Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
TV HALL OF FAME
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This webpage is the most comprehensive online source dedicated to the ATAS Hall of Fame.
The page starts with recommendations to the selection committee for possible future selections and is followed by the complete list of Hall of Fame members
(with their induction years, who inducted them and/or paid special tributes, early/late photos, and their contributions to the television industry).
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2014 HALL OF FAME RECOMMENDATIONS: "Late Night with David Letterman" "The Andy Griffith Show" "60 Minutes" "Cagney and Lacey" "The Civil War," "Baseball," "Thomas Jefferson," Prolific Director of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "The Cosby Show," "Laugh-In" Founder and CEO of C-Span
OTHER CANDIDATES TO CONSIDER: 9. Jerry Seinfeld ("Seinfeld," Variety and Guest Appearances) 17. Ted Danson ("Cheers," "Becker," "Damages," "C.S.I.")
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TV HALL OF FAME MEMBERS Actor, Writer, Director, Producer Host, Actor, Writer ABC News and Sports Executive Actor, Producer, Executive Actress Actor Dancer, Actor Actress, Producer, Executive Host, Producer Actor, Host Actress Actor, Host Conductor, Composer Producer, Writer Writer, Producer Journalist, Host, Anchor Writer, Producer Producers Actress, Host, Producer Actors, Hosts Director, Producer Actor, Host CBS Engineering, Operations, Designer Actor
1. DAVID LETTERMAN
"Late Show with David Letterman"
Founder of Worldwide Pants ("Everybody Loves Raymond," "Late, Late Show" and more)
Over 31 groundbreaking years as talk show host
Shows have over 100 Emmy nominations and dozens of Emmy wins
Kennedy Center Honoree
2. DON KNOTTS
"The Steve Allen Show"
"Three's Company"
Many Variety Shows and Guest Appearances
5 Emmy Awards in 5 Emmy Nominations
3. ED BRADLEY
Many News Programs as Journalist or Host
19 Emmy Awards
4. TYNE DALY
"Judging Amy"
"Christy"
Many TV Movies and Guest Appearances
6 Emmy Awards in 16 Emmy Nominations
5. KEN BURNS
"Mark Twain," "Lewis and Clark," "The War," "Jazz," "National Parks"
Many Other Documentaries and Informational Specials
5 Emmy Awards in 12 Emmy Nominations
6. JAY SANDRICH
"Get Smart," "Soap," "The Andy Griffith Show,"
"The Dick Van Dyke Show," "The Danny Thomas Show," "I Love Lucy"
5 Emmy Awards in 11 Emmy Nominations
7. LILY TOMLIN
"The West Wing"
"Murphy Brown"
"Damages"
Many Variety Shows and Guest Appearances
4 Emmy Awards in 13 Emmy Nominations
Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for Comedy
8. BRIAN LAMB
Presidential Medal of Freedom
10. Peter Falk ("Columbo," TV Movies and Guest Appearances)
11. Julia Child ("The French Chef," Cooking Shows)
12. Michael J. Fox ("Family Ties," "Spin City," Guest Appearances)
13. David E. Kelley ("L.A. Law," "Picket Fences," "Chicago Hope," "Ally McBeal," "The Practice")
14. Cicely Tyson ("Roots," "King," TV Movies and Guest Appearances)
15. Dick Ebersol (NBC Sports President, "Saturday Night Live")
16. John Ritter ("Three's Company," "Hooperman," "8 Simple Rules," Guest Appearances)
18. Bob Costas (NBC Sports Host and Announcer)
19. Larry Hagman ("Dallas," "I Dream of Jeannie," Guest Appearances)
20. David Chase ("The Sopranos," "The Rockford Files," "Northern Exposure")
21. Elizabeth Montgomery ("Bewitched," TV Movies and Guest Appearances)
22. Tom Selleck ("Magnum, P.I.," "Friends," "Blue Bloods," TV Movies)
23. Mike Post (Prolific Composer of Hundreds of TV Theme Songs)
24. Julia Louis-Dreyfus ("Seinfeld," "Saturday Night Live," "New Adventures of Old Christine," "Veep")
Since 1984, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has inducted 147 men and women (plus the series "I Love Lucy")
into their TV Hall of Fame because they "have made outstanding contributions in the arts, sciences or management of television,
based upon either cumulative contributions and achievements or a singular contribution or achievement."
