Simon Baker eclipses Hugh Laurie as top paid actor in a U.S. TV drama series in £280,000 an episode deal for The Mentalist

By PAUL THOMPSON Nice work if you can get it: Simon Baker will be paid £280,000 per episode for The Mentalist, eclipsing Hugh Laurie's £258,000 per episode for U.S. show HouseActor Simon Baker will shoot to the top of the highest paid actors on U.S. TV with a new deal that will net him an estimated pds280,000 for each episode of The Mentalist.The Australian star will eclipse Hugh Laurie in Ho...