Jennifer Aniston's And Reese Witherspoon's 'Morning Show' Salaries Are Wildly Huge

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are getting their share.

The two actors are earning $2 million per episode on their new Apple TV Plus dramedy The Morning Show, according to The Hollywood Reporter .

The stars salaries are a big jump from what theyve received in television. Aniston didnt earn $1 million per episode on Friends until the last couple of seasons in 2003 and 2004, and that was a headline-grabbing sum back then. Last year, Witherspoon negotiated a hefty raise to $1 million per episode on HBOs Big Little Lies and was credited with correcting the cable channels gender pay gap .

Not that Aniston and Witherspoon were hurting for cash. The two reportedly have net worths well into the hundreds of millions of dollars. And their Morning Show contracts amount to even more moolah with producing fees and ownership points, per the THR.

Apples investment in its behind-the-smiles look at morning TV shows in which Aniston plays the veteran host and Witherspoon the newbie is pretty staggering. The 20 episodes on order will cost $15 million each for a total of $300 million over two seasons, THR noted.

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The Morning Show premieres Nov. 1 on the Apple TV Plus streaming service.

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