Dr. Phil Tops List of the Highest Paid TV Hosts

"Forbes" put out its annual list of 'The World's Highest-Paid TV Hosts', and Dr. Phil McGraw is #1 with an estimated $88 million haul over the past 12 months. If that sounds ridiculous to you, well, it is.

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Here's the Top 20:

Dr. Phil McGraw, $88 million
Ellen DeGeneres, $75 million
Ryan Seacrest, $55 million
Judge Judy Sheindlin, $47 million
Matt Lauer, $25 million
Heidi Klum, $19 million
Bill O'Reilly, $18.5 million
Robin Roberts, $18 million
Kelly Ripa, $17 million.
Michael Strahan, $17 million.
Alex Trebek, $16.5 million
Megyn Kelly, $15 million
Stephen Colbert, $15 million
Pat Sajak, $15 million
George Stephanopoulos, $15 million
Jimmy Fallon, $15 million
Steve Harvey, $14.5 million
Drew Carey, $12.5 million.
Conan O'Brien, $12.5 million.
Jimmy Kimmel, $12 million

Maury Povich, Comedy Central's Chris Hardwick, and Anderson Cooper just missed the $12 million cut-off to make the list.