Highest annual earnings for a television personality (male, current year)
- Who
- Dr Phil McGraw
- What
- 88,000,000 US dollar(s)
- Where
- Not Applicable
- When
- 01 June 2016
American TV star Dr Phil McGraw – best known for his CBS talk show Dr. Phil – earned an estimated $88 million (£60.2 million) between 1 June 2015 and 1 June 2016, according to Forbes. This put him in joint fourth place in the overall list, tied with international soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal).
Psychologist Dr Phil began his TV career on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the 1990s, but has had his own talk show since 2002. His 2015–16 earnings were up $18 million (£12.3 million) from his estimated income in 2014–15.