Hollywood Reporter's 35 Most Powerful People in Media [April 2012]

Status Hollywood Reporter

Missing: Jim Bell (NBC) * Steve Capus (NBC) * Jeff Fager (CBS) * James Goldston (ABC) * Phil Griffin (MSNBC) * David Rhodes (CBS) * Ben Sherwood (ABC)

Vote Ranking  

1

Brian Williams

Commentator

100% (28 of 28 votes)

2

Roger Ailes

Entrepreneur

100% (28 of 28 votes)

3

Piers Morgan

TV Personality

88.24% (60 of 68 votes)

4

Scott Pelley

Commentator

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

5

Lorne Michaels

TV Executive

63.64% (7 of 11 votes)

6

Anderson Cooper

Commentator

63.03% (75 of 119 votes)

7

Kelly Ripa

Actress

59.71% (83 of 139 votes)

8

Bill O'Reilly

Commentator

59.65% (68 of 114 votes)

9

Stephen Colbert

Comedian

59.47% (270 of 454 votes)

10

Bob Costas

Sportscaster

59.31% (86 of 145 votes)

11

Jimmy Fallon

Comedian

57.89% (55 of 95 votes)

12

Rachel Maddow

Commentator

55.02% (115 of 209 votes)

13

Charlie Rose

TV Personality

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

14

Howard Stern

King of All Media

50.0% (68 of 136 votes)

15

David Letterman

Comedian

45.78% (76 of 166 votes)

16

Matt Lauer

Commentator

44.76% (47 of 105 votes)

17

Sean Hannity

Commentator

43.48% (50 of 115 votes)

18

Katie Couric

Commentator

42.86% (3 of 7 votes)

19

Ann Curry

Commentator

40.0% (4 of 10 votes)

20

Wendy Williams (DJ)

Radio Personality

36.61% (41 of 112 votes)

21

Mika Brzezinski

Commentator

36.11% (13 of 36 votes)

22

Jon Stewart

Comedian

34.99% (120 of 343 votes)

23

Barbara Walters

Commentator

32.79% (20 of 61 votes)

24

Arianna Huffington

Commentator

28.57% (4 of 14 votes)

25

Diane Sawyer

Commentator

20.0% (1 of 5 votes)

26

Joe Scarborough

Commentator

11.11% (2 of 18 votes)

27

Robin Roberts

Commentator

4.17% (1 of 24 votes)

28

George Stephanopoulos

Commentator

0% (0 of 1 votes)

29

Steve Kroft

Commentator

0% (0 of 0 votes)