25 Smartest People in TV
MOST POPULAR GALLERIES OF 2008: Sure, they call it the boob tube, but it takes some pretty big brains to make it in the TV biz. We polled Hollywood insiders to ID the TV titans they say are driving today's sharpest shows and deals
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The View, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, ...
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Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman
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Jon Stewart
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Tyra Banks
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Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List
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Mad Men
Credit: Mad Men: Carin Baer
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The Big Bang Theory, Chuck Lorre
Credit: Lorre: Mathew Imaging/WireImage; Bing Bang: Sonja Flemming/CBS
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Damages, Glenn Close
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Fringe, J.J. Abrams
Credit: Abrams: Damian Dovarganes/AP; Fringe: Craig Blankenhorn/Fox
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Ugly Betty, Salma Hayek
Credit: Hayek: Capital PIctures/Retna; Ugly Betty: Patrick Harbron/ABC
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Ryan Seacrest, Simon Cowell
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Lost, Carlton Cuse, ...
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Chuck, Josh Schwartz
Credit: Schwartz: Scott Gries/Getty Images; Chuck: Dean Hendler/NBC
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Saving Grace
Credit: Koonin: Jordan Strauss/WireImage; Saving Grace: Erik Heinila/TNT
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Hulu
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The Mentalist, Peter Roth
Credit: Roth: John M. Heller/Getty Images; Mentalist: Cliff Lipson/CBS
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Dexter
Credit: Greenblatt: Lester Cohen/WireImage; Dexter: Peter Iovino/Showtime
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Saturday Night Live, Lorne Michaels
Credit: Michaels: RD/Leon/Retna; SNL: Dana Edelson/NBC
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Oprah Winfrey
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High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Credit: Marsh: Bob D'Amico/Disney Channel; HSM3: John Bramley
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House of Payne, Tyler Perry
Credit: Perry: John Spellman/Retna
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The Mentalist, Nancy Tellem
Credit: Tellem: Dana Fineman/CBS; Mentalist: Cliff Lipson/CBS
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30 Rock, Tina Fey
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26
Seth MacFarlane
Credit: ILLUSTRATION BY JULIUS PREITE
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