Oprah Winfrey $315 million Judge Judy Sheindlin $45 million David Letterman $28 million Jay Leno $25 million Conan O'Brien $10 million Ellen DeGeneres $8 million Jimmy Kimmel $6 million Matt Lauer $16 million + Brian Williams (NBC) $12.5 million Diane Sawyer (ABC) $12 million George Stephanopoulos (ABC) $8 million