# Drama/Sitcom with the highest main character/other character ratio **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [March 5, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drama-sitcom-with-the-highest-main-character-other-character-ratio/937275 "2021-03-05T16:36:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drama-sitcom-with-the-highest-main-character-other-character-ratio/937275/22 "2021-03-06T12:31:53Z")
My intention was a SINGLE main character, as that seems rarer than 2 main characters. More than 2 is right out. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drama-sitcom-with-the-highest-main-character-other-character-ratio/937275/23 "2021-03-06T12:53:51Z")
When I mentioned Columbo and said “his wife”, I meant Peter Falk’s wife, Shera Danese. Mrs. Columbo the character was never shown, on the Columbo series. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drama-sitcom-with-the-highest-main-character-other-character-ratio/937275/24 "2021-03-06T13:15:45Z")
Thanks. I misread what you wrote. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drama-sitcom-with-the-highest-main-character-other-character-ratio/937275/25 "2021-03-06T13:57:42Z")
Don’t get me started on how misleading the title of _The Lone Ranger_ is. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drama-sitcom-with-the-highest-main-character-other-character-ratio/937275/26 "2021-03-06T14:58:44Z")
_Run for You Life_ had Ben Gazzara in 85 episodes. No one else had more than six, and they were not recurring characters, but rather the same actor cast in different roles. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drama-sitcom-with-the-highest-main-character-other-character-ratio/937275/27 "2021-03-06T23:06:49Z")
> [@Staggerlee](#): > > Th Littlest Hobo apparently had 114 episodes, with only a smattering of other repeat performers (other than the dog). THAT’S the show I was trying to remember. Actually there were two iterations: a 1963-1965 version, and the late 70’s-early 80’s version. The first version ran 48 episodes, with no human appearing in more than three episodes. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drama-sitcom-with-the-highest-main-character-other-character-ratio/937275/28 "2021-03-07T00:20:59Z")
[Then Came Bronson](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0063955/fullcredits/cast?ref_=m_ttfc_3) only had 27 episodes, but Michael Parks (all 27 episodes) is the only actor who was in more than 1 episode. Lots of good guest stars: Bruce Dern, Jack Klugman, Bonnie Bedelia, Will Geer, Dabney Coleman, etc. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drama-sitcom-with-the-highest-main-character-other-character-ratio/937275/29 "2021-03-07T02:15:12Z")
27:1, still less than Cannpn Littlest Hobo (1963-65) 48:2 Littlest Hobo (1979-85) 114:4 (though it looks like one was a two part episode) If we combine the series (same “actor”, same basic show 162:4 = 40.5:1 (Unless one guest actor played the same character on both shows which I am not going to look for) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drama-sitcom-with-the-highest-main-character-other-character-ratio/937275/30 "2021-03-07T16:24:58Z")
**High Maintenance** has Ben Sinclair as “The Guy” in 34 episodes, with no other actor appearing in more than 4. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drama-sitcom-with-the-highest-main-character-other-character-ratio/937275/31 "2021-03-07T20:10:31Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Littlest Hobo (1963-65) 48:2 > Littlest Hobo (1979-85) 114:4 (though it looks like one was a two part episode) However, although they all were credited as “London,” Hobo was actually played by several different dogs in both series. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drama-sitcom-with-the-highest-main-character-other-character-ratio/937275.md?page=1)