2. Seinfeld
On The Air For: 11 seasons
Est. Star’s Salary: $1 million/episode (Jerry Seinfeld)*
The show famously “about nothing” somehow managed to last for an incredible nine seasons, tackling subjects as varied as losing your car in the mall parking lot to dealing with an overbearing doorman to waiting for a table at a Chinese restaurant.
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The show made comedian Jerry Seinfeld incredibly wealthy, paying a whopping $1 million per episode by the end, while his three costars–Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Michael Richards–only made a measly $40,000 per episode in comparison.