Tim Allen's Salary For 'Home Improvement' Was Higher Than Jerry Seinfeld's Salary On 'Seinfeld'

Highlights

• Tim Allen's hefty paycheck from 'Home Improvement' led him to amass a $100 million fortune, a ways surpassing Jerry Seinfeld's income.
• Despite Allen's luck, his failed attempts at a reboot show tensions with former 'Home Improvement' co-stars over false reunion claims.
• 'Home Improvement' to begin with outperformed 'Seinfeld' in rankings, but the latter won momentum, becoming the top-rated TV comedy.

Home Improvement and Seinfeld were massive sitcom opponents within the 1990s. It makes you surprise how a lot their lead stars had been paid. Well, the former's Tim Allen – whom his castmates accused of being a liar – accrued his $A hundred million fortune, most commonly because of his hefty salary from the ABC show. Ironically, Jerry Seinfeld – who is now a billionaire – made much less on Seinfeld.

Some say the pay gap justifies his feud with his co-stars. People also are surprised that Seinfeld's ex-girlfriend, Jami Gertz was also richer than him when she made a cameo on the NBC sequence. But having a look again on the sitcoms' festival on my own, it was exhausting to tell which one was doing higher than the other, even by the numbers.

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Tim Allen Earned Up To $1.25 Million Per Episode On 'Home Improvement'

According to The Richest, Tim Allen to begin with made between $200,000 and $300,000 in step with episode of Home Improvement. During the final two seasons (1998-1999), he began incomes $1.25 million ($2 million today) per episode. The collection had 204 22-minute episodes so he would have no less than made $30 million in the previous seasons.

As if that wasn't profitable sufficient, Allen was presented $50 million for a 9th season. His onscreen spouse, Patricia Richardson was presented half of that. Neither agreed, and the show ended in season 8. But in November 2023, Allen teased fans about a reboot, which Richardson referred to as a lie.

"I see Richard Karn a lot," the previous informed The Messenger again then. "And I talk to the boys [Zachery Ty Bryan (Brad); Jonathan Taylor Thomas (Randy); and Taran Noah Smith (Mark)] ...and I'm there as one of their friends. We keep talking about [a spinoff]."

Richardson later revealed: "But [Allen] never asked me, and he never asked Jonathan [Taylor Thomas, who played middle child Randy]."

Per TV Line, the actress informed the Back to the Best podcast: "I would hear on Twitter (or whatever) that [Allen] was coming out publicly and saying this stuff about how everyone was on board to do a Home Improvement reunion..."

She endured: "I called Jonathan one day and I said, 'Has he asked you about this?'" And he went, 'No. Why is he going around telling everyone that we're on board when he hasn't talked to you or me?'"

"I believe that is weird," Richardson said. "He was lying to folks and telling them that I was on board and I did not know anything about it." Even if Allen asked, the TV star said she "would now not wish to" do a Home Improvement sequel.

Here's the net worth of the Home Improvement cast from highest to lowest:

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Jerry Seinfeld Made Up To $1 Million An Episode In The Last Season Of 'Seinfeld'

During the first season of Seinfeld, the lead actor only made $20,000 per episode. It eventually went up to $40,000 an episode in seasons 2 and 3 before renegotiating for $100,000 per episode for seasons 4 to 6. By the next two seasons, he was making $500,000 per episode. It wasn't until the final year (1998) of the show that Seinfeld made $1 million per episode.

Jerry Seinfeld amassed his $1 billion net worth from combined Seinfeld residuals and stand-up specials.

While Allen was offered $50 million to continue his show, the Unfrosted star was offered $5 million per episode to make season 10. Seinfeld turned it down as he wanted to leave the show at its peak. In a recent interview with GQ Hype, the actor said he has no regrets about the series, although he is "somewhat bit" stricken about its ending.

"I don't consider in remorseful about. I feel it's conceited to assume you should have done something different," Seinfeld reflected. "You couldn't. That's why you probably did what you did."

He went on to share that the creatives behind Seinfeld "were suffering from some things that people had stated," like calling the characters "egocentric or whatever." But "having a look back on it," he said, "I believe they had been nice! I really like them. First of all, you are now not doing comedy without self-directed folks. That's an very important component of comedy, since Shakespeare and perpetually. You can not do comedy without selfish other folks. That's what other folks relate to."

Here are the Seinfeld alums' net worth from highest to lowest:

Jerry Seinfeld

$1 billion

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

$250 million

Jason Alexander

$50 million

Michael Richards

$30 million

Patrick Warburton

$20 million

John O'Hurley

$12 million

Wayne Knight

$10 million

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'Home Improvement' Had More Viewers Than 'Seinfeld' At First

In 1997, the Los Angeles Times reported that Home Improvement had better ratings than Seinfeld originally. The former "handily won the primary head-to-head come across via attracting 17.Three million properties, as opposed to 11.6 million viewing" of the latter. But when Cheers ended that year, NBC put Seinfeld in its slot, increasing their viewership to "57% in the first four weeks," per the outlet. Glenn Padnick, president of Castle Rock Television (producer of Seinfeld), said:

"I do not believe we have been such a lot chased [by Home Improvement ] as the impending departure of Cheers created a vacuum [that NBC needed to fill]."

Following the shift, Seinfeld went on to claim the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, which "the Home Improvement staff found in particular vexing given their display's demonstrated superiority in terms of popular enchantment." But in 1994, HI remained the top-rated TV show while Seinfeld only ranked third.

After another time slot shuffle with NBC, HI continued to win in, terms of ratings. But the intensified competition "decreased its target market by means of nearly 20." Seinfeld then became "TV's No.1 comedy," per L.A. Times. As a result, sources revealed that Allen became "obsessed" with the rival show.

He "sought after to equal or surpass the show and its superstar in relation to trade because his collection has been denied commensurate essential reputation," according to the publication. Allen's manager, Richard Baker also said: "It's no accident Tim Allen has been as a hit as he's been in all these other media. He likes to reach the entirety that he does, whether it is prime-time television or automobile racing."

Seinfeld has a total of 10 Emmys while Home Improvement has 7.

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