Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly is a magazine published since 1990 about the entertainment industry.

Muppet Mentions

 * Shortly after the Tickle Me Elmo craze, a cartoon of Steven Spielberg chasing an Elmo doll appeared in Dan Snierson's "Hit List" column.


 * The June 4, 2010 issue celebrated the 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years. Elmo placed at #38.


 * 01. Homer Simpson from The Simpsons
 * 02. Harry Potter from the Harry Potter series
 * 03. Buffy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
 * 04. Tony Soprano from The Sopranos
 * 05. The Joker from The Dark Knight
 * 06. Rachel Green from Friends
 * 07. Edward Scissorhands from Edward Scissorhands
 * 08. Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs and its sequels
 * 09. Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City
 * 10. SpongeBob SquarePants from SpongeBob SquarePants
 * 11. Cosmo Kramer from Seinfeld
 * 12. Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from The X-Files
 * 13. Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean series
 * 14. Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski from The Big Lebowski
 * 15. Shrek from the Shrek series
 * 16. Bridget Jones from the Bridget Jones series
 * 17. Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider franchise
 * 18. Sue Sylvester from Glee
 * 19. Morpheus from The Matrix series
 * 20. Ally McBeal from Ally McBeal
 * 21. Roseanne Conner from Roseanne
 * 22. Eric Cartman from South Park
 * 23. Austin Powers from the Austin Powers series
 * 24. Felicity Porter from Felicity
 * 25. Woody from the Toy Story series
 * 26. Kavalier and Clay from The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
 * 27. Frasier from Frasier
 * 28. Madea from several Tyler Perry films and plays
 * 29. Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield from Pulp Fiction
 * 30. “Stephen Colbert” from The Colbert Report
 * 31. Forrest Gump from Forrest Gump
 * 32. Beavis and Butt-Head from Beavis and Butt-Head
 * 33. Sarah Connor from Terminator 2: Judgment Day
 * 34. Cher from Clueless
 * 35. Dexter Morgan from Dexter
 * 36. Gollum from The Lord of the Rings
 * 37. Keyser Söze from The Usual Suspects
 * 38. Elmo from Sesame Street
 * 39. Gob Bluth from Arrested Development
 * 40. Ron Burgundy from Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
 * 41. Harold and Kumar from the Harold & Kumar series
 * 42. Sydney Bristow from Alias
 * 43. Cal Stephanides from Middlesex
 * 44. Jack Bauer from 24
 * 45. Stewie Griffin from Family Guy
 * 46. Jerry Maguire from Jerry Maguire
 * 47. Corky St. Clair Waiting for Guffman
 * 48. Red from The Shawshank Redemption
 * 49. Vivian Ward from Pretty Woman
 * 50. Pearl the Landlord from FunnyorDie.com
 * 51. Omar Little from The Wire
 * 52. Annie Wilkes from Misery
 * 53. Edward Cullen from the Twilight saga
 * 54. Juno from Juno
 * 55. Tracy Jordan from 30 Rock
 * 56. Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother
 * 57. Clayton Bigsby from Chappelle's Show
 * 58. Thelma and Louise from Thelma & Louise
 * 59. Master Chief from the Halo series
 * 60. Mary Jones from Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Saphhire
 * 61. Vic Mackey from The Shield
 * 62. Jimmy Corrigan from Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
 * 63. John Locke from Lost
 * 64. Maximus from Gladiator
 * 65. Lorelai and Rory Gilmore from Gilmore Girls
 * 66. Allie and Noah from The Notebook
 * 67. Borat from Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
 * 68. Effie White from Dreamgirls
 * 69. Miranda Priestly from The Devil Wears Prada
 * 70. Mary Katherine Gallagher from Saturday Night Live
 * 71. Det. Alonzo Harris from Training Day
 * 72. Kara “Starbuck” Thrace from Battlestar Galactica
 * 73. Catherine Trammell from Basic Instinct
 * 74. Don Draper from Mad Men
 * 75. David Brent from The Office (original version)
 * 76. Tyler Durden from Fight Club
 * 77. Mimi Marquez from Rent
 * 78. Patty Hewes from Damages
 * 79. Elphaba from Wicked
 * 80. Gorillaz, the animated rock band
 * 81. Amanda Woodward from Melrose Place
 * 82. Tracy Flick from Election
 * 83. Jen Yu from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
 * 84. Dr. Gregory House from House, M.D.
 * 85. Daniel Plainview from There Will Be Blood
 * 86. Karen Walker and Jack McFarland from Will & Grace
 * 87. Tony Stark from the Iron Man series
 * 88. Napoleon Dynamite from Napoleon Dynamite
 * 89. Wikus van de Merwe from District 9
 * 90. Marge Gunderson from Fargo
 * 91. Hancock from Hancock
 * 92. Christopher Boone from The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-Time
 * 93. Game Boys: Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series; Kratos from the God of War series; and Niko Bellic from Grand Theft Auto IV
 * 94. Truman from The Truman Show
 * 95. Wilhelmina from Ugly Betty
 * 96. Bernie Mac from The Bernie Mac Show
 * 97. Violet Weston from August: Osage County
 * 98. Lisbeth Salander from The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and its sequels
 * 99. The Bride from Kill Bill
 * 100. Tim Riggins from Friday Night Lights