"TV's greatest icons": A top-50 list
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abhishek88
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November, 13 2007
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 "TV's greatest icons": A top-50 list
The big list for "The 50 Greatest TV Icons", released to the Associated Press, was compiled by cable's TV Land network and Entertainment Weekly magazine, which is part of the fun. But deeper down the ranking of "The 50 Greatest TV Icons", you may find a name that surprises you (or even makes you scratch your head), which means, it doesn't take a psychic in a bejeweled turban to figure out that Johnny Carson landed the top spot.
The special counts down from Larry Hagman (No. 50) to Carson, with mini-profiles of each "icon" in turn. It's the source of a two-hour TV Land special airing Friday at 8 p.m. EST (and is also featured in the issue of Entertainment Weekly appearing on newsstands the same day).
But what is a "TV icon", anyway?
Regis Philbin (No. 27) says, "If you hang around long enough, they call you an icon". Someone who "jumps off the screen into your home", says Henry Winkler, who is ranked 32nd.
The list, along with human TV stars, contains a pooch (Lassie), a Muppet frog (Kermit), a cartoon dad (Homer Simpson) and a full-blown comedy troupe (the original Not Ready for Primetime Players from "Saturday Night Live").
There is one "Friend" (Jennifer Aniston) and two current late-night hosts (David Letterman and Jon Stewart made the cut, but Carson's successor, Jay Leno, did not). TV comedy trailblazer Milton Berle is on the list, though not his contemporary, Sid Caesar.
certainly, may be you have got your own ideas. During the broadcast, you'll be invited to text-message your choice for the No. 1 "TV icon," with the audience consensus revealed at show's end.
The list of ‘The 50 Greatest TV Icons’, are as follows:  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  |
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