Oprah Winfrey is again America's Favorite Television Personality, Leno and Letterman take hits
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The annual Harris Poll ranking America’s favorite television personalities has been released. Between December 7 and 14, 2,276 adults took part in an online survey that crowned Oprah Winfrey with the title she held in 1998, 2000, and 2002 – 2006. Here, your Top 10.
1. Oprah Winfrey (up from No. 4 last year)
2. Glenn Beck (enters the countdown with a bullet!)
3. Jay Leno (down from No. 1 last year; note: the poll was conducted before the late-night war at NBC, but after his primetime show bombed)
4. TIE: Ellen DeGeneres (down from No. 3 last year, and No. 1 in 2007)
4. TIE: Hugh Laurie (down from No. 2 last year)
6. Jon Stewart (held at No. 6 from last year)
7. Charlie Sheen (held at No. 7 from last year; note: the poll was conducted before his December arrest)
8. Mark Harmon (up from No. 9 last year)
9. David Letterman (down from No. 5 last year; note: the poll was conducted before he engaged in the late-night war, but after he admitted he’d had sex with female members of his staff)
10. Bill O’Reilly (returns to the countdown after being absent last year)
Names that dropped off this year’s list: Steve Carell (No. 8 last year) and Stephen Colbert (tied for No. 9 last year).
The Harris Poll also broke down the results by sex, generation, political slant, and geography: Favorite TV Personality Among:
Men: Jay Leno
Women: Oprah Winfrey
Echo Boomers (18-32): Conan O’Brien
Gen X (33-44): Oprah Winfrey
Baby Boomers (45-63): Oprah Winfrey
Matures (64+): Glenn Beck
Republicans: Glenn Beck
Democrats: Oprah Winfrey
Independents: Glenn Beck
Conservatives: Glenn Beck
Moderates: Oprah Winfrey
Liberals: Jon Stewart
Single women: Oprah Winfrey
Married women: Oprah Winfrey
East: Oprah Winfrey
Midwest: Glenn Beck
South: Oprah Winfrey
West: Hugh Laurie
I’ll let you all get political in the comments, if you so chose. Personally, I’m just loving that House‘s Hugh Laurie is No. 1 in the West and that America loves NCIS‘ Mark Harmon as much as I do. I should’ve named my ultra-smooth and comfortable gray Slanket Harmon. Damn it!
Photo credit: Adam Larkey/ABC
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