Ashton coins it

Ashton Kutcher is the highest-paid TV actor for the third year running, according to Forbes magazine.

Bang Showbiz reports that Kutcher, 36, earned about $278-million in the past year. The money will come in handy, as fiancée Mila Kunis is due to give birth next month.

Kutcher eclipsed fellow Two and a Half Men star Jon Cryer and Mark Harmon (NCIS), who came joint second, accumulating $203-million each between June 2013 and June 2014.

How I met Your Mother's Neil Patrick Harris was third, earning $192-million, partly from endorsing an airline.