Candice Bergen, Gene Roddenberry, and The Smothers Brothers are among those to be inducted into the TV Hall of Fame in January.

Bergen is best known for her role on the sitcom "Murphy Brown," which ran for ten years on CBS. Bergen won a record five Emmys for her portrayal of recovering alcoholic TV news reporter Murphy Brown. The show made headlines in 1992 when Vice President Dan Quayle criticized the fictional character for having a baby out of wedlock. Bergen most recently played starred on "Boston Legal" as law partner Shirley Schmidt.

Roddenberry, who passed away in 1991, created "Star Trek" in 1964. The show didn't air until 1966, and only ran for three seasons on NBC, but has had a tremendous impact on popular culture.

I've been a huge Garry Marshall fan since my early, formative TV years -- even though I had no idea who he was at the time.

Count me as one of the millions of kids in the 1970s who became absolutely obsessed with the show Happy Days, and more specifically, with The Fonz.

Marshall created, produced, and wrote Happy Days. (He has also brought the show to the stage now with "Happy Days - A New Musical"). And I was over the moon last week when I got a chance to chat with him and get some inside scoop on some of his big projects.