The 10 men on our list of Hollywood's Highest-Paid TV Actors earned a total $147 million between May 2010 and May 2011, but next year's edition could look radically different. Five of the 10 left successful TV shows this year, putting a question mark on their future earnings.
Actors quit shows for many reasons: public breakdowns (Charlie Sheen), burgeoning movie careers (Steve Carell), or a breakdown of contract negotiations (Chris Meloni). While TV shows provide a certain amount of stability, they can also be wearing on actors who play the same role year after year. Meloni's show, "Law & Order: SVU," has been on the air since 1999.
By his own account, frustration was a big part of the reason Sheen cracked last year and started a very public fight with Chuck Lorre, the creator and producer of Sheen's successful show "Two and a Half Men." At one point Sheen called his boss a "turd" and a "contaminated little maggot." Not surprisingly, Sheen was fired from the show. He sued Lorre and Time Warner's Warner Bros. for $100 million for firing him. The two sides reportedly just settled for $25 million.
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