14. Married…With Children
On The Air For: 11 seasons
Est. Star’s Salary: $500,000/episode (Ed O’Neill)*
Ed O’Neill (now of Modern Family fame) and Katey Sagal star as a married couple in Married…With Children, a riotously funny sitcom about a classic American family that plays up each family member’s flaws for comedic effect.
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It also stars David Garrison, Amanda Bearse, and a very young Christina Applegate in one of her first-ever roles. The show was such a success that by the final seasons Ed O’Neill was making half a million dollars per episode, which was even more incredible in the late nineties than it is now.