Vote Muppets for ABC's "Best in TV" Barbara Walters Special

Tossed in my votes. Gave it to Kermit in the category with the Muppets (shame they weren't up for best variety show).

Curious to see what everyone voted for best television show of all time. I picked Seinfeld, which is right up there for me in my all time favorite shows

One thing that I don't like is that most of the nominees for "best TV moment" are reality-based moments. Obama's inauguation, the Berlin wall coming down, the 9/11 attacks... Mostly news stuff. I don't even associate the 9/11 attacks as a TV moment (though I think it's weird that somebody just happened to be recording the World Trade Center at the time). Do any real-life things compare to such moments as the Newhart finale, Taxi's "what does a yellow light mean?", Lucy at the chocolate factory, or even Big Bird learning about Mr. Hooper's death (though that one was based on real life)?

Yeah. I know what you mean. I would've preferred that kind of thing as the best TV moment nominees. I voted for the landing on the moon, only because that was one of the only things that I thought would actually qualify as a TV moment, since you couldn't see it in real life without going into space.

I'm wondering about that, too. I'm really pushing for I Love Lucy.

I think they could have called that category "best live TV moment" to be more specific. I think they were trying to come up with instances where news was able to unfold right before everyone's eyes.

The other thing I run into an issue with: can we really feel good about calling 9/11 the best TV moment? That category has almost a positive feeling, and 9/11 was the opposite of that.

Yeah, best isn't a good word there. Maybe "most impactful"?

EDIT: 1,000 posts!

Or "groundbreaking moment in TV history"?

And congrats on 1,000 posts!

I voted for Kermit!

..Psst.... Don't tell Piggy!!

I'd rather tell her that instead of telling her that you voted for Big Bird...at least she still might be happy for Kermit...

I hate that I couldn't vote more then once.

For Theme song I wanted to vote more then one. Had a hardtime to deciding on The Addam's Family and Gilligan's Island. I ended up going with Gilligan's Island. Since it's a big song.

I would had added more to that catergory. Like Mister ED, Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres,The Muppet Show theme, Tiny Toons ( ) , Sesame Street (but the very first style only).

I agree; I wouldn't have included 9/11 at all to be honest. It borders on bad taste and just because it was technically "on the news" doesn't make it a TV specific moment.

Most of these categories needed write-in options (then why include choices at all...).

YES!!!! They should've added Green Acres...I'd have voted for that all the way.

*begins humming Green Acres theme song*

For some reason I can just see now that if 9/11 wins people will start making mean comments about how America quit being patriotic and whatnot by voting for it...

Yeah...I realized this: How would it be fair if for best comedy I vote for The Dick Van Dyke Show, putting that ahead of other comedys, yet since The Dick Van Dyke Show isn't on for Best TV show of all time, I'd have to vote for something else, which could be a comedy, meaning that I just said, "The Dick Van Dyke Show is the best comedy ever, but I Love Lucy is the best TV show ever."

I believe the category is "Most Memorable". I mean, who can forget 911?

I don't know why they would put Kermit, Miss Piggy, Big Bird, and Cookie Monster separate nominees and not as a big group.

That was tough for me since they did that.

You're right! I didn't think about it like that.

I also wonder: What's so great about Obama's inauguation that deems it worthy of nominating for best TV moments? I never saw it, and don't remember seeing any previous presidential inauguation (well, I did see that special The Disney Channel did for Bill Clinton in 1993, but I don't know if that counts), but is it really better than any previous televised inauguation? Is it because he's our current president? I may be biased because I didn't vote for him, but is a presidential inauguation really a worthy candidate for "best TV moment"?

I don't know why, but for some reason I think that they are making fun of the fact that under their terms, he's been a terrible president...

Maybe it's because of Aretha Franklin's hat from the ceremony?