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2005 television series ranking famous Americans

The Greatest American is a 2005 American television series hosted by Matt Lauer. The four part series featured biographies and lists of influential persons in American history, and culminated in a contest in which millions in the audience nominated and voted for the person they believed is the "greatest American".

The Greatest American is broken into four episodes. The first episode introduces the 25 finalists based on a vote conducted early in 2005. The second episode features biographies of the finalists and allows viewers to vote for the top five nominees. The third episode introduces the top five nominees with commentaries from celebrities. In the finale, viewers participate in another vote for the first 15 minutes before the greatest American, according to the series, is announced. On January 21, Discovery and AOL began conducting a vote to determine the greatest American based on, according to an Associated Press report, who "most influenced the way they think, work and live". Later in February, it was revealed that Matt Lauer would host the show. Voting continued until spring. Jason Raff and Elyse Zaccaro served as executive producers of The Greatest American. Ann Coulter makes an appearance. Tom Westman also makes an appearance to voice his support for Benjamin Franklin, whom Ralph Archbold portrays in the series.

The first episode was broadcast on June 5, 2005, the second on June 12, the third on June 19, and the finale on June 26. as did David M. Shribman. Kevin McDonough of United Feature Syndicate called the list "fascinating in a depressing way, revealing the short attention spans and media obsessed nature of our times". Shortly after Ronald Reagan received the title of the greatest American, his son, Ron, told Discovery that his father's then recent death was a possible factor and that "I'm sure he would be very honored to be in the company of these great gentlemen."