
A $10 million dollar bundle!
You might not have heard, but Ryan Seacrest makes $45 million dollars a year - $55 million if you count his take from producing Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution . One-third of that hefty paycheck comes from hosting American Idol and it turns out that his salary has sent Idol's operating costs soaring.
The show had to submit a regulatory filing on Monday and from those documents, we've learned that costs for the show jumped 17 percent while there was a decline in operating income. Ryan's salary mirrors these changes as his salary tripled from $5 to $15 million for just hosting Idol.
However, no one at FOX is sweating these details. American Idol's still the #1 show on TV. It brings in $7.11 million every half hour its on the air. That means just one episode covers Ryan's salary almost completely.
Not a bad deal Ryan. Not bad at all.
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