Matt Lauer is the highest paid news person, but he's still a long way from Judge Judy. 

Variety put together the list of top paid talent and Lauer was on top in TV news, with Bill O'Reilly coming in just behind the NBC morning Anchor. 

Robin Roberts tops her co-host George Stephanopolous at ABC and Anderson Cooper falls behind Megyn Kelly. 

ABC's David Muir is the only nightly news anchor on the list. 

Here are the top paid: