Kayleigh's Musings

I talked today about the fact that TV Land network and Entertainment Weekly magazine has compiled a list of "The 50 Greatest TV Icons".  TV Land will have a 2 hour special Friday night about it and Entertainment Weekly covers it in their magazine this week.  I take issue with a few of them.  First of all, what's Calista Flockhart doing on the list?  Seriously.  I was a fan of Ally McBeal but it was only on about 5 years and I wouldn't call her an 'icon'.  She's #49 and comes in higher than  Larry Hagman.  Then Lassie is only at #46!  I think Lassie should be higher than that!  There were Lassie books, a TV show and TV movies about Lassie!  Anyway, here's the list.  Check it out and let me know if you disagree with any of them and if there were any left off.

50. Larry Hagman
49. Calista Flockhart
48. Jimmy Smits
47. Simon Cowell
46. Lassie
45. Sarah Michelle Gellar (isn't she a bit young for this list? But there again, I wasn't Buffy fan)
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