TV Host Salaries: Find Out How Much Some Of The Hardest-Hitting News Anchors & Talk Show Hosts Earn Each Year
Don Lemon – $4 Million
As a journalist, Don Lemon anchored local weekend news shows in Pennsylvania and Alabama in his early days. The “CNN Tonight” host formerly worked as a news correspondent for “NBC Nightly News” and “Today.” In 2006, he joined CNN and hosts the network’s late evening commentary program “Don Lemon Tonight.”
A Brooklyn College graduate, he interned at WNYW while still at the school. He then worked at the Chicago and St. Louis-based Fox affiliates before joining NBC affiliates in Chicago and Philadelphia. In 2021, CNN renamed his show to “Don Lemon Tonight.” For his anchoring duties, he earns an estimated $4M annually.
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