Eli5: How do TV shows like Total Wipeout or Euphoria etc make a profit?

Question

Not necessarily reality just TV shows like Total Wipeout, but TV shows in general.

I saw that Zendaya gets paid 1 mill USD per episode to be in Euphoria, which is INSANE. How do the creators of these shows make a profit? Where exactly is the income coming from?

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Answer 1

Subscriptions.

This is why the people saying Netflix should have every show ever made for 7.99 a month like in 2011 are demanding something that cannot exist.