The Top 50 TV Icons were announced on TVLand Friday night. I don't want to spoil anyone's fun, so if you want to see the show for yourself, there will be a few opportunities to do so in the next few days.
In the meantime, you're welcome to look at the Top 10 from the list, as it was posted on TVLand's web site.
1. Johnny Carson
2. Lucille Ball
3. Oprah Winfrey
4. Bill Cosby
5. Walter Cronkite
6. Carol Burnett
7. Mary Tyler Moore
8. Jerry Seinfeld
9. Homer Simpson
10. Dick Clark
The other day, I did a little scattershooting, saying I was sure that certain people would be included. Most of them were, but Don Knotts ("Barney Fife" on The Andy Griffith Show) actually was # 58 on the list and therefore wasn't profiled on the TV special.
I must admit, I was a little surprised he didn't make the Top 50. After all, he was a five-time Emmy Award winner as a regular on The Andy Griffith Show and he won two more Emmys for his guest appearances on the show in the years following his departure. I mean, what else does one have to do to be considered a legitimate TV icon?
TVLand gives you the top 100 on its web site. The TV special gave you the top half of the list.
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Sunday, November 18, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 2007
TV Icons
TVLand will be airing a two-hour special Friday night devoted to the Top 50 TV Icons. It ought to be interesting.
Word has already gotten out that Johnny Carson will be honored as the No. 1 TV Icon, but it doesn't take too much thought to figure out some of others in the Top 10 -- certainly, Lucille Ball will be in the Top 10, as will Walter Cronkite.
And, of course, there are a few that you just know will be on the list, but you don't know where. Like Henry Winkler, who was "The Fonz" on Happy Days. And Carroll O'Connor, who was Archie Bunker on All In The Family. And Ed Sullivan. And Milton Berle. And Jackie Gleason. And Don Knotts. And Mary Tyler Moore. And Barbara Walters. And Oprah Winfrey. And ... well, you get the idea.
There are so many "icons" it's hard to know where each should be ranked. And it's hard to know which should be left off the list!
Revealing the list, which is co-sponsored by Entertainment Weekly, should be fun. And if you miss it on Friday night, I think it will be shown several times during the weekend and early next week, so watch it and enjoy the memories.
Word has already gotten out that Johnny Carson will be honored as the No. 1 TV Icon, but it doesn't take too much thought to figure out some of others in the Top 10 -- certainly, Lucille Ball will be in the Top 10, as will Walter Cronkite.
And, of course, there are a few that you just know will be on the list, but you don't know where. Like Henry Winkler, who was "The Fonz" on Happy Days. And Carroll O'Connor, who was Archie Bunker on All In The Family. And Ed Sullivan. And Milton Berle. And Jackie Gleason. And Don Knotts. And Mary Tyler Moore. And Barbara Walters. And Oprah Winfrey. And ... well, you get the idea.
There are so many "icons" it's hard to know where each should be ranked. And it's hard to know which should be left off the list!
Revealing the list, which is co-sponsored by Entertainment Weekly, should be fun. And if you miss it on Friday night, I think it will be shown several times during the weekend and early next week, so watch it and enjoy the memories.
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