Lindsay Czarniak’s first plunge into the broadcasting business was in WUSA in Washington, D.C. as an intern and later, she was hired as a CNN production assistant. She worked for WAWS in Florida when she first became a news reporter. In 2005, she joined WRC-TV and became a co-host of The George Michael Sports Machine. She also had her first major assignment as a reporter when she covered the 2006 Winter Olympics for NBC Sports. When George Michael stepped down as NBC4’s sports anchor, Czarniak and Dan Hellie were named as co-sports anchors.
Czarniak left NBC 4 and moved to ESPN in 2011. She made her debut on SportsCenter and covered the pre-season football games. Eventually, she became the 6 pm co-host of SportsCenter. She also replaced Brent Musburger as the host of the network’s coverage of the Indianapolis 500, making her the first woman to host the telecast. Her contract with ESPN ended in August 2017, but she recently signed with Fox Sports as a studio host for their NASCAR coverage.
Molly Qerim – $100k
Molly Qerim had a start on her career by covering college football, the NCAA Tournament, National Signing Day, and the U.S. Open. She was also a studio anchor and hosted SEC Tonight, SEC Tailgate Show, Full Court Press, and MaxPreps Lemming Report. Qerim hosted NFL Network’s weekday morning show NFL AM and NFL Fantasy Live. She has also covered the UFC with ESPN, FS1, and Versus (now NBCSN) and even co-hosted the annual World MMA Awards.
By 2008, Qerim served as the interactive host for College Football Live on ESPN and ESPN2. In mid-July 2015, she was the interim host of ESPN2’s First Take and eventually replaced Cari Champion after the latter was promoted to the network’s flagship show. Qerim became the permanent host of First Take on September 2015.
Andrea Mitchell – $750k
Andrea Mitchell is the definition of loyalty since she has been with NBC since 1978. Prior to NBC, she had her first taste of broadcasting as a news director of student radio station WXPN while studying at the University of Pennsylvania. After graduation, she became a reporter at KYW radio and then as the station’s City Hall correspondent. In 1976, she moved to CBS-affiliate WTOP (now WUSA), and in 1978, she was NBC’s general correspondent. She later became NBC News’ energy correspondent.
Mitchell covered the White House from 1981 and soon became Chief Congressional correspondent. She currently hosts Andrea Mitchell Reports, which she has done since 2008. She is also a frequent guest on Hardball with Chris Matthews and The Rachel Maddow Show.
Kate Bolduan – $200k
Kate Bolduan graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and began her career as a general assignment reporter for WTVD-TV in North Carolina and later as a production assistant for NBC News and MSNBC. She also worked at Dateline NBC, NBC Nightly News, and House & Garden magazine. But she started her work with CNN as a national correspondent for CNN Newsource in 2007.
Bolduan also worked with Chris Cuomo in New Day and Michaela Pereira and The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. She currently anchors At This Hour with Kate Bolduan and State of America with Kate Bolduan on CNN International.
Jimmy Fallon – $16m
Jimmy Fallon is known for being part of Saturday Night Live and as the host of his own late-night talk show The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and prior to that, the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Fallon joined NBC’s Saturday Night Live (SNL) in 1998 where he was a co-host of the show’s Weekend Update segment. He became a household name in his six years in SNL. He left to focus on a career in film, in which he appeared in a number of movies such as Taxi, Fever Pitch, Factory Girl, Whip It, and Get Hard. But he soon returned to television to host Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC and later, became the sixth permanent host of The Tonight Show in 2014.