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11-14-2007, 11:15 AM
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Top 50 TV Icons
The list of "The 50 Greatest TV Icons," compiled by TV Land network and Entertainment Weekly magazine:
50. Larry Hagman 49. Calista Flockhart 48. Jimmy Smits 47. Simon Cowell 46. Lassie 45. Sarah Michelle Gellar 44. Susan Lucci 43. Flip Wilson 42. James Gandolfini 41. Jon Stewart 40. Sally Field 39. Jennifer Aniston 38. Bea Arthur 37. George Clooney 36. Diahann Carroll 35. Michael J. Fox 34. Bob Barker 33. Ellen DeGeneres 32. Henry Winkler 31. Sarah Jessica Parker 30. Alan Alda 29. John Ritter 28. Howard Cosell 27. Regis Philbin 26. Farrah Fawcett 25. Heather Locklear 24. Michael Landon 23. Barbara Walters 22. Milton Berle 21. Kermit 20. Carroll O'Connor 19. Andy Griffith 18. William Shatner 17. Bob Newhart 16. David Letterman 15. "Not Ready for Primetime Players" 14. Ed Sullivan 13. Jackie Gleason 12. Dick Van Dyke 11. Roseanne 10. Dick Clark 9. Homer Simpson 8. Jerry Seinfeld 7. Mary Tyler Moore 6. Carol Burnett 5. Walter Cronkite 4. Bill Cosby 3. Oprah Winfrey 2. Lucille Ball 1. Johnny Carson Calista Flockhart???? Sarah Jessica Parker?????Heather Locklear???? Yeah there are some on this list are definitely icons but who the hell decided some of the others? Did they know what "icon" meant? Let's see Dean Martin spent from 1965 until 1984 (or so) on TV and before that with specials and the Colgate Comedy Hour with Jerry Lewis in the mid 50's….Bing Crosby and Bob Hope had countless specials over the years. I still can't think of Christmas television without thinking of either of them. How does Sarah Michelle Geller make the list and not Ron Howard?!?!? Two decades with two iconic characters?!?!? Simon Cowell and Jimmy Smits but they don't have Don Knotts? They have George Clooney for his 2 or 3 seasons of ER and they don't have Jerry Mathers or Paul Lynde? They have Ellen Degeneress but not Merv Griffin?! There are some good ones and they at least did make Johnny Carson #1 but over all this list is terrible. Hell the robot from Lost In Space deserves a spot over Roseanne |
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11-14-2007, 11:54 AM
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Re: Top 50 TV Icons
I don't see Kelsey Grammar or James Arness who hold the record for the longest running characters on prime time television.
Seems to be 50 people you can see on TV Land. |
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11-14-2007, 11:57 AM
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Re: Top 50 TV Icons
No Ed O'Neil as Al Bundy = bad list
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11-14-2007, 12:10 PM
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Re: Top 50 TV Icons
Andy Griffith is only two spots higher than a frog????
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11-14-2007, 12:43 PM
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Re: Top 50 TV Icons
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11-14-2007, 12:49 PM
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Re: Top 50 TV Icons
Heather Locklear is a TV icon for sure.
She was on Dynasty and TJ Hooker at the same time. Melrose Place? 'nuff said. that's the stuff of legends.
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11-14-2007, 01:00 PM
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No Ted Danson? 'Nuf said.
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11-14-2007, 01:12 PM
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Re: Top 50 TV Icons
Good call on Grammar, Arnes and Danson. I'm kinda surprised Flip Wilson made the list. The guy had one successful show and disappeared. Half the people on this board probably don't even know who he is.
I'm also surprised by the inclusion of Howard Cosell. If your just doing "entertainment", fine, it is TV Land/Entertainment Weekly after all. But how do you include Coselll and not Bob Costas, Al Michaels, Keith Jackson, Pat Summerall, John Madden or Joe Garagiola? Those guys have been in people's living rooms for years. And Cronkite opens up the possibility of Rather/Brokaw/Jennings/Wallace over such piffles as Flockhart, Gellar.
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11-14-2007, 01:16 PM
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Re: Top 50 TV Icons
The Fonz is ranked too low.
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11-14-2007, 01:22 PM
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Re: Top 50 TV Icons
Andy Griffith,Carol O'Connor and Alan Alda should be top ten. That they are not makes this a very flawed poll. I'm sorry but Oprah is not an icon. A nuisance maybe but not an icon. They got the top two correct but after that it is very flawed.
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11-14-2007, 01:48 PM
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11-14-2007, 01:58 PM
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Re: Top 50 TV Icons
Henry Winkler and Roseanne should switch spots.
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11-14-2007, 02:10 PM
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She's still got it.
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11-14-2007, 02:12 PM
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The Lineups stink.
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Re: Top 50 TV Icons
Boy I didn't read past #49
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11-14-2007, 02:18 PM
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Even though 2/3 of the list is men, I'm guessing that more women than men voted. You know many dudes who read Entertainment Weekly?
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