Profit From Reruns: $125,000 Per Episode
“The Good Place” begins with a bad person getting into “The Good Place” after her death. The show has philosophical discussions, jokes about bureaucracy, and some strange theology theories. Alongside Ted Danson, Kristen Bell shines as the bad-girl who wants to earn her spot in “The Good Place”.
With forty-three episodes in total, and all of them smart and unexpectedly funny, this show has been a hit. Due to the low episode count, the paychecks might be a bit smaller than others – but rewatching is sure to occur. Good news for Bell and the rest of the cast.
Stephen Amell: Arrow
Profit From Reruns: $100,000 So Far
Superheroes have made big leaps in the last decade with DC and Marvel movies, as well as television shows based on the comic book entities. Stephen Amell plays Arrow, the first of the DC Comics origin story shows. It shares the “Arrowverse” with "The Flash" and "DC's Legends of Tomorrow".
The show is still running, and even now Stephen Amell earns thousands from reruns, as well as being paid for every episode he films. Right now totals are hard to find, but it looks like at least a hundred thousand, and that's before the show is even done!
Bob Denver: Gilligan's Island
Profit From Reruns: $100 Million in Total
When a three-hour tour turns into three years on a deserted island, audiences tuned in for every new episode, loving every minute. With surprisingly clean humor and hilarious antics, Bob Denver shined as the title character on the show, and "Gilligan's Island" is still appearing on televisions despite the run ending in the late sixties.
Thanks to these reruns, the show has earned almost a hundred million dollars in residuals. It kept all of the actors, including Bob Denver, sitting pretty for decades. Denver sadly passed away in 2005 from complications following throat cancer surgery, but until then he enjoyed his status as a high-earner.
Daniel J. Travanti: Hill Street Blues
Profit From Reruns: $10,000 a Year
Thanks to his role as Captain Furillo in the police drama "Hill Street Blues", Daniel J. Travanti earned plenty of nominations, including a Golden Globe and two Emmy awards.
Thanks to seven seasons and a total of 146 episodes, "Hill Street Blues" has plenty of powerful competition from shows such as "Criminal Minds" and "Blue Bloods" as well as similar cop dramas. But Travanti still brings in a cool ten grand a year thanks to reruns and residuals. It's nothing like the millions seen on this list, but it's still a good bit of scratch.
Lea Michele: Glee
Profit From Reruns: Nothing
When Ryan Murphy began writing "Glee", he wrote the role of Rachel with Lea Michele in mind, and she was just as interested. The show about a high-school glee club ran for six seasons, and Michele and her singing, dancing, dramatic co-stars were earning a million dollars per episode.
And it's a good thing they earned that much while the show was on the air because none of them are getting residuals – the rights are owned entirely by Fox, and Michele and the rest of the actors failed to ask for residuals in their contracts. Bad move, Lea.