Overpaid? What US TV stars earn per viewer

#1 | Chelsea Handler: ‘Chelsea Lately’

Salary: $12 million | Ratings: 0.718 million

Pay per viewer: $16.70

#2 | ‘Anderson Cooper: ‘360’

Salary: $6 million | Ratings: 0.443 million

Pay per viewer: $13.54

#3 | David Letterman: ‘Late Show’

Salary: $31 million | Ratings: 3.2 million

Pay per viewer: $9.69

#4 | Jon Stewart: ‘Daily Show’

Salary: $14 million | Ratings: 1.7 million

Pay per viewer: $8.24

#5 | Bill O’Reilly: ‘O’Reilly Factor’

Salary: $16 million | Ratings: 2.8 million

Pay per viewer: $5.71

#6 | Craig Ferguson: ‘Late Late Show’

Salary: $8.5 million | Ratings: 1.5 million

Pay per viewer: $5.67

#7 | Matt Lauer: ‘Today’

Salary: $25 million | Ratings: 4.6 million

Pay per viewer: $5.43

#8 | Judith Sheindlin: ‘Judge Judy’

Salary: $45 million | Ratings: 9 million

Pay per viewer: $5

Judith Sheindlin makes the highest salary within surveyed group

#9 | Piers Morgan: ‘Piers Morgan’

Salary: $2 million | Ratings: 0.49 million

Pay per viewer: $4.08

#10 | Maury Povich: ‘Maury’

Salary: $13 million | Ratings: 3.2 million

Pay per viewer: $4.06

#11 | Stephen Colbert: ‘Colbert Report’

Salary: $4.5 million | Ratings: 1.2 million

Pay per viewer: $3.75

#12 | Jimmy Kimmel: ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’

Salary: $6 million | Ratings: 1.8 million

Pay per viewer: $3.33

#13 | Simon Cowell: ‘X Factor’

Salary: $40 million | Ratings: 12.6 million

Pay per viewer: $3.17

#14 | Ellen Degeneres: ‘Ellen’

Salary: $5 million | Ratings: 2.9 million

Pay per viewer: $1.72

#15 | Tyra Banks: ‘America’s Next Top Model

Salary: $4 million | Ratings: 2.4 million | Pay per viewer: $1.67

#16 | Tina Fey: ‘30 Rock’

Salary: $7.2 million | Ratings: 4.6 million

Pay per viewer: $1.57

#17 | Mehmet Oz: ‘Dr. Oz’

Salary: $4 million | Ratings: 3.3 million

Pay per viewer: $1.21

#18 | Ashton Kutcher: ‘Two and a Half Men’

Salary: $17 million | Ratings: 14.7 million

Pay per viewer: $1.16

#19 | Ryan Seacrest: ‘American Idol’

Salary: $15 million | Ratings: 20 million

Pay per viewer: $0.75

‘American Idol’ stars tied for the highest ratings within the surveyed group

#20 | Jennifer Lopez: ‘American Idol’

Salary: $12.5 million | Ratings: 20 million

Pay per viewer: $0.63

‘American Idol’ stars tied for the highest ratings within the surveyed group

#21 | Ted Danson: ‘CSI’

Salary: $5 million | Ratings: 12.6 million

Pay per viewer: $0.40

#22 | Christina Aguilera: ‘The Voice’

Salary: $2.1 million | Ratings: 12.7 million

Pay per viewer: $0.17

#23 | ‘Snookie’ Polizzi: ‘Jersey Shore’

Salary: $1.2 million | Ratings: 7.6 million

Pay per viewer: $0.16

#24 | Ty Burrell: ‘Modern Family’

Salary: $1.1 million | Ratings: 13.3 million

Pay per viewer: $0.08