Ryan Seacrest has inked a three-year deal with CKX for $45 million, making him the highest paid reality television host to date.
CKX owns 19 Entertainment, which produces “American Idol,” the popular singing competition series of which Seacrest serves as host.
As part of the pact, Seacrest will earn $15 million a year in exchange for working exclusively for CKX in broadcast prime-time television as host of “Idol” or whatever CKX-produced show might succeed it.
Seacrest reportedly earned $5 million per season before the new deal was signed.
In August 2008, Seacrest inked an expansive deal with the Comcast Entertainment Group, keeping him on E! Entertainment Television through early 2012 as E! Entertainment’s lead anchor. Comcast also gets first-look rights at all Ryan Seacrest Productions products.
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