Top 10 Televsion Characters

[Volourn]

Meh. I've been watching a certain show, and watching a certain character grow, and change and got me thinking about my favorite tv character so here's a list... What's yours?

 

1. Wesley Wyndam Pryce, Buffy/Angel: This guys start off as a goofball Watcher on Buffy, and by the end of Angel, he was a dark, lonely character. Most interesting journey of any character ever.

 

2. Jack Abbot, Young & Restless: What can be said about a character that's done it all. He's suffered, he's won, he's played hero, he's committed villainous deeds. And, through it all, he's entertained me for decades.

 

3. Gabrielle, Xena/Hercules (rarely): Much like Mr. Pryce, she goes through a twisting journey during her show's 6 years. Some stuff she's done are kill her own daughter, betray her best friend, sacrifice her life for the 'greater good', and go from a barly sidekick to buttkicker. Plus, the actress is hot. Woo! Gabrielle would be #1; but the writers decided to through inconcistencies just to cause trouble.

 

4. Lucky Spencer, General Hospital: Makes it just on sheer rootability. His drug addicition and delaing with the aftermath of rape storylines are strong enough to earn a place on the list.

 

5. Pacey Winter, Dawson's Creek: Yeah, yeah. Teenage drama. However, this character trandscended that characterization. Seriously, Pacey defines 'Black Sheep'. This is what coolness profound.

 

6. Angel/Angelus, Buffy/Angel: Vampire with(out) a soul. 8 seasons watching him do his thing was NOT enough.

 

7. Buffy, Buffy/Angel: The heroine that started it all doesn't always get the credit she deserves; but the series is nothing without her.

 

8. Bobby Donnell, The Practice: A lawyer who you aren't always sure if he fits the sterotype of the udnerhanded lawyer or his own man who does what he thinks is right. Either way, expect fireworks to occur when he's around!

 

9. Will Smith, Fresh Prince of Bel Air: Comedy is funny! And, when the character went dramatic (like with his deadbeat father), His freshness nailed it, easily.

 

10. Alex P. Keaton, Family Ties: The second character from a comedy to make this list. Family Ties is perhaps the most udnrrated of the 80s sitcomes and Alex P. Keaton is the reason why. What a deep character - espicially hard to find in a sitcom.

[Rosbjerg]

I've hardly watched enough television to make a top-10 list..

 

-Spoilers-

I saw about 2

[Maedhros]

Al Swearengen from Deadwood.

 

 

Now, here's my counter-offer to your counter-offer. Go fu** yourself.

[kirottu]

1-10 Macgyver

[Gorgon]

Butters from Southpark.

[Rosbjerg]

Butters from Southpark.

 

"Aren't you confused Butters!?"

 

Classic..

[Pidesco]

Emma Peel.

[Dragon Lord Jones]

al bundy

[SteveThaiBinh]

Off the top of my head:

 

1. The Doctor (don't ask me which version - that's a whole other list)

2. Blackadder (same)

3. Rab C. Nesbitt

4. Sarah Jane Smith

5. Francis Urquhart

6. Buffy

[Gorth]

Emma Peel.

 

Blake from Blakes 7

Stanley Tweedle from Lexx

Sydney from Relic Hunter

Charles Winchester III from MASH4077

Kermit/Miss Piggy from The Muppet Show

Pullo from Rome

Dory from Finding Nemo

J.R. Ewing from Dallas

 

Probably a few more given a bit of time to jog through memory.

[Kelverin]

Not in order

 

Ari Gold - Entourage

Archie Bunker - All in the Family

Tony Soprano - Sopranos

Barney Fief - The Andy Griffith Show

Jim Rockford - The Rockford Files

Burt Campbell - Soap

George Costanza - Seinfield

Carla Tortelli - Cheers

Redd Foxx - Sanford and Son

Oscar Madison - The Odd Couple

 

Honorable mention

Nathaniel Fisher - Six Feet Under

He should have made the list but as viewers of the show might understand he might not qualify.

[Gfted1]

Hawkeye (M.A.S.H.)

[Trenitay]

Dr. House from House.

