We are almost at the top of the list, but first, we have to name the deuce. 

No. 2 on our best list is the only person not working in local news. 

We go inside 30 Rock and it is there that we find Today Show Anchor Hoda Kotb. 

NBC asked Hoda to do the tough task of stepping in when the Peacock sent Matt Lauer packing for inappropriate conduct. 

Kotb did the job with style and grace, so much so that NBC gave the gig full time. It was one of the most popular choices ever made for a network Anchor. Just about every staffer inside NBC news cheered and gave thumbs up to Kotb being picked as the next Today Show host. 

Hoda is known as one of the most down to earth people you will ever meet. You see her on TV each morning, but she is also the type of person you would love to sit down with at a coffee shop. 

Try and find someone that will say a bad thing about Kotb and you will have a very tough time. It the world of cutthroat network anchoring, Kotb is not like the rest. 

They say that nice guys finish last... Hoda Kotb is here to show you that isn't always the case.

And that my friends, lands her at No. 2 on the FTVLive list of Best people in TV news in 2017. 

Next hour we will tell you who the worst of the worst was for 2017.