Rank & File

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%