Now And Then – The Highest Paid TV Personas and Journalists We All Love

Published on 04/16/2020
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Nancy O’Dell (In her early 20’s)

The Clemson graduate and former Miss South Carolina began her broadcasting career as a reporter and anchor at WDPE-TV. Working her way through local stations she finally landed a job on Access Hollywood, until 2009. In 2011 she became a special correspondent and co-anchor on Entertainment Tonight, where she earned a salary of about $2 million. In 2019 she announced she will be leaving the channel. O’Dell has a Clemson University Honorary Doctorate of Humanities, a degree that she completed in May 2013.

Nancy ODell

Nancy O’Dell

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Robin Roberts (In her early 20’s)

Alabama-born Robin Roberts is the anchor for ABC’s Good Morning America after she began her way as a sports anchor and sportscaster for ESPN 15 years ago. Her reported annual salary is about $18 million per year, which brings her net worth to $35 million. Despite Tuskegee, Alabama being her birthplace, Roberts’ family would move to Pass Christian, Mississippi shortly after Robin’s birth, where she was raised. Roberts soon proved herself as a capable and multi-talented athlete.

Robin Roberts

Robin Roberts

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