Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Interview Cost CBS Over $7 Million
There are no special effects and the set is just a few wicker chairs, yet Oprah Winfrey's much anticipated sit-down interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will be one of the priciest television events of the season. The Wall Street Journalhas reported that CBS paid Harpo Productions, Winfrey's company, somewhere between $7 million and $9 million. (That's between £5,057,803.80 to £6,502,890.60 in British sterling, to keep the U.K.-U.S. dialogue going.) CBS is charging $325,000 for every 30 seconds of commercial airtime during the two hour broadcast, which will begin at the end of ...