# Shows you like where you don't care about the characters **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-like-where-you-dont-care-about-the-characters/554498 "2010-09-21T02:33:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-like-where-you-dont-care-about-the-characters/554498/21 "2010-09-22T00:07:29Z")
I’ll second (or third) _Mad Men._ ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-like-where-you-dont-care-about-the-characters/554498/22 "2010-09-22T00:27:02Z")
**Criminal Minds** comes to mind. Other that the heavy-set blond who usually works from an office, don’t care an iota about the characters. They could all die in a mass serial killing as far as I am concerned. Still, the show has good plots and nice twists - just don’t like a single character other than the blond. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-like-where-you-dont-care-about-the-characters/554498/23 "2010-09-22T01:35:39Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > For regular TV shows I like _Weeds_ but I’ve never figured out why. There’s not a single likable character on the show- not even the kids- and if they were all were blown up by the Colombian cartel in the series finale it wouldn’t phase me in the least save for the show being over, but again- the show itself I for some reason like. I’ll agree with Weeds. I did like most of the characters in the first couple seasons. I could sympathize with people making bad decisions out of desperation, confusion, as a coping mechanism, whatever , but at this point everything everybody does is just beyond any forgivable level of stupidity or selfishness. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-like-where-you-dont-care-about-the-characters/554498/24 "2010-09-22T01:54:43Z")
I agree with _Weeds, Law & Order_ and _CSI_. And about Briscoe. I sort of was feelin’ it for Van Buren at the end of the series but I got the feeling that she didn’t really care if I cared if she lived or died 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-like-where-you-dont-care-about-the-characters/554498/25 "2010-09-22T02:54:37Z")
Seinfeld: I think the entire cast is annoying, even the guests and minor characters. CSI: I hate Sara with a passion, and everybody else ranges from mildly to very annoying. Probably the only character I like on the show is Brass. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-like-where-you-dont-care-about-the-characters/554498/26 "2010-09-22T03:13:40Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Wasn’t “Thirty Something” the original “hit show in spite of the cast all being a bunch of whiny a-holes”? That view doesn’t offend me, but I liked Thirty Something, and don’t think the characters were whiny assholes. They were just more ordinary than most of the lead characters in TV dramas. And another vote for Law & Order. Some of the characters are more appealing/attractive than others, but it’s the details of the cases that provide the interest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-like-where-you-dont-care-about-the-characters/554498.md?page=1)