50 Greatest TV Icons

TV Land honored the 50 Greatest TV Icons on November 16th, 2007. Kermit the Frog was ranked at number 21.
Kermit was also featured as a commentator on the program, and shared his thoughts on Lassie, the Fonz, Farrah Fawcett and Carol Burnett. When actors representing the first season cast of Saturday Night Live were featured, a photo of Gilda Radner with the Seven-foot-tall Talking Carrot from episode 304 of The Muppet Show was shown.
In addition to the icons celebrated, other commentators included Wil Wheaton, Kelly Ripa, Elliott Gould, Jeffrey Tambor, Jason Alexander, and Maya Angelou.
==Full List==
: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
:11. Roseanne Barr
:12. Dick Van Dyke
:13. Jackie Gleason
:14. Ed Sullivan
:15. Not Ready for Prime Time Players
:16. David Letterman
:17. Bob Newhart
:18. William Shatner
:19. Andy Griffith
:20. Carroll O'Connor
:21. Kermit the Frog
:22. Milton Berle
:23. Barbara Walters
:24. Michael Landon
:25. Heather Locklear	
:26. Farrah Fawcett
:27. Regis Philbin
:28. Howard Cosell
:29. John Ritter
:30. Alan Alda
:31. Sarah Jessica Parker
:32. Henry Winkler
:33. Ellen Degeneres
:34. Bob Barker
:35. Michael J. Fox
:36. Diahann Carroll
:37. George Clooney
:38. Bea Arthur
:39. Jennifer Aniston
:40. Sally Field
:41. Jon Stewart
:42. James Gandolfini
:43. Flip Wilson
:44. Susan Lucci
:45. Sarah Michelle Gellar
:46. Lassie
:47. Simon Cowell
:48. Jimmy Smits
:49. Calista Flockhart
:50. Larry Hagman	
:51. Bob Hope
:52. Ron Howard
:53. Ed McMahon
:54. Florence Henderson
:55. Fred Rogers
:56. Betty White
:57. Charlie Brown
:58. Don Knotts
:59. Ted Danson
:60. Merv Griffin
:61. Paul Reubens
:62. Redd Foxx
:63. Ed Asner
:64. Phil Donahue
:65. Pamela Anderson
:66. Kelsey Grammer
:67. Tom Selleck
:68. Don Cornelius
:69. Barbara Eden
:70. Bob Denver
:71. Rosie O'Donnell
:72. Cher
:73. Tony Danza
:74. Joan Rivers
:75. Peter Falk	
:76. Candice Bergen
:77. James Garner
:78. Art Carney
:79. Angela Lansbury
:80. Adam West
:81. Dick Cavett
:82. Ted Knight
:83. Isabel Sanford
:84. Cartman
:85. Rod Serling
:86. Jerry Mathers
:87. Phil Hartman
:88. Gavin MacLeod
:89. Robert Guillame
:90. John Stamos
:91. Dennis Franz
:92. Judge Judy
:93. Neil Patrick Harris
:94. Melissa Gilbert
:95. Richard Dawson
:96. Shannen Doherty
:97. In Living Color
:98. Meredith Baxter
:99. Delta Burke
:100. Marcia Cross
==External links==
* Official site
* TV Land broadcast schedule
* Press release
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