POLL: Seinfeld best Sit-com? Leno best Late-night?

Posted by David Burns on
NEW POLL NAMES SEINFELD THE BEST SITCOM, JAY LENO THE FUNNIEST LATE-NIGHT HOST

According to a new poll conducted by "60 Minutes" and Vanity Fair,  Americans voted "Seinfeld" as the top sitcom.

Jerry Seinfeld's comedy received 22 percent of the vote, followed by "The Honeymooners" with 20 percent of the vote. "Friends" grabbed 16 percent to rank third, and "Cheers" was the top choice for 14 percent of voters.

When asked in the same poll about which late-night host was most likely to make them laugh, 24 percent of voters went with "Tonight Show host Jay Leno".    Leno beat David Letterman (13 percent), Jimmy Fallon (12 percent) and Conan O'Brien (12 percent). 23 percent of voters said "none of the above" when asked to choose between those hosts as well as Jimmy Kimmel and Craig Ferguson.

Kimmel received eight percent of the vote, while Ferguson retained four percent.

Comments