Charlie Sheen named Forbes top TV earner
By Anthony Lund on 15/10/2011
Charlie Sheen Despite being sacked from his job on Two and a Half Men the star still topped the Forbes Rich List.
Despite being sacked from Two and Half Men back in March of this year, Charlie Sheen has still been named Forbes highest paid actor on TV.
The star is said to have amassed around $40 million from backpay and syndication of the show between May 2010 and May 2011 that he still took the title ahead of Ray Romano and Steve Carell.
Sheen was said to have received a massive $100 million out of court settlement for his firing from the show to be paid in instalments starting with a lump sum of $25 million.
Sheen is now preparing his return to the small screen in the TV version of the Adam Sandler film Anger Management which will no doubt see him continue to hover around the top of the list when it comes around again.
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