The Highest-Paid Female News Anchors of All Time

Meredith Vieira: $40M

Meredith Vieira is best known as one of the first co-hosts of The View on ABC, where she worked from 1997 to 2006. She was also the original host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire from 2002 to 2013, as well as the co-host of Today from 2006 to 20111. She has been a contributor to a variety of other programs, such as NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC.

Greta Van Susteren: $35M

Greta Van Susteren is a former TV news anchor for CNN, Fox News, and NBC. Van Susteren hosted Fox News' On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren from 200 to 2016 before departing the network for ABC, where she hosted For the Record with Greta for only six months. Van Susteren has been listed as one of the most powerful women in the world by Forbes.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.