Graham Norton's substantial salary has been reduced following a decline in revenue and profit for his production company in 2024, it has emerged.
The television presenter earned £2.4m last year, a decrease from the £2.7m he pocketed in 2023, as reported by .
Norton's remuneration is not included in the BBC's annual list of star salaries as he is paid through his own production company rather than directly by the corporation.
This pay cut follows a downturn in financial performance for So Television, the producer of The Graham Norton Show, in 2024 after The John Bishop Show and Hannah Gadsby's Gender Agenda did not return for new series that year.
So Television, co-founded by Norton himself, stated that the decision not to renew these shows led to a reduction in the company's programming hours from 28 to 22.
This decrease also resulted in its revenue dropping from £14.5m to £10m and its pre-tax profit falling from £3.9m to £2.2m, according to newly filed accounts at Companies House.
In the º£½ÇÊÓƵ, the company's revenue decreased from £10.7m to £7.7m and from £3.7m to £2.3m internationally.
Graham Norton too much for John Bishop
So Television was established in 1998 by Graham Norton and Graham Stuart.
The company was bought by ITV Studios for approximately £17m in August 2012.
Besides producing The Graham Norton Show, the company has previously created Jack Whitehall's Father's Day, Blind Date and The Sarah Millican Show.
Earlier this year, John Bishop announced that his chat show would not be making a comeback due to its inability to compete with the likes of Graham Norton and Jonathan Ross.
The comedian debuted the show on ITV in January 2022, which ran for two series.
Hannah Gadsby's Gender Agenda was a one-off stand-up comedy special on Netflix in 2024.
The main rival of The Graham Norton Show in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ is The Jonathan Ross Show, produced by ITV Studios and Hot Sauce TV.
Hot Sauce TV, under the ownership of Jonathan Ross, saw an increase in its shareholder funds from £378,905 to £693,400 in 2024.
