# The Great TV Sitcom Battle, Male Characters, Round 4, the Elite Eight. Choose your favorites **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [April 8, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1029115 "2026-04-08T14:54:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **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:** [April 8, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1029115/1 "2026-04-08T14:54:22Z")
This is Round Four of the Great TV Sitcom Battle, Male Characters edition. Rankings are based on input gathered in another thread. Vote for your favorite character in each of the following 4 head-to-head battles. Polls will close when the voting starts tapering off. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1029115/1))_ _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1029115/1))_ _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1029115/1))_ _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1029115/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1029115/2 "2026-04-08T14:57:53Z")
I hate you for putting Basil against Norm. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1029115/3 "2026-04-08T15:16:52Z")
Archie vs Bob is the difficult one for me. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1029115/4 "2026-04-08T15:22:18Z")
For me it is Rev Jim vs. Dr. Johnny. ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1029115/5 "2026-04-08T15:30:05Z")
All my nominations are gone. Jim and Basil seem to be the only tier A characters left. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1029115/6 "2026-04-08T15:32:54Z")
No number one seeds left in the Elite Eight. I have to question the committee’s seeding for this tournament. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1029115/7 "2026-04-08T15:42:47Z")
Basil and Hawkeye are my top 2 picks, probably. Oh, maybe John Dorian or a male Bluth(GOB? Michael? George Michael?) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1029115/8 "2026-04-08T15:47:32Z")
Not to question @Mean_Mr.Mustard’s methodology, but IMO these polls are delivering _wrong answers_! I blame you guys. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1029115/9 "2026-04-08T18:53:50Z")
The only one of the eight I would banish is Dr. Johnny Fever. I never really warmed up to him. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1029115/10 "2026-04-08T19:32:48Z")
Man this crowd skews old. The most recent characters left in the brackets debuted on tv 44 years ago! ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1029115/11 "2026-04-08T19:35:16Z")
This is the Straight Dope mister, young whippersnappers in their late forties are seen with suspicion. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2026, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1029115/12 "2026-04-09T11:22:47Z")
3 of the 4 brackets are very (and equally) close. We’ll let this run a few more days. Looks like Dr. Johnny Fever may be retiring soon. mmm ---
**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:** [April 11, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1029115/13 "2026-04-11T02:14:55Z")
Ok, let us say goodbye to Sam, Archie, Norm, and Johnny. Final Four polls are [here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-5-the-final-four-choose-your-favorites/1029189) mmm