onto the highest-paid entertainers list. Kylie ranked 59th earning $41 million.

Last year, Kim graced the cover of the magazine. She is also ranked 47 in their celebrity rich list.

Kim was just one of three women on top-earning TV celebrities list. Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres was the highest earning woman netting $77 million and Judge Judy Sheindlin brought home $47 million.

Dr Phil McGraw came out on top with a very impressive $79 million. Other notable mentions include comedian Jerry Seinfeld ($69 millions), celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay ($60 million) and host and presenter Ryan Seacrest ($58 million).

The top ten earners on TV in 2017 are:

  1. Dr. Phil McGraw, $79 million

  2. Ellen DeGeneres, $77 million

  3. Jerry Seinfeld, $69 million

  4. Gordon Ramsay, $60 million

  5. Ryan Seacrest, $58 million

  6. Louis C.K., $52 million

  7. Judy Sheindlin, $47 million

  8. Kim Kardashian West, $45.5 million

  9. Simon Cowell, $43.5 million

  10. Steve Harvey, $42.5 million

More from Forbes here.

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