What Famous TV Commercial Actors Get Paid

Smarter Than You'd Think

Not only did Vince star in all of his commercials, but he also wrote and directed them. Seriously, every single infomercial that he's been in, he wrote. That might be the treatment that you'd expect when you're someone who collects $2 million from doing the ShamWow commercial.

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The More You Know

  • The rights to popular television shows are coveted possessions for streaming networks. In 2019, HBO acquired the rights to Friends, which will move from Netflix to the new HBO Max streaming service.
  • The first commercial aired in 1941
  • The Brady Bunch: Uh, you might have noticed that the kids' bathroom didn't have a toilet. Allegedly, network censors at the time didn't want a toilet shown on TV.
  • The Flintstones was the highest-earning network cartoon franchise for 30 years.
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