16. Two and a Half Men
On The Air For: 12 seasons
Est. Star’s Salary: $1.8 million/episode (Charlie Sheen)*
One of the longest-running live-action series, the show ran from 2003 until 2015. A show about two brothers and one of the brother’s sons, Two and a Half Men was a male-dominated sitcom that wasn’t without its fair share of behind-the-scenes drama.
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By now, it’s no secret that star Charlie Sheen needed to be removed from the series due to his bad behavior. Despite being replaced by Ashton Kutcher, for a brief point in time, Charlie Sheen was the highest-paid man in television history, earning an absolutely whopping $1.8 million per episode of the show.