Top tv animals

Top tv animals

Top tv animals. In its two-hour special, 50 Greatest TV Animals, Animal Planet profiled a plethora of pets and animal icons that have appeared in commercials, television and film in recent history. The show was sponsored in part by Universal Studios, which may explain the Universal slant on Animal Planet's selections. Choices were made based on popularity of the animal character, running time of the show and/or commercial and the opinions of the show's producers.

Below is the list, in order of popularity. See if any of these match up with your own top 50 memorable mammals directory:

1. Lassie

2. Kermit the Frog

3. Flipper

4. Mr. Ed

5. Eddie the Dog (Frasier)

6. Snoopy

7. Arnold the Pig (Green Acres)

8. Trigger (Roy Rogers's horse)

9. Morris the Cat (of 9 Lives cat food commercial fame)

10. Gentle Ben

11. Bugs Bunny

12. Silver (The Lone Ranger's trusty horse)

13. Scooby Doo

14. Rin Tin Tin

15. Rocky and Bullwinkle

16. Big Bird (who, upon hearing of his nomination, was surprised to learn that he was considered an "animal)

17. Salem the Cat (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)

18. Lancelot Link (Secret Chimp)

19. Tony the Tiger

20. Max the Dog (of How the Grinch Stole Christmas fame)

21. Woody Woodpecker

22. Duke and the Critters (Beverly Hillbillies)

23. Topo (The Ed Sullivan Show)

24. Triumph the Dog

25. Fred the Cockatoo (Beretta)

26. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

27. Santa's Little Helper (The Simpsons)

28. The Taco Bell Chihuahua

29. Buck the Dog

30. Spot (The Munsters)

31. Charlie the Tuna

32. Mighty Mouse

33. Aflac Duck

34. Bruce (Honey West)

35. Nestle Quik Bunny

36. Higgins the Dog (Petticoat Junction, later known as Benji)

37. Yogi Bear

38. The Coca Cola Polar Bears

39. Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion

40. Debbie the Bloop (Lost in Space)

41. Tom and Jerry

42. Itchy and Scratchy (The Simpsons)

43. Champion (Gene Autry's horse)

44. Chipper the Dog (Land of the Giants)

45. The Fancy Feast Cat

46. Felix the Cat

47. Smokey the Bear

48. J. Fred Muggs (The Today Show chimp

49. Flicka the Horse

50. Tiger the Dog (The Brady Bunch)

Be sure to check your local listings or http://animal.discovery.com to find out when 50 Greatest TV Animals will re-air. 

Source: diamondgalleries