The Highest-Paid TV Hosts of All Time

Craig Ferguson

This Scottish-American TV presenter is best known for hosting The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson from 2005 to 2014, for which he won a Peabody award. He also won two Daytime Emmy Awards for his work on Celebrity Name Game from 2014 to 2017. Ferguson earned $12.7 million per year with a net worth of $30 million.

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