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'Two and a Half Men's' $15.4 million salary makes Ashton Kutcher top-paid TV star

Kutcher, who is playing heartbroken Internet billionaire Walden Schmidt in the show, will earn $7,00,000 per episode.

'Two and a Half Men's' $15.4 million salary makes Ashton Kutcher top-paid TV star

Actor Ashton Kutcher, who has replaced Charlie Sheen in Two and a Half Men, has become the highest-paid sitcom star.

Kutcher, who is playing heartbroken Internet billionaire Walden Schmidt in the show, will earn $7,00,000 per episode ($15.4 million for the season) as Sheen's replacement on the hit CBS series, reports the New York Post.

According to TV Guide, Kutcher's take-home Men scratch is more than veteran co-stars Jon Cryer and Angus T Jones, it's a lot less than the $1.2 million per episode Sheen was earning before he imploded.

In an interview for Details magazine, the 33-year-old Kutcher said he had never met the man he's replacing.

“I've never met him in my life. But, you know, he sent me congratulations and wished me well. Via Twitter,” he added.

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