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DeGeneres Trumps Winfrey in Talk Show Poll
26-Mar-2008
Written by: E. Van Dril
The poll was conducted by AOL Television.
According to a recent television host popularity poll, Ellen DeGeneres is America’s most popular television host – while Larry King was labeled the least sexy, according to Reuters.
The poll, conducted by AOL Television, asked readers which daytime television host “made their day,” and DeGeneres handedly defeated Oprah Winfrey by a score of 46 percent to 19 percent.
DeGeneres, host of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, also won the question of, “Which daytime host would be an ideal dinner guest?” over Winfrey by a score of 47 percent to Winfrey’s 14 percent.
The poll, released Wednesday, received more than 1.35 million votes. But, according to AOL Television Editor in Chief Scott Robson, the poll should be taken seriously.
“(Our audience) is not just soccer moms. We really do combine everyone from hipsters to people who could care less about what happens on either coast,” Robson said.
Also included in the poll was that fans of morning talk shows prefer ABC’s Diane Sawyer over NBC rivals Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira, and that Kelly Ripa was named the sexiest talk show host in addition to having the best hair. Finally, Elisabeth Hasselbeck was voted the worst interviewer, and Hasselbeck’s View co-host, Whoopi Goldberg, was picked to win the hypothetical “all-out View smackdown” among the panel that includes Barbara Walters, Sherri Shephard and Joy Behar.
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