Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon dubbed ‘charter members of ‘TV’s new $1M per episode club’

As pop culture’s media landscape continues to change, television is starting to be taken more seriously by actors, largely because it’s starting to pay better than it once did. That’s the gist of a new report from Variety, which points to Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston’s $1 million-plus paydays for each episode of “The Morning Show,” as evidence of the shift. The new streaming service Apple TV Plus, Variety claims, “blew up the template for how much stars were paid on new TV shows,” creating a “new $1 million club” helmed by Reese and Jen that the outlet reports is growing fast. According to Variety, Nicole Kidman’s work on “Nine Perfect Strangers” (Hulu), Jeff Bridges’ appearances on “The Old Man” (FX on Hulu), Reese and Kerry Washington’s roles on “Little Fires Everywhere” (Hulu) and Steve Carell’s contribution to “Space Force” (Netflix) are also all paying more than $1 million per episode.