Jon Stewart Makes Up To $30 Million For 'The Daily Show'
Kirsten Acuna
Aug 28, 2014, 23:08 IST
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Network television may be bringing in younger talent from Jimmy Fallon to Seth Meyers to boost ratings; however, TV's highest-paid late-night host is Jon Stewart over on cable.
That number blows network hosts out of the water. The average salary for the late-night hosts hovers around $10 million. The only one who comes close to Stewart's reported pay check is David Letterman at $20 million per year.
Stewart has been hosting "The Daily Show" since 1999. The show averaged slightly above half a million viewers weekly in the spring.
According to Fox News, "Jimmy Kimmel" and "The Late Show with David Letterman" averaged 2.7 million and 2.85 million viewers, respectively, as of April.
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Jimmy Fallon has been receiving an average of 4.3 million views on "The Tonight Show."
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