The Next Best Thing
originally aired on ABC
The Next Best Thing is an American reality TV series competition of celebrity impersonators with a grand prize of $100,000. The eight-episode series debuted May 30, 2007 on ABC and ended the same year. It featured contestants impersonating Howard Stern, Jack Nicholson, Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Superman, Jennifer Aniston, Janet Jackson, Bill Cosby, Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, Hank Williams Jr., Arthur (Fonzie) Fonzarelli, and Avril Lavigne.