[Enoch]

Did I miss something? Is Volo a 15-year-old girl?

 

 

Kelv's list is reasonable.

 

But it needs more Mary Ann.

 

And every sitcom lead in history is pretty much a rip-off of one of these people:

 

Also: Batman! (C'mon, people-- it's Batman!)

Edited December 12, 2008 by Enoch

[Hurlshort]

Sadly, I have to agree on Pacey from Dawson's creek. It's embarrassing, but his character really was the only watchable one. I would also put Briscoe County Jr. on an all-time list, but I'm going to do current running and fairly new series.

 

1. Sayyid from Lost - Iraqi National Guard torturer for the win. Heck of a Bollywood dancer too.

 

2. Michael Westen from Burn Notice - Always entertaining super spy

 

3. Jin from Lost - I don't believe he's dead

 

4. Sam from Burn Notice - Bruce Campbell is always a treat on screen

 

5. Chuck from Chuck - Goofy genius

 

6. Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory - Seriously, if you aren't watching this show, you are a moron

 

7. Barney from How I Met Your Mother - Neil Patrick Harris, wait for it...Nailed it!

 

8. Stewie from Family Guy - From the first episode, the evil baby genius has defined this series

 

9. Casey from Chuck - Jane from Firefly continues to entertain in fairly similar role

 

10. The crazy genius guy from Law and Order: Criminal Intent ( I could really do a separate Law and Order list)

[Kelverin]

Hawkeye (M.A.S.H.)

A great character in my second favorite show, but I can't seem to separate the actors politics from his performance.

[Hurlshort]

Hawkeye (M.A.S.H.)

A great character in my second favorite show, but I can't seem to separate the actors politics from his performance.

 

I've always found it's best to realize that actors, musicians, and athletes make their living PLAYING, and should not be taken seriously on an intellectual level unless they have distinguished themselves in that realm.

[Gorgon]

He's a director and screen writer as well.

[Kelverin]

As the show progressed, he became much more involved and influential, and the series suffered for it.

 

 

 

 

*If I judged my entertainment by the actors/key figures political beliefs I would never watch another movie or TV show.

[Gorgon]

I'm not just talking about his work on M.A.S.H. That show, like every show that goes on to 100001 episodes becomes like that movie groundhog day. Everything is slightly different but ultimately the same.

[Enoch]

Hawkeye (M.A.S.H.)

A great character in my second favorite show, but I can't seem to separate the actors politics from his performance.

I always felt that the supporting characters carried M*A*S*H. Col. Blake and Maj. Burns were the funniest ones to me. Yes, the series sufferred when Alda's more maudlin tendencies got in the way of the comedy, but mostly it suffered as most of the better characters left, leaving uninteresting, derivative replacements.

 

Also, M*A*S*H the film > M*A*S*H the series.

 

 

Oh, and just one more thing...

[Pope]

- Randy Marsh from South Park

 

- Al Swearengen from Deadwood

 

- Bunk from The Wire

 

- Desmond from Lost

 

- B.A. Baracus from The A-Team

[Gfted1]

I always felt that the supporting characters carried M*A*S*H. Col. Blake and Maj. Burns were the funniest ones to me. Yes, the series sufferred when Alda's more maudlin tendencies got in the way of the comedy, but mostly it suffered as most of the better characters left, leaving uninteresting, derivative replacements.

 

 

Who do you feel were lesser replacements?

 

Col. Blake ---> Col. Potter (Potter was better IMO)

I cant remember Burns but was his replacement Winchester?

 

All the rest of the staples were there for the whole run, no? (Radar, Hot Lips, Klingar). Who was it that was Haweye's sidekick? He changed once, right?

[Gorgon]

'Ohh, sorry to bother you again, it's just there's one thing about what you say happened I can't quite understand.'

[Kelverin]

I cant remember Burns but was his replacement Winchester?

Yes

Who was it that was Haweye's sidekick? He changed once, right?

Trapper to BJ

 

 

Also, M*A*S*H the film > M*A*S*H the series.

Edited December 12, 2008 by Kelverin