Celebrity icons from television, film and music joined TV Land tonight for the TV Land Awards 2011, which, for the first time in the award show’s nine-year history, was held in New York.
The show, which premieres on TV Land on Sunday, April 17 at 9pm ET/PT, kicked off with a surprise performance by legendary entertainer Liza Minnelli, who performed her rendition of the classic tune New York, New York.
Barbara Walters, Stevie Wonder, Ben Stiller, Jane Lynch, Paul Reiser, Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and the cast of The Real Housewives of New York joined in on the extravaganza at the Jacob Javits Center to honor: entertainment icon Regis Philbin (Legend Award), platinum recording artists Daryl Hall and John Oates (Music Icon Award), and the beloved casts of The Cosby Show (Impact Award), Family Ties (Fan Favorite Award), Welcome Back, Kotter (35th Anniversary Award) and The Facts of Life (Pop Culture Award).
Other memorable moments in the evening included an impromptu performance of Higher Ground by music legend Stevie Wonder, famed singer Billy Vera singing At This Moment, Alex and Ellen’s (real life husband and wife Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan) “song” from Family Ties and a hilarious parody of the Oscar®-winning film The King’s Speech starring Cindy Brady, which played on the memorable episode of The Brady Bunch in which Cindy deals with her lisp.
The cast of The Real Housewives of New York City presented a tribute to television housewives throughout the years, which ended with a shot of Joyce Randolph (who played Trixie on The Honeymooners) in the audience.
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