2014 Power Hall of Fame Inductees

It's that time of year again! Late springtime! It's when that Power Hall of Fame ceremony rolls around. After all, I said the inductees would be announced anytime from May 5 to June 23 back in 2011, didn't I? Well, we're in the window. This year, we have five exceptional inductees who join the elite and illustrious group of honorees from years past. Now, there are 26 members of the Power Hall of Fame. The ones who made it jump to that number from 21 are the following.

Billy Joel. A music legend. An unbeatable songwriter. A master of piano. He is going stronger than ever right now, with his own Sirius XM Radio station, a monthly venue to perform at with Madison Square Garden, and stellar gigs, including the Hollywood Bowl and birthday celebrations and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. I'd be remiss to not mention his greatest hits and some of my favorites. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, My Life, Only the Good Die Young, Allentown, New York State of Mind, Uptown Girl, You May Be Right, She's Got a Way, The Longest Time, and, of course, Piano Man.

B.J. Novak. He is becoming an established Hollywood wunderkind. Naturally, I fell in love with him on the legendary comedy The Office, but then he went ahead and wrote a book that is the envy of the literary world and certainly my own brain. One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories is an instant classic. Not to mention, he starred as Mr. Egypt on the season five finale of Community, stellar songwriter Robert Sherman in Saving Mr. Banks, potential love Jamie on The Mindy Project, and suave future villain Alistair Smythe in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. He is amazing.

Speaking of The Mindy Project (and being amazing), Mindy Kaling is being inducted. She is the funniest woman alive and a personal role model of mine. She, too, started off as a writer and actor on The Office before she landed her own show on FOX, The Mindy Project. She also wrote a hilariously smart memoir, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns), which is a personal favorite of mine. The Mindy Project is one of the best on television and Kaling also had a role in This Is the End. Not to mention, she is one of Twitter's best.

Now, we enter Saturday Night Live territory. Seth Meyers had been on SNL since 2001 and he anchored Weekend Update from 2006 to 2014. He is one of the best all-time hosts of 'Update' and SNL was in a prime when he served as head writer on the show. Meyers now hosts Late Night with Seth Meyers, a very funny show which has already found its groove and is immensely enjoyable. He was named to the 2014 Time 100 list and he will host the Emmy Awards in August. Not to mention he hosted the ESPY's twice and the White House Correspondent's Dinner once.

Tina Fey. She is a comedy legend God. No matter what she does, she will make me laugh. Like Meyers, she was a writer and Weekend Update anchor on Saturday Night Live, but instead of going from SNL to Late Night, she went from SNL to 30 Rock. And 30 Rock is nothing short of an iconic comedy. Her Liz Lemon will forever live in the lore of comedy television. Fey has had a good group of comedic films and she has begun producing some shows for NBC and FOX. Of course, I also have to mention her amazing memoir, Bossypants. Everything she has ever done has warranted her induction on this list.

What do you think about these five inductees? Joel, Kaling, Novak, Fey, and Meyers are a pretty solid class, if you ask me. See you next year, Power Hall!