ALAN ALDA
"M*A*S*H," "The West Wing," TV Movies
Inducted in 1994 by Wayne Rogers and Red Buttons
STEVE ALLEN
"The Tonight Show," "The Steve Allen Show," Guest Appearances
Inducted in 1986 by David Letterman, Dayton Allen, Bill Dana, Gabe Dell,
Pat Harrington, Don Knotts, Louis Nye, Tom Poston, and Gene Rayburn
ROONE ARLEDGE
Inducted in 1989 by Ted Koppel, Vinko Bogataj, Dan Dierdorf,
Frank Gifford, Al Michaels, and Pete Rozelle
DESI ARNAZ
"I Love Lucy," "The Untouchables"
Inducted in 1991 by Richard Crenna
BEATRICE ARTHUR
"Maude," "The Golden Girls," Guest Appearances
Inducted in 2008 by Angela Lansbury
EDWARD ASNER
"The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Roots," "Lou Grant," Guest Appearances
Inducted in 1996
FRED ASTAIRE
Variety Specials, Guest Appearances
Inducted in 1989 by Hermes Pan and Paula Abdul
LUCILLE BALL
"I Love Lucy," "The Lucy Show," "Here's Lucy," Guest Appearances
Inducted in 1984 by Carol Burnett, Desi Arnaz Jr., and Lucie Arnaz
BOB BARKER
"The Price Is Right," "Truth or Consequences," Guest Appearances
Inducted in 2004 by Chuck Norris
JACK BENNY
"The Jack Benny Program," Guest Appearances
Inducted in 1988 by Gregory Peck and George Burns
CANDICE BERGEN
"Murphy Brown," "Boston Legal," Guest Appearances
Inducted in 2010 by Diane English, Faith Ford, and Joe Regalbuto
MILTON BERLE
"The Texaco Star Theater," Guest Appearances
Inducted in 1984 by Steve Allen
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Inducted in 1991 by Mike Wallace
STEVEN BOCHCO
"Hill Street Blues," "L.A. Law," "Columbo," "Doogie Howser, M.D.," "NYPD Blue"
Inducted in 1996
HERBERT BRODKIN
"The Defenders," "Playhouse 90," TV Movies
Inducted in 1999 by Jack Klugman, Robert Berger, Ernest Kimoy, and Sidney Lumet
TOM BROKAW
"The Today Show," "NBC Nightly News," Documentaries
Inducted in 2006 by Maria Shriver
JAMES L. BROOKS
"The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Room 222," "Rhoda," "Taxi," "The Simpsons"
Inducted in 1998 by Julie Kavner, Allan Burns, David Davis, Tony Danza,
Danny DeVito, Mary Tyler Moore, Grant Tinker, and Ed Weinberger
MARY-ELLIS BUNIM/JONATHAN MURRAY
"The Real World," "Project Runway," Reality Programs
Inducted in 2012 by Gail Berman
CAROL BURNETT
"The Carol Burnett Show," "The Garry Moore Show," Guest Appearances
Inducted in 1985 by Lucille Ball, Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence,
Garry Moore, Tom Selleck, Dinah Shore, Beverly Sills, and Paul Winchell
GEORGE BURNS/GRACIE ALLEN
"The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show," Guest Appearances
Inducted in 1988 by Bob Hope, Dolores Hope, Steve Lawrence, and Eydie Gorme
JAMES BURROWS
"Taxi," "Cheers," "Friends," "Frasier," "Will and Grace"
Inducted in 2006 by Grant Tinker
SID CAESAR
"Your Show of Shows," "Caesar's Hour," Guest Appearances
Inducted in 1985 by Imogene Coca, John Ritter, Woody Allen, Gary Belkin, Mel Brooks,
Larry Gelbart, Lucille Kallen, Sheldon Keller, Howard Morris, Carl Reiner, Aaron Ruben,
Danny Simon, Neil Simon, Joseph Stein, Mel Tolkin, and Tony Webster
CHARLES CAPPLEMAN
Inducted in 2004 by George Schlatter
ART CARNEY
"The Honeymooners," "The Jackie Gleason Show," TV Movies, Guest Appearances
Inducted in 2004 by Sheila MacRae