{"id":2032,"date":"2012-10-01T16:43:48","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T20:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=2032"},"modified":"2012-10-01T16:43:48","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T20:43:48","slug":"ellen-over-oprah-no-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2012\/10\/ellen-over-oprah-no-way.html","title":{"rendered":"Ellen Over Oprah? No Way …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oprah Winfrey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The recent ABC 20\/20-People Magazine show on the top television programs and personalities has certainly given me plenty of fodder, for sure.<\/p>\n

I recently wrote a post disagreeing with the vote of I Love Lucy as the top comedy of all-time favoring All in the Family instead.<\/p>\n

Even more egregious, and I don’t mean Philbin (there’s a joke in there somewhere) was Ellen edging out Oprah as the second-best show host of all-time (Johnny Carson was a solid No. 1 choice, although not a personal favorite).<\/p>\n

Ellen over Oprah … are you kidding me?<\/p>\n

Degeneres is a talented comedienne and pleasant enough daytime talk show host … but she’s NO Oprah!<\/p>\n

Like Carson, I’m personally not a fan of Oprah’s but there’s no way to disregard her contributions to television. Oprah is THE daytime talk show host and even started her own network for crying out loud.<\/p>\n

Winfrey even has a deal with Sirius\/XM in which she rakes in millions for what appears to be hardly any effort at all.<\/p>\n

The point is, without Oprah there likely wouldn’t even be an Ellen. Oprah is the mother of daytime shows shows, while Ellen is her cute little daughter by comparison.<\/p>\n

That vote … or however they came up with that ‘decision’ was ridiculous and ludicrous.<\/p>\n

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