She will also get a signing bonus and a percentage of the show's profits bringing her total earnings to over $20 million per year. Related Content Top 10 highest paid TV actresses"He didn't try anything on me," she notes, while adding that had he done so, she would have "picked up a vase and cracked him" over the head. ABC confirmed the agreement of two more seasons to AFP -- but would not comment on the figures. According to Forbes magazine, the best-paid TV actress is Sofia Vergara of ABC's long-running comedy Modern Family -- earning $41.5 million per season -- followed by Kaley Cuoco, who is paid $26 million for her role in The Big Bang Theory on CBS. Vergara earns more than double her male co-stars, while Cuoco is paid at the same level as hers, according to Forbes.

Source: Daily Nation January 18, 2018 05:37 UTC