'Yellowstone' star Kevin Costner becomes HIGHEST-PAID star on TV with $1.3M per episode
Kevin Costner's 'Yellowstone' might have missed out on the Emmys again, but the blockbuster Paramount show has been good to the Hollywood veteran as he is the highest-paid actor per episode on TV. The 67-year-old makes an estimated $1.3 million per episode for Season 5 of the Western-themed drama per reports. He ties with 'The Plot' star Mahershala Ali who reportedly makes the same amount.
His portrayal as patriarch John Dutton whose family has owned a ranch in Montana for six generations was widely well-received, and the show was critically-acclaimed as well. The drama was impressive by the season and according to The Daily Mail, the audience that tuned in for Season 4 was four times the size of the audience that saw the first installment. With the growing success, Costner saw his salary bump up as well after his starting salary of $500,000 an episode. Now, he gets an extra $100,000 per episode to return for more episodes.
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The series premiered in 2018 on Paramount and is one of the flagship shows for their streaming network, Paramount+. The series puts the spotlight on rural America where local businesses are bleeding wealth and power in a changing country landscape.
The latest news was the show's snub as it failed to make the nominees. 'Better Call Saul' (AMC), 'Euphoria' (HBO), 'Ozark' (Netflix), 'Severance' (Apple TV+), 'Squid Game' (Netflix), 'Stranger Things' (Netflix), 'Succession' (HBO), and 'Yellowjackets' (Showtime) were the shows the made the cut instead. It was a shock to fans that a show that pulled more than 10 million viewers was left out. Costner missed out on an acting nomination as well.
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Mahershala Ali is the other TV star who rakes in the same as Costner. The 48-year-old is paid $1.3 million per episode for the currently in production mini-series 'The Plot' for Disney+ and Hulu. Ali has been one of the decorated names in Hollywood and is a two-time Oscar winner. Other stars who touch the $1 million-per-episode mark as Sylvester Stallone, Michael Keaton, Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, and Jason Sudeikis.