# The Great Sitcom Battle, Female Characters, Round 5, The Final Four. Choose your favorites **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [March 19, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sitcom-battle-female-characters-round-5-the-final-four-choose-your-favorites/1028584 "2026-03-19T19:12:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sitcom-battle-female-characters-round-5-the-final-four-choose-your-favorites/1028584/1 "2026-03-19T19:12:47Z")
This is Round 5 of the Great Sitcom Battle, Female Characters edition. Rankings are based on input gathered in another thread. Vote for your favorite character in each of the following 2 head-to-head battles. Polls will close when the voting starts tapering off. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sitcom-battle-female-characters-round-5-the-final-four-choose-your-favorites/1028584/1))_ _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sitcom-battle-female-characters-round-5-the-final-four-choose-your-favorites/1028584/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sitcom-battle-female-characters-round-5-the-final-four-choose-your-favorites/1028584/2 "2026-03-19T19:30:19Z")
So far I am voting for the more fully developed character as being my favorite. And by later seasons Houlihan became an interesting person. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sitcom-battle-female-characters-round-5-the-final-four-choose-your-favorites/1028584/3 "2026-03-19T19:43:00Z")
MTM vs MTM in the semi-finals is unfair. They should have been in the finals. I’m stymied by the other half of the bracket. I wouldn’t have expected either of those characters to have made it this far. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sitcom-battle-female-characters-round-5-the-final-four-choose-your-favorites/1028584/4 "2026-03-19T20:42:04Z")
If I’d thought of it before the bracket was formed, I might have nominated a literal Cinderella as a joke. ---
**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 19, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sitcom-battle-female-characters-round-5-the-final-four-choose-your-favorites/1028584/5 "2026-03-19T21:06:50Z")
I stuck with voting lead characters over supporting characters. ---
**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sitcom-battle-female-characters-round-5-the-final-four-choose-your-favorites/1028584/6 "2026-03-20T02:05:25Z")
Looking at the nominees and then the semifinalists, it’s hard to imagine how we got here. I would not have bet on either Margaret Houlihan or Morticia Adams making it anywhere near this far. And it’s a real coincidence that Mary Tyler Moore played two of the four best sitcom characters in history. i hope she wins at least. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sitcom-battle-female-characters-round-5-the-final-four-choose-your-favorites/1028584/7 "2026-03-20T11:30:36Z")
I am among the shocked that Morticia and Margaret made it anywhere near the finals. On the other hand, I’m a big fan of both versions of MTM. mmm ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sitcom-battle-female-characters-round-5-the-final-four-choose-your-favorites/1028584/8 "2026-03-20T11:31:50Z")
I agree with this post 100%. Though I found myself voting for Morticia often. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sitcom-battle-female-characters-round-5-the-final-four-choose-your-favorites/1028584/9 "2026-03-20T11:54:33Z")
I’m abstaining, as there is no way I could vote Laura over Mary. Or Mary over Laura. To me, it’s a dead heat, so I’m staying out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sitcom-battle-female-characters-round-5-the-final-four-choose-your-favorites/1028584/10 "2026-03-21T16:36:24Z")
Which do you prefer, “Oh, Mr. Grant!”, or “Oh, Rob!”? ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sitcom-battle-female-characters-round-5-the-final-four-choose-your-favorites/1028584/11 "2026-03-21T16:42:11Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I am among the shocked that Morticia and Margaret made it anywhere near the finals. I often found myself voting for Morticia simply because she was the character I was most familiar with in some of the pairings. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sitcom-battle-female-characters-round-5-the-final-four-choose-your-favorites/1028584/12 "2026-03-21T17:02:27Z")
OK, let’s decide this thing. [Final poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-great-sitcom-battle-female-characters-choose-your-favorite/1028659) is live. mmm