Inspired by Grantland’s recent staff survey to determine hip-hop’s current “alpha dog”, Corey and Howie took to the podcast to have a similar discussion of television’s most important performers, past and present.
We start in the mid 70s and power through the pre-modern Henry Winkler and Larry Hagman eras, and then take a closer look as we move through NBC’s halcyon Bill Cosby through Jerry Seinfeld age. We finish with an examination of today’s on-demand era alpha dogs, and some potential “alpha dogs in waiting”.
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My Mount Rushmore of TV Alpha Dogs would be Stone Cold Steve Austin, Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson, John C McGinley as Dr. Perry Cox, and NPH as Barney Stinson.
Comedy Alpha Dogs:
70s: Archie Bunker/ Benjamin “Hawkeye” Pierce
80s: Bill Cosby
90s: Jerry Seinfeld / Tim Allen
’00s: NPH
10s (half way mark) Jim Parsons