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%

Best Commercial
1 COKE 'MEAN JOE GREENE' — 16%
2 WENDY'S 'WHERE'S THE BEEF?' — 15%
3 TACO BELL 'CHIHUAHUA' — 13%
4 COKE 'I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING' — 10% 5 GOT MILK? — 9%
6 ALKA-SELTZER 'SPICY MEATBALL' — 8%
7 GAP 'SWING' — 6%
8 PARTNERSHIP FOR A DRUG-FREE AMERICA 'FRIED EGG' — 4%
9 CALIFORNIA RAISINS 'LUNCHBOX' — 2.57%
10 ENERGIZER 'ESCAPE THE BUNNY' — 2.56%

Best Dramatic Series
1 THE X-FILES — 23%
2 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER — 19%
3 ER — 11%
4 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION — 4.3%
5 LAW & ORDER — 4%
6 HILL STREET BLUES — 3.9%
7 THE TWILIGHT ZONE — 3.7%
8 PARTY OF FIVE — 3.5%
9 DALLAS — 3.3%
10 NYPD BLUE — 3%

Best Kids' Show
1 SESAME STREET — 30%
2 CAPTAIN KANGAROO — 16%
3 THE MUPPET SHOW — 10%
4 RUGRATS — 7%
5 PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE — 6%
6 SMURFS — 5%
7 MR. ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD — 3.4%
8 MICKEY MOUSE CLUB — 3%
9 BILL NYE, THE SCIENCE GUY — 2.7%
10 BLUE'S CLUES — 2.6%

Best Soap Opera
1 GENERAL HOSPITAL — 24%
2 DAYS OF OUR LIVES — 18%
3 SANTA BARBARA — 15%
4 ALL MY CHILDREN — 12%
5 THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS — 10%
6 DARK SHADOWS — 6%
7 AS THE WORLD TURNS — 3.6%
8 GUIDING LIGHT — 3.58%
9 SUNSET BEACH — 3%
10 ANOTHER WORLD — 2%

Best Miniseries
1 THE STAND — 27%
2 ROOTS — 15%
3 THE THORN BIRDS — 7.7%
4 V — 7.5
5 FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON — 6.2%
6 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE — 6%
7 NORTH AND SOUTH — 5.4%
8 MERLIN — 5%
9 I, CLAUDIUS — 4%
10 LONESOME DOVE — 3%

Originally posted Feb 19, 1999 Published in issue #472-473 Feb 19, 1999 Order article reprints
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