Is Michael Landon the greatest tv star of all time?

[signalman112]

Little Joe

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[Joker Venom]

I think the evidence makes the case for Landon. Think of it: The man had multiple long running TV shows, and from the time Bonanza started in 1959, to the end of Highway to Heaven in 1989, the guy had a TV series running for a stretch of three decades, and it likely would have continued into the 90s if he hadn't died. That's a hell of a track record with the fact that he wrote, directed, and produced.

I'd say he takes the crown here.

[useridgoeshere]

I think the evidence makes the case for Landon. Think of it: The man had multiple long running TV shows, and from the time Bonanza started in 1959, to the end of Highway to Heaven in 1989, the guy had a TV series running for a stretch of three decades, and it likely would have continued into the 90s if he hadn't died. That's a hell of a track record with the fact that he wrote, directed, and produced.

I'd say he takes the crown here.

William Shatner has Star Trek, TJ Hooker, Rescue 911, and Boston Legal as multi-year series, plus he won multiple Battle of the Network Stars. That’s an icon.

Oops, I was thinking it said actor. Lucille Ball is obviously the greatest TV star of all time.

[Joker Venom]

William Shatner has Star Trek, TJ Hooker, Rescue 911, and Boston Legal as multi-year series, plus he won multiple Battle of the Network Stars. That’s an icon.

Despite that, Shatner doesn't have a nearly uninterrupted 30 year run as a headliner on network TV. That's something I'm hard pressed to think of anyone else being able to claim.

[Powerboy]

Big fan of Michael Landon. My friends always laugh at me when I mention him when it comes to acting.

I used to mention Bill Bixby in that context and people would laugh because he wasn't some big movie star and they thought of the material he did as corny which is probably why people react that way to Michael Landon though he was a great actor.

[DennisTheMenace]

He definitely had the greatest hair.

[Starter Set]

I think the evidence makes the case for Landon. Think of it: The man had multiple long running TV shows, and from the time Bonanza started in 1959, to the end of Highway to Heaven in 1989, the guy had a TV series running for a stretch of three decades, and it likely would have continued into the 90s if he hadn't died. That's a hell of a track record with the fact that he wrote, directed, and produced.

I'd say he takes the crown here.

That and very simply, Landon was a damn fine actor.

[Deathstroke]

I can't really weigh in on the discussion of "greatest" but I used to watch Bonanza in reruns, watched Little House and Highway to Heaven as they aired and he sure did have a great touch with the shows. I have all of the Little House stuff on DVD so I can watch Pa Ingalls any time I want.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I remember how NBC was scared of airing Highway to Heaven in 1984 or 1985. Landon did that show after he prayed his daughter would survive a wreck she had. That it was told he promised he'd do a show for God if he saved his daughter. (a decade later he did Highway for that)

Course he took heat as I said , where he played an angel sent by God to do good things. But it paid off.