The Funniest People on Television

This week is a boon for new comedy. Comedy Central kicked it off Sunday with the first ever Comedy Awards. Drew Carey's Improv-a-ganza premiered yesterday. Norm McDonald debuts his Sports Show tonight. Tomorrow ABC expands its comedy block to three hours including an hour of new show Happy Endings. NBC continues its three hour block Thursday with the return of Paul Riser to network television. If that is not enough funny for you, next week HBO is airing a special Talking Funny featuring four of the funniest out there: Ricky Gervais, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock and Louis C.K. talking about their craft. So I thought to myself, self, how about coming up with the funniest people currently on television to celebrate the comedy boon. So here are the ten people that give me the highest laughs per episode ratio:

1. Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)
2. Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)
3. Karl Plkington (An Idiot Abroad, The Ricky Gervais Show)
4. Kenan Thomason (Saturday Night Live)
5. Eden Sher (The Middle)
6. Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory)
7. Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)
8. Ariel Winter (Modern Family)
9. Bill Hader (Saturday Night Live)
10. Donald Glover (Community)


But who cares what I think, I asked Kim over at TVScreener to create her own list and here are her favorite funny people:

1. Tina Fey (30 Rock)
2. Charlie Day (It’s Always Funny in Philadelphia)
3. Bill Hader (Saturday Night Live)
4. Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreations)
5. Larry David (Curb Your Enthesiasm)
6. Kaitlin Olson (It’s Always Funny in Philadelphia)
7. Joel McHale (Community, The Soup)
8. Craig Ferguson (The Late Late Show)
9. Justin Kirk (Weeds)
10. Danny McBride (Eastbound and Down)


I also asked sometime contributor to the 9th Green Doug and here is what he came up with:

1. Chelsea Handler (Chelsea Lately)
2. Tracey Morgan (30 Rock)
3. Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)
4. Rico Rodriguez (Modern Family)
5. Busy Phillips (Cougar Town)
6. Jane Krakowski (30 Rock)
7. Ariel Winter (Modern Family)
8. Loni Love (Chelsea Lately)
9. Erin Gibson (Infomania)
10. Sarah Hyland (Modern Family)