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 Congresswoman's Xmas photo is missing a fishy ring. 2026 will be a noteworthy year for Baby Boomers. 'Freak accident' kills McDonald's drive-thru customer. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she was too 'naive' about Trump. See 2 more photos Report an error