Hall of Fame Honorees: Complete List

27th Hall of Fame
2025

Viola Davis
Don Mischer
Ryan Murphy

Conan O'Brien
Mike Post
Henry Winkler

26th Hall of Fame
2022

Debbie Allen
Ken Burns
Bob Daly

Robert L. Johnson
Rita Moreno
Donald A. Morgan, ASC

25th Hall of Fame
2019

Robert Iger
Geraldine Laybourne
Seth MacFarlane

Jay Sandrich
Cicely Tyson

24th Hall of Fame
2017

Roy Christopher
Shonda Rhimes
Joan Rivers

John Wells
The original cast of
   Saturday Night Live

23rd Hall of Fame
2014

Ray Dolby
David E. Kelley
Jay Leno

Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Rupert Murdoch
Brandon Stoddard

22nd Hall of Fame
2013

Ron Howard
Al Michaels
Leslie Moonves

Bob Schieffer
Dick Wolf
Philo T. Farnsworth

21st Hall of Fame
2012

Mary-Ellis Bunim &
   Jonathan Murray
Michael Eisner
Bill Klages

Mario Kreutzberger
Chuck Lorre
Vivian Vance &
   William Frawley

20th Hall of Fame
2011

Diahann Carroll
Tom Freston
Earle Hagen
Susan Harris

Peter Jennings
Cloris Leachman
Bill Todman

19th Hall of Fame
2010

The Smothers Brothers
   (Dick and Tom)
Candice Bergen
Bob Stewart

Charles Lisanby
Don Pardo
Gene Roddenberry

18th Hall of Fame
2008

Beatrice Arthur
Larry Gelbart
Merv Griffin

Thomas S. Murphy &
   Daniel B. Burke
Sherwood Schwartz

17th Hall of Fame
2006

Tom Brokaw
James Burrows
Leonard Goldberg

Regis Philbin
William Shatner

16th Hall of Fame
2004

Bob Barker
Art Carney
Katie Couric

Dan Rather
Brandon Tartikoff
Charles Cappleman

15th Hall of Fame
2002

Tim Conway &
   Harvey Korman
John Frankenheimer

Bob Mackie
Jean Stapleton
Bud Yorkin

14th Hall of Fame
1999

Herbert Brodkin
Robert MacNeil &
   Jim Lehrer
Lorne Michaels

Carl Reiner
Fred Rogers
Fred Silverman
Ethel Winant

13th Hall of Fame
1997

James L. Brooks
Garry Marshall
Quinn Martin

Diane Sawyer
Grant Tinker

12th Hall of Fame
1996

Edward Asner
Steven Bochco
Marcy Carsey &
   Tom Werner

Charles Kuralt
Angela Lansbury
Aaron Spelling
Lew R. Wasserman

11th Hall of Fame
1995

Michael Landon
Richard Levinson &
   William Link
Jim McKay

Bill Moyers
Dick Van Dyke
Betty White

10th Hall of Fame
1993

Alan Alda
Howard Cosell
Barry Diller
Fred W. Friendly

William Hanna &
   Joseph Barbera
Oprah Winfrey

9th Hall of Fame
1992

John Chancellor
Dick Clark
Phil Donahue
Mark Goodson

Bob Newhart
Agnes Nixon
Jack Webb

8th Hall of Fame
1991

Andy Griffith
Ted Koppel
Sheldon Leonard

Dinah Shore
Ted Turner

7th Hall of Fame
1990

Leonard Bernstein
Desi Arnaz
Mike Wallace

Danny Thomas
James Garner
I Love Lucy

6th Hall of Fame
1989

Roone Arledge
Fred Astaire
Perry Como
Joan Ganz Cooney

Don Hewitt
Carroll O'Connor
Barbara Walters

5th Hall of Fame
1988

Jack Benny
George Burns & Gracie Allen
Chet Huntley & David Brinkley

Red Skelton
David Susskind
David L. Wolper

4th Hall of Fame
1987

Johnny Carson
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Leonard Goldenson
Jim Henson

Bob Hope
Ernie Kovacs
Eric Sevareid

3rd Hall of Fame
1986

Steve Allen
Fred Coe
Walt Disney
Jackie Gleason

Mary Tyler Moore
Frank Stanton
Burr Tillstrom

2nd Hall of Fame
1985

Carol Burnett
Sid Caesar
Walter Cronkite
Joyce C. Hall

Rod Serling
Ed Sullivan
Sylvester L. (Pat) Weaver, Jr.

1st Hall of Fame
1984

Lucille Ball
Milton Berle
Paddy Chayefsky
Norman Lear

Edward R. Murrow
William S. Paley
David Sarnoff