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Regnad Kcin
24th December 2003, 09:58 AM
(Rochester, New York - AP) -- Oprah Winfrey remains America's favorite television personality, according to a Harris poll.

Winfrey has topped the survey for four of the last six years. She's the only personality to be on the list each of the eleven years it's been compiled by Harris Interactive.

Number two in the 2003 poll is David Letterman, up one place. Bill O'Reilly jumped two places to number three.The list: Oprah Letterman O'Reilly Ray Romano Jay Leno Jon Stewart, Dr. Phil McGraw (tie) William Peterson (actor, CSI) Whoopi Goldberg Martin Sheen, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Anniston (tie)
Nyarlathotep
24th December 2003, 10:05 AM
I must be weird. Out of all the people on that list, I can only say that I like two of them; Leno and Jon Stewart.

The rest nauseate me, tick me off, or bore me to tears.
Regnad Kcin
24th December 2003, 10:19 AM
I forgot to add:The results come from a poll of eleven-hundred adults.
WildCat
24th December 2003, 10:43 AM
Whoopi Goldberg?! Surely there is something wrong here. :p
TruthSeeker
24th December 2003, 10:57 AM
There is something very funny about Jon Stewart and Phil McGraw being tied. I wonder what Jon Stewart would have to say about it?
Chad Noles
24th December 2003, 11:21 AM
The results come from a poll of eleven-hundred adults.

Were they all dead,insane,or both?I always look to see if 1100 people out of some 290 million is a justifiable example of "America's Favorite"... anything.
Evolver
24th December 2003, 01:09 PM
Originally posted by Nyarlathotep
I must be weird. Out of all the people on that list, I can only say that I like two of them; Leno and Jon Stewart.

The rest nauseate me, tick me off, or bore me to tears.

You beat me by one. Leno's been boring for years.
Tmy
24th December 2003, 01:20 PM
The Dems shoudl try to get Oprah into politics. Shed could win any office easily.
Nyarlathotep
24th December 2003, 01:31 PM
Originally posted by Evolver


You beat me by one. Leno's been boring for years.

Well, I will admit that his monologue can be pretty variable, but i usually can at least get a laugh from some of the other things on his show, especially the Headlines.
corplinx
24th December 2003, 08:45 PM
that list also doubles as my "recieving a uber-wedgie if i ever meet them in real life" list
Dorian Gray
24th December 2003, 10:35 PM
Where the F**K is Jerry Springer on that list? huh?
Troll
24th December 2003, 10:41 PM
Political views not being a factor (neither mine nor anyone's on the list), the only ones I can tolerate to see on tv is Whoopi and Peterson, but even then I've never really watched any of their tv shows.
NightG1
25th December 2003, 02:35 PM
This has to be rigged. Any list that doesn't have Tyne Daley, Max Headroom and Alex Van Halen has to be bogus I tell you.
Monketey Ghost
25th December 2003, 02:49 PM
Originally posted by NightG1

This has to be rigged. Any list that doesn't have Tyne Daley, Max Headroom and Alex Van Halen has to be bogus I tell you.


[choosing to ignore the sarcasm flag]
Alex Van Halen was a TV personality... when?
If you put all of his appearances in V.H. videos together, it amounts to maybe thirty second's worth of camera time... :p
[/choosing/ignore/sarcasm/etc.]
Voob
25th December 2003, 10:15 PM
I'm happy to say I don't know some of those names.
What about Gavin McLeod, the "Where's-the-beef" woman and Lee Majors?

Seriously, though. Where's Regis? Isn't he well-loved?
Jocko
25th December 2003, 11:26 PM
Originally posted by Dorian Gray
Where the F**K is Jerry Springer on that list? huh?

Forget Springer - I want to know where Donny Osmond is. You know he's hosting the new 100,000 Pyramid, right?

Geez.... remember when that was a lot of money?
Nyarlathotep
26th December 2003, 07:47 AM
Originally posted by Jocko


Forget Springer - I want to know where Donny Osmond is. You know he's hosting the new 100,000 Pyramid, right?

Geez.... remember when that was a lot of money?

Actually, it still is a lot of money, I wouldn't turn my nose up at $100,000 anyway. It just isn't so much money that one would feel rich anymore.
shemp
26th December 2003, 08:36 AM
Colin Mochrie (http://abc.go.com/primetime/whoselineisitanyway/bios/colin_mochrie.html)
Evolver
26th December 2003, 09:23 AM
Originally posted by shemp
Colin Mochrie (http://abc.go.com/primetime/whoselineisitanyway/bios/colin_mochrie.html)

You are the man, Shemp!
zakur
26th December 2003, 10:23 AM
Originally posted by Tmy
The Dems shoudl try to get Oprah into politics. Shed could win any office easily. This is exactly what Michael Moore proposes in his latest book. Seriously.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/books-films/dudewheresmycountry/draftoprah/index.php