When it comes to TV, one man's favorite show is often another man's incentive to make like Elvis and shoot the set. So while we at EW name our picks for the tube's toppers, it's only fair to let our readers have their say. The more than 18,000 respondents (via an EW Online poll) clearly believe we're living in a golden age of television -- hence such top vote-getters as The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and The Simpsons. Still, they're not averse to the classics -- I Love Lucy, Johnny Carson, and Coca-Cola's ''Mean Joe Greene'' ad. Check out our readers' list of TV's finest:
Best TV Sitcom
1 THE SIMPSONS 12% 2 M*A*S*H 11% 3 SEINFELD 10% 4 FRIENDS 9.9% 5 I LOVE LUCY 9.7% 6 THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW 9.4% 7 THE COSBY SHOW 5% 8 ALL IN THE FAMILY 3.8% 9 CHEERS 3.6% 10 NEWSRADIO 3% Best TV Actress (Drama)
1 GILLIAN ANDERSON 27% 2 SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR 22% 3 JULIANNA MARGULIES 7% 4 TYNE DALY 4.4% 5 BARBARA STANWYCK 4.03% 6 CHRISTINE LAHTI 4.02% 7 CALISTA FLOCKHART 3.62% 8 DANA DELANY 3.57% 9 JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT 3.5% 10 MICHAEL LEARNED 3.4%
Best TV Actor (Drama)
1 DAVID DUCHOVNY 23% 2 PATRICK STEWART 16% 3 MICHAEL LANDON 9.1% 4 GEORGE CLOONEY 8.6% 5 ANDRE BRAUGHER 6% 6 ANTHONY EDWARDS 5% 7 JAMES GARNER 4.9% 8 SAM WATERSTON 4.4% 9 PETER FALK 4.27% 10 DENNIS FRANZ 4.26%
Best TV Actress (Sitcom)
1 LUCILLE BALL 30% 2 CAROL BURNETT 11% 3 MARY TYLER MOORE 9.7% 4 JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS 9.5% 5 HELEN HUNT 8% 6 COURTENEY COX 7% 7 DINAH SHORE 4% 8 CANDICE BERGEN 3.22% 9 ROSEANNE 3.2% 10 KIRSTIE ALLEY 3%
Best Game Show
1 JEOPARDY! 38% 2 THE PRICE IS RIGHT 24% 3 THE FAMILY FEUD 7% 4 WHEEL OF FORTUNE 6.7% 5 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES 5% 6 LET'S MAKE A DEAL 3% 7 PRESS YOUR LUCK 2.3% 8 THE MATCH GAME 2% 9 THE $100,000 PYRAMID 1.72% 10 THE GONG SHOW 1.68%
Best Talk-Show Host
1 JOHNNY CARSON 33% 2 DAVID LETTERMAN 17% 3 ROSIE O'DONNELL 14% 4 OPRAH WINFREY 13% 5 CONAN O'BRIEN 7% 6 JAY LENO 5% 7 PHIL DONAHUE 2.2% 8 JON STEWART 1.9% 9 CRAIG KILBORN 1.5% 10 STEVE ALLEN 1%
Best TV Actor (Sitcom)
1 BILL COSBY 20% 2 JERRY SEINFELD 12% 3 MICHAEL J. FOX 11% 4 DICK VAN DYKE 10% 5 ALAN ALDA 9% 6 CARROLL O'CONNOR 7% 7 DAVID HYDE PIERCE 5% 8 JACK KLUGMAN 4% 9 KELSEY GRAMMER 3.74% 10 BOB NEWHART 3.71%
