For my 400th TT, I decided to recycle one from 10 years ago. Before I get the same comments I got a decade ago: Yes, TV Guide is still published. Here's the subscription link.
Thursday Thirteen #231
THE THIRTEEN MOST POPULAR
TV STARS OF ALL TIME
1) Lucille Ball -- 31 covers
2) Mary Tyler Moore -- 24 covers
3) Johnny Carson -- 23 covers
4) Bill Cosby AND Oprah Winfrey -- tied at 19
5) Larry Hagman -- 18 covers
6) Carol Burnett -- 17 covers
7) Barbara Walters AND Carroll O'Connor -- tied at 16
8) Michael Landon AND Michael J. Fox -- tied at 15. These two Michaels grew up before our eyes on the cover of TV Guide.
• Landon was 23 when he had his first cover, as Little Joe Cartwright of Bonanza, in 1960 and 54 when TV Guide ran a cover story memorializing him upon his death in 1991.
• Fox was 21 when he appeared on his first cover as Alex P. Keaton of Family Ties in 1982, and 52 at the time of his most recent cover in 2013.
9) Cybil Shepherd -- 14 covers (I was surprised she was this popular)
10) Lawrence Welk AND Raymond Burr AND Jaclyn Smith (what an odd combination!) -- tied at 13
11) Richard Chamberlain AND Roseanne AND Ted Danson -- tied at 12
12) Bob Hope AND Candice Bergen AND Mike Wallace AND Tom Selleck -- tied at 11 (Selleck was on the cover for the 11th time earlier this month)
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| Tom Selleck in 1980 .... |
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| ... and 35 years later |
12) Bob Hope AND Candice Bergen AND Mike Wallace AND Tom Selleck -- tied at 11 (Selleck was on the cover for the 11th time earlier this month)
13) Andy Griffith AND James Garner AND Jerry Seinfeld AND Hugh Laurie -- tied at 10
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