Runners Up - Bea Arthur, Rue McClanaghan, and Betty White "The Golden Girls, Jennifer Aniston "Friends", Mary Tyler Moore "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
Commentary - Lucille Ball still remains one of the funniest women in television today, even though she died 24 years ago as of Friday. We are still constantly inundated with reruns of I Love Lucy, and each year that passes a new generation discovers just how incredible she was. Lucy was the original sitcom star and she broke barriers for women in television. Her humor and personality were loud and audacious, a far cry from some of the "perfect wife" images that were predominant on television at that time. Most importantly, she was a trailblazer for all of comedy's greatest women to this very day. Look at women like Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, and you can accredit their good fortune to the path that all started with Lucy. We all still love Lucy, and she truly was one of a kind.
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