The newest Forbes list is out, and this one deals with the biggest earners on the small screen. Checking in at No. 1 on the list of top TV star earners ... making a cool 260 million, Oprah's earnings trump Seinfeld, Letterman and ... well, Trump. To paraphrase a certain Muppet who wasn't on the list, it ain't easy making green.

These joes and jills make big-time piles of dough because they're the best at what they do. Talking heads are a dime a dozen; any yahoo with an opinion can say what he thinks. But the ones who work at it ... the ones who have a clue and put in the hours, are the ones who get the TV deals and top dollars, see?

Pick what you love, then be the best you can be at it. Like Dave Ramsey says, if you love what you do and outwork everyone else, it'll put you in the top 5 percent of your field, and that always pays some good moolah.

Put that in your pipe, jack. Til Monday.