Zendaya is reportedly set to affix an elite membership that included Harrison Ford, Kelsey Grammer and Jennifer Aniston (twice). In keeping with Puck Information, after renegotiation her contract with HBO, the actress is now set to earn “near” $1 million per episode for her hit present Euphoria, on which she additionally serves as a producer. Contemplating that she’s received two Emmy awards for her function and the collection stays extremely rated and the definition of buzzy, that’s decidedly well-deserved.
The $1 million per episode mark has been thought-about a milestone ever for the reason that forged of Pals negotiated themselves that payday for the ultimate seasons of their hit present (thoughts you, on the time, they weren’t even the highest-paid actors on NBC. Grammer was reportedly making $1.6 million an episode for the final two seasons of Fraser). HBO has doled out the payment to a choose few actors earlier than, together with the primary forged of Recreation of Thrones throughout its closing season. James Gandolfini reportedly was paid $1 million per episode for his iconic function on The Sopranos, and Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon recieved the identical for Massive Little Lies. Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston have really joined the rarified membership twice. They reportedly get $2 million for every installment of The Morning Present on Apple TV+.
We’re utilizing the phrase “reportedly” liberally right here, as a result of not often do the networks or stars put out press releases trumpeting these paydays. Information of the negotiations and figures are often relegated to “in keeping with sources” studies within the Hollywood trades, so it’s onerous to place the quantity in concrete context. But this very properly may make Zendaya considered one of, if not the, highest-paid Black actresses in tv historical past on a per-episode foundation. Angela Bassett, who makes a reported $450,000 for every episode of 911 on Fox, presently holds that title for community tv (her collection places out much more episodes a 12 months than an HBO present like Euphoria does).
Nonetheless, in keeping with Puck, this doesn’t make Zendaya the highest-paid actress presently on tv. She’s bested by an inventory that features Ford and Helen Mirren for his or her Yellowstone spinoff 1883, Mahershala Ali for the upcoming Hulu miniseries The Pilot, and John Krasinski for Amazon Prime’s Jack Ryan. But it appears that evidently the $1 million membership could quickly be a factor of the previous, due to the Peak TV saturation level and each single streamer seemingly tightening their purse strings just lately. About $850,000 is taken into account the aspirational excessive level in the meanwhile.
