Entertainment | icons Johnny (Sorry, Jay) Top TV Icon The famous faces of TV are (nearly) all present in this Hall of Fame By Sophie Goldstein Posted Nov 15, 2007 1:49 PM CST Copied Homer Simpson, here pictured with Jay Leno, who did not make the list. (Associated Press) See 2 more photos 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: Johnny Carson Lucille Ball Oprah Winfrey Bill Cosby Walter Cronkite Carol Burnett Mary Tyler Moore Jerry Seinfeld Homer Simpson Dick Clark Read These Next The Supreme Court just struck down President Trump's tariffs. A new ransom demand arrives in the Nancy Guthrie case. Veterans sue to block Trump's arch. Edmunds ranks its top vehicles for 2026. See 2 more photos Report an error