LOS ANGELES, CA  --  Our favorite lesbian TV host Ellen DeGeneres tops rival Oprah Winfrey with more than twice the number of votes in a new popularity poll of television hosts by web site AOL Television.

The poll asked readers which daytime TV host made their day and Ellen trounced Oprah with 46 percent of the vote, while Oprah only won 19 percent, Reuters reports.

When asked which daytime host made the ideal dinner guest, again it was Ellen, with 47 percent of respondents saying they would rather dine with her, compared to 14 percent for Oprah, long considered the queen of daytime TV with "The Oprah Winfrey Show."

The poll, whose results were released on Wednesday, received more than 1.35 million votes, and AOL Television Editor in Chief Scott Robson said the poll was unique for the broad cross-section of respondents who frequent AOL.

"(Our audience) is not just soccer moms. We really do combine everyone from hipsters to people who could care less about what happens on either coast," Robson said.

Last update: 03-26-2008 20:29