Aaron Spelling received $25.9 million last year.

Spelling, the president and executive producer of Aaron Spelling Productions, received cash compensation of $25.89 million in the year ended July 31, 1986, according to a proxy statement mailed to shareholders. In addition, the company paid $311,500 last year to a company owned by Spelling’s wife Candy. Her company held a 50% interest in the profits of a wardrobe design company that supplies costumes to Spelling-produced TV shows, but dissolved its partnership with the wardrobe designer on Feb. 28, 1986. The proxy noted that Aaron Spelling Productions began retaining most of its income in August, 1986, when the company went public.