Who is the individual (screen side) that has made the largest impact on the nation's culture to date:

Some possibilities I came up with:
Walter Cronkite
Carol Burnet
Johnny Carson
Billy Graham
Jerry Springer
Oprah Winfrey
Jimmy Kimmel
Kim Kardashian
Fred Rogers

The impact can be positive or negative, past or current.

Who ya got?

David Letterman
Dick Clark

I miss Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor) and George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley).

Back in the days before EVERYONE was a racist.

i think any time a person can influence the Gospel like Billy Graham has done is quite a culture change in any era.

RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:

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I miss Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor) and George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley).

Back in the days before EVERYONE was a racist.

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I thought about Carroll O'Connor but decided against it because I was giving Norman Lear most of the credit.

If I said individual shows, I'd put All In The Family #1. Funny and thought provoking.

I'd do 60 Minutes #2 for their body of work.

MrGolfguy said:

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David Letterman
Dick Clark

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I didn't even think about Duck Clark. Nice call.

Steve Allen ( Creator and first host of The Tonight Show) Steve Bochco ( Hill Sreet Blues) Don Hewitt (60 Minutes) Ed Sullivan , Norman Lear , Roone Arledge ( ABC Wide World of Sports and News...Ed Scherick had the idea, but Roone Arledge produced) Gordon McLendon ( Top 40 Radio) I know McLendon ain't TV, but his broadcast media influence was/is HUGE

LIB,MR BEARS said:

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MrGolfguy said:

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David Letterman
Dick Clark

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I didn't even think about Duck Clark. Nice call.

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lol
Not a duck call
Dick

Alan Alda
Mr Rogers
Bob Ross
Richard Pryor
Redd Foxx
Arsenio Hall

Wife says
Barbara Walters
Bill Cosby - I know I know
Lorne Michaels

If you're doing radio you have to have Casey Kasem and Howard Stern (there's two guys you never thought would be in the same sentence).

Several more names...Joan Ganz Cooney and Jim Henson (Sesame Street) Bob Keeshan ( Capt. Kangaroo) and John Coleman (The Weather Channel) Edit: Have to mention Ted Turner ( Cable News Network)

Lorne Michaels (as mentioned) and Dick Ebersol.