Newsday reader faves of the past 20 years

Here are the results of our readers' poll of favorites in the worlds of music, movies, television, theater and books for the past two decades.

LI CELEBRITY

NOMINEES Mariah Carey, Lindsay Lohan, Rosie O'Donnell, Jerry Seinfeld, Howard Stern

WINNER Jerry Seinfeld

TV DRAMA

NOMINEES "24," "CSI," "ER," "Lost," "The Sopranos"

WINNER "The Sopranos"

TV COMEDY

NOMINEES "Everybody Loves Raymond," "Friends," "Roseanne," "Seinfeld," "Sex and the City"

WINNER "Seinfeld"

REALITY SHOW

NOMINEES "American Idol," "Dancing With the Stars," "Survivor," "The Real World," "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"

WINNER "American Idol"

LATE-NIGHT HOST

NOMINEES Arsenio Hall, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart

WINNER David Letterman

MOVIE COMEDY

NOMINEES "Groundhog Day," "The Hangover," "Meet the Parents," "Men in Black," "There's Something About Mary"

WINNER "The Hangover"

MOVIE DRAMA

NOMINEES "Avatar," "Forrest Gump," "Jurassic Park," "The Silence of the Lambs," "Titanic"

WINNER "Forrest Gump"

MOVIE FRANCHISE

NOMINEES "Harry Potter," "The Lord of the Rings," "Shrek," "Toy Story," "Twilight"

WINNER "Toy Story"

MOVIE SUPERHERO

NOMINEES Batman, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Transformers, X-Men

WINNER Batman

FEMALE SINGER

NOMINEES Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Britney Spears

WINNER Madonna

MALE SINGER/BAND

NOMINEES Garth Brooks, Eminem, Nirvana, Pearl Jam

WINNER Eminem

MUSICAL GENRE

NOMINEES Boy-band pop, country, emo, grunge, hip-hop

WINNER Country

BROADWAY MUSICAL

NOMINEES "The Lion King," "The Producers," "Rent," "Spring Awakening," "Wicked"

WINNER "The Lion King"

PLAY

NOMINEES "Angels in America," "Art," "August: Osage County," "The Coast of Utopia," "Doubt"

WINNER "Angels in America"

NOVEL

NOMINEES "The Corrections," "The Da Vinci Code," "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," "The Help," "How Stella Got Her Groove Back," "The Pelican Brief"

WINNERS Three-way tie: "The Da Vinci Code," "Harry Potter," "The Pelican Brief"