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Johnny (Sorry, Jay) Top TV Icon

The famous faces of TV are (nearly) all present in this Hall of Fame

By Sophie Goldstein,  Newser User

Posted Nov 15, 2007 1:49 PM CST
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(Newser) – Letterman and Stewart made the cut, but Leno got stiffed when Entertainment Weekly and TV Land did their list of the top 50 TV icons. Leading the list, of course, the guy who started it all:

  1. Johnny Carson
  2. Lucille Ball
  3. Oprah Winfrey

  1. Bill Cosby
  2. Walter Cronkite
  3. Carol Burnett
  4. Mary Tyler Moore
  5. Jerry Seinfeld
  6. Homer Simpson
  7. Dick Clark

Homer Simpson, here pictured with Jay Leno, who did not make the list.
Homer Simpson, here pictured with Jay Leno, who did not make the list.   (Associated Press)
Jay Leno appears as a guest with Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show on April 28, 1977. Carson died at the age of 79 at his home in Malibu, California, on January 23, 2005.
Jay Leno appears as a guest with Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show" on April 28, 1977. Carson died at the age of 79 at his home in Malibu, California, on January 23, 2005.   (KRT Photos)
Former The Tonight Show host Johnny Carson in 1957. Carson died at the age of 79 at his home in Malibu, California, on January 23, 2005.
Former "The Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson in 1957. Carson died at the age of 79 at his home in Malibu, California, on January 23, 2005.   (KRT Photos)
Talk show host Oprah Winfrey ranks high among televisions all-time top icons. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, Inc., George Burns)
Talk show host Oprah Winfrey ranks high among televisions all-time top icons. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, Inc., George Burns)   (Associated Press)
Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets, poses with one of his puppets, Kermit the Frog, in this February 1988 photo. Kermit is among the non-human performers to be ranked among televisions top icons. (AP Photo/file)
Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets, poses with one of his puppets, Kermit the Frog, in this February 1988 photo. Kermit is among the non-human performers to be ranked among televisions top icons. (AP...   (Associated Press)
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Jerry Seinfeld • list • Oprah Winfrey • Johnny Carson • Dick Clark • Bill Cosby • icons • Lucille Ball • Homer Simpson • Mary Tyler Moore • Carol Burnett • Walter Kronkite

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