In 2007, 'Entertainment Weekly' placed Homer ninth on their list of the "50 Greatest TV icons".

His cousin Patty is a singer, TV icon and playmate, while his son Joshua is a professional footballer as well.

In 2007, Entertainment Weekly placed Jerry Seinfeld eighth on their list of the "50 Greatest TV icons".

But Valerie Bertinelli is not your typical TV icon.

Mary would be embarrassed to say it, but she is a TV icon.

"I am not a smooth TV icon."

You'd expect a TV icon to live in a fabulous home in Malibu, California.

The 80-year-old TV icon has co-hosted the long-running .

The 80-year-old TV icon has co-hosted the long-running morning chat show for 28 years.

She's a TV icon to many people," said Ms. Callaway, "and every now and then I look at her and go, '99!