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'ELLEN' TOPS 'OPRAH' IN POPULARITY POLL: AOL asks folks to rate talk show hosts; Larry King and Elisabeth Hasselbeck take hits.
*Ellen DeGeneres has beaten Oprah Winfrey in a new poll by AOL Television that asked readers which daytime TV host "makes their day."
Ellen, who opens "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" by dancing with her audience, earned 46 percent of the vote to Oprah's 19 percent. When asked which daytime host made the ideal dinner guest, Ellen won again with 47 percent to Oprah's14 percent.
Among hosts of the network morning programs, ABC's Diane Sawyer on "Good Morning America" beat her main rivals, Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira, on NBC's "Today' as the morning show host whom most people would want to wake to - winning 30 percent of the vote, versus 26 percent for Lauer and 25 percent for Vieira.
Kelly Ripa of ABC's "Live with Regis and Kelly" was named the sexiest talk show host and the one with the best hair, while Larry King of CNN's "Larry King Live" was named least sexy.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck of "The View" was voted worst interviewer, and her co-star Whoopi Goldberg was picked to win in an "all-out 'View' smackdown" among the program's panel that includes Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Barbara Walters.
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