1. SETH MACFARLANE
AGE 35
TITLE Exec producer,
Family Guy and
American Dad; voice actor
SMART BECAUSE That
frat-boy persona is only a cover. MacFarlane earns the $100 million that Fox
is paying him to keep
Family Guy and American Dad on Sundays through 2012, especially when you consider that Family Guy DVDs and merchandise have pulled in a
reported $1 billion for 20th
Century Fox. The apple-faced prankster secured
a full-season order for a
Guy spin-off called The Cleveland Show, and he
still manages to find time
to shoot his Cavalcade of
Cartoon Comedy Web
shorts (and animated ads) for a separate deal with Google. With Guy reruns airing approximately
20 hours a week on various networks, it's no wonder
MacFarlane is now the
highest-paid writer in TV.
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