Oprah ain’t cheap, topping a list of the highest-paid television stars in the United States.

Oprah Winfrey, host and supervising producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show, earns an estimated $260 million a year, according to a list in TV Guide magazine’s July 23rd issue. Music producer Simon Cowell, the blunt and often contentious British judge of American Idol, placed a distant second to Winfrey, with $45 million for his role on the Fox network’s smash hit talent show and other projects.

Courtroom chief Judge Judy (Judith Sheindlin), CBS News anchor Katie Couric, and Scrubs actor Zach Braff round out the top five.

The list breaks down star salaries by category–prime-time TV, daytime, cable and news, with a partial listing below:

TOP FIVE (all salaries are per year)

1. Oprah Winfrey (The Oprah Winfrey Show): $260 million
2. Simon Cowell (American Idol): $45 million
3. Judge Sheindlin (Judge Judy): $30 million
4. Katie Couric (CBS Evening News anchor): $15 million
5. Zach Braff (Scrubs): $6.3 million

NETWORK PRIME TIME (all salaries are per episode)

1. William Petersen (CSI): $500,000
2. Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men): $350,000
3. Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU): $350,000
4. Chris Meloni (Law & Order: SVU): $350,000
5. Hugh Laurie (House): $300,000
6. Julia Louis-Dreyfus (New Adventures of Old Christine): $225,000
7. Ellen Pompeo (Grey’s Anatomy): $200,000
8. Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives): $200,000

DAYTIME (all salaries are per year)

1. Judge Judy: $30 million
2. Bob Barker: $10 million
3. Maury Povich (per year plus profits): $7 million
4. Ellen DeGeneres: $5 million
5. Jerry Springer: $3 million - 4 million
6. Tyra Banks: $3.5 million

NEWS ANCHORS (all salaries are per year)

1. Katie Couric (CBS Evening News anchor): $15 million
2. Matt Lauer (NBC Today co-anchor): $12 million
3. Meredith Vieira (NBC Today co-anchor): $10 million

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