Ellen, Judge Judy top list of  TV's highest-paid talk and news stars

From Variety, estimated salaries of some of TV's highest-paid reality, news and talk show hosts:

• Ellen DeGeneres, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (syndicated), $50 million
• Judith Sheindlin, "Judge Judy" (syndicated), $47 million
• Matt Lauer, NBC's "TODAY" show, $25 million
• Katy Perry, ABC's "American Idol," $25 million
• Kelly Ripa, "Live with Kelly and Ryan" (syndicated), $22 million

More top earners:

• Megyn Kelly, NBC News, $18 million
• Robin Roberts, ABC's "Good Morning America," $18 million
• Jimmy Fallon, NBC's "Tonight Show," $16 million
• Stephen Colbert, CBS' "The Late Show," $15 million
• Jimmy Kimmel, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," $15 million
• Pat Sajak, "Wheel of Fortune" (syndicated), $15 million
• Ryan Seacrest, "Live with Kelly and Ryan" (syndicated), $15 million
• George Stephanopoulos, ABC News, $15 million
• Anderson Cooper, CNN, $12 million
• David Letterman, untitled forthcoming interview show (Netflix), $12 million
• Conan O'Brien, TBS' "Conan," $12 million
• Ryan Seacrest, ABC's "American Idol," $12 million
• Alec Baldwin, ABC's "Match Game," $3 million
• Jamie Foxx, Fox's "Beat Shazam," $3 million
• Mike Myers, ABC's "The Gong Show," $3 million

Go deeper ... Cover story by Cynthia Littleton, Managing Editor: Television (with charts for Drama, Comedy and Reality/News/Host) ... Salaries of TV's comedy stars (slide show) ... "The Fight for Equal Pay: Women, Minorities on TV Still Making Less Than White Men," by Senior TV Reporter Daniel Holloway.