Description: While we are busy being becoming immersed in the daily lives, emotions and relationships of their on-screen personas—Sofia as Gloria, Robin as Claire, and Julianna, who for so long was Nurse Carol, slowly shifted to Alicia—TV’s top actresses are busy making money: Sofia Vergara and Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting more than any others, banking $28.5 million apiece pretax between June 1, 2014, and June 1, 2015, to rank as the world’s highest-paid TV actresses.

Source: Forbes.com

Date: Sep 08, 2015

Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2015/09/08/the-worlds-highest-paid-tv-actresses-2015-sofia-vergara-and-kaley-cuoco-sweeting-lead-with-28-5-million/

Questions for discussion:

• Why do you suppose pay rates are so different for television and film acting?
• Do you think is there a connection with the way in which each industry is financed?