0They’re Worth How Much? TV Anchors By the NumbersPAY SCALEThe Daily Beast divided the individual salaries of some of the top talking heads by the number of viewers their shows bring in. The results might surprise you.Updated Jul. 13, 2017 10:15PM ET / Published Aug. 08, 2012 4:45AM ET Anderson CooperJohn Shearer / Getty Images Joe ScarboroughMark Wilson / Getty Images Piers MorganAP Photo Sean HannityAP Photo Wolf BlitzerDon Emmert, AFP / Getty Images Bill O'ReillyAP Photo Chris MatthewsJim Watson, AFP / Getty Images Matt LauerNBC NewsWire Mika BrzezinskiFrederick M. Brown / Getty Images Shepard SmithRichard Drew / AP Photo Erin BurnettStephen Lovekin / Getty Images Ed SchultzVirginia Sherwood / MSNBC Charlie RoseAstrid Stawiarz / Getty Images Bret BaierCharles Ommanney / Getty Images Fox & Friends CrewHenry S. Dziekan III / Getty Images Andrew Ross SorkinFrederick M. Brown / Getty Images Becky QuickJin Lee / AP Photo Joe KernenKelly Conaty / NBC Brian WilliamsCharles Sykes / NBC Al RokerDave Hogan / NBC Diane SawyerIda Mae Astute / ABC Robin RobertsIda Mae Astute / ABC George StephanopoulosFrederick M. Brown / Getty Images Scott PelleyFrederick M. Brown / Getty Images Gayle KingFrederick M. Brown / Gety Images Savannah GuthriePeter Kramer / ABC
Anderson CooperJohn Shearer / Getty Images Joe ScarboroughMark Wilson / Getty Images Piers MorganAP Photo Sean HannityAP Photo Wolf BlitzerDon Emmert, AFP / Getty Images Bill O'ReillyAP Photo Chris MatthewsJim Watson, AFP / Getty Images Matt LauerNBC NewsWire Mika BrzezinskiFrederick M. Brown / Getty Images Shepard SmithRichard Drew / AP Photo Erin BurnettStephen Lovekin / Getty Images Ed SchultzVirginia Sherwood / MSNBC Charlie RoseAstrid Stawiarz / Getty Images Bret BaierCharles Ommanney / Getty Images Fox & Friends CrewHenry S. Dziekan III / Getty Images Andrew Ross SorkinFrederick M. Brown / Getty Images Becky QuickJin Lee / AP Photo Joe KernenKelly Conaty / NBC Brian WilliamsCharles Sykes / NBC Al RokerDave Hogan / NBC Diane SawyerIda Mae Astute / ABC Robin RobertsIda Mae Astute / ABC George StephanopoulosFrederick M. Brown / Getty Images Scott PelleyFrederick M. Brown / Getty Images Gayle KingFrederick M. Brown / Gety Images Savannah GuthriePeter Kramer / ABC