The Most Beloved Animals and Pets on TV

By Alexandra Beggs, Vanity Fair

It's a tall order, but your VF.com team of expert couch-dwelling television junkies put their theme-song-filled heads together and have declared the following animals television's best and brightest-or at least its furriest and friendliest. Click through these scene-stealing animal co-stars from all eras of televisions, and then tell us in the comments-who did we forget?

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