Animal Planet named the 50 Greatest TV Animals in a television special hosted by Mario Lopez on June 15, 2003. Kermit the Frog was ranked at number 2, while Big Bird came in at number 16. The special featured appearances by both Kermit and Big Bird, as well as the cast of Frasier.

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01. Lassie 02. Kermit the Frog 03. Flipper 04. Mister Ed 05. Eddie the Dog (Frasier) 06. Snoopy 07. Arnold the Pig (Green Acres) 08. Trigger (Roy Rogers' horse) 09. Morris the Cat (cat food commercial fame) 10. Gentle Ben 11. Bugs Bunny 12. Silver (The Lone Ranger's horse) 13. Scooby-Doo 14. Rin Tin Tin 15. Rocky and Bullwinkle 16. Big Bird 17. Salem the Cat (Sabrina the Teenage Witch) 18. Lancelot Link (Secret Chimp) 19. Tony the Tiger 20. Max the Dog (How the Grinch Stole Christmas) 21. Woody Woodpecker 22. Duke and the Critters (Beverly Hillbillies) 23. Topo Gigio (The Ed Sullivan Show) 24. Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog 25. Fred the Cockatoo (Beretta)

26. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 27. Santa's Little Helper (The Simpsons) 28. The Taco Bell Chihuahua 29. Buck the Dog (Married with Children) 30. Spot (The Munsters) 31. Charlie the Tuna 32. Mighty Mouse 33. Aflac Duck 34. Bruce (Honey West) 35. Nestle Quik Bunny 36. Higgins the Dog (Petticoat Junction, later known as Benji) 37. Yogi Bear 38. The Coca Cola Polar Bears 39. Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion 40. Debbie the Bloop (Lost in Space) 41. Tom and Jerry 42. Itchy and Scratchy (The Simpsons) 43. Champion (Gene Autry's horse) 44. Chipper the Dog (Land of the Giants) 45. The Fancy Feast Cat 46. Felix the Cat 47. Smokey the Bear 48. J. Fred Muggs (The Today Show chimp) 49. Flicka the Horse 50. Tiger the Dog (The Brady Bunch)