# TV shows you like, I which you dislike one character/actor **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [December 30, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951 "2021-12-30T22:56:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/41 "2022-01-02T15:35:35Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I loved _Cheers_ but absolutely detest both the character Diane and the actress who portrayed her, Shelley Long. I’m stunned that she’s gotten the awards she has. IMHO (as a spectator), she’s an awful actress. I wouldn’t go that far, but IMHO the later seasons with Rebecca were a lot better. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/42 "2022-01-02T15:43:11Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Chandler was murdered in her first novel appearance (IIRC). One of the many pointless deviations from the source material. I wish they’d kept that part - not a fan of the character. Yeah - I’ve just started reading the books - after having binged most of the series. Really interesting to me how they picked and chose from the books. What they kept/what they changed. Including the update from Viet Nam to Iraq/Afgh. Honey/Money was killed by the Dollmaker copycat. Just finished the first Bosch book - The Black Echo. In it he meets Eleanor Wish - and she gets convicted. Just A LITTLE different than the show! 😉 I’ve been working through the books as closely to in order as my library allows. Only read 3 so far, and haven’t met Maddie (or a prospective mother). I like the idea that Bosch, The Lincoln Lawyer, and the paper guy cross paths. In contrast, The Lincoln Lawyer movie tracked the novel nearly perfectly. Saw on-line that they are planning on a series of THOSE books as well. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/43 "2022-01-02T16:22:24Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Well, what do I know? I saw that they are doing a Bosch spinoff. I looked it up, and it focusses on 3 characters: Bosch, the lawyer Honey Chandler, and BOSCH’S DAUGHTER who is now a cop! > > Good lord! Don’t think I will be able to even hate watch this. I’d really appreciate it if anyone could watch a random ep of Bosch and tell me what I am missing WRT this actor. Wondering if she appeals to a younger audience or something - but I’ve seen any number of younger actors - including in this series - who can act rings around her. Upon Googling the actor who played Maddy (Madison Lintz) I’ve learned that she also played Sophia on The Walking Dead. Huh. (insert joke here about the zombies being more life-like) mmm ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/44 "2022-01-02T16:53:48Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > In it he meets Eleanor Wish - and she gets convicted. Just A LITTLE different than the show! More than the fact J Edgar isn’t Bosch’s partner the whole way, or the reanimated Honey, or Viet Nam (did they even have tunnels in Afghanistan 🙂 ), or the fact Maddie doesn’t even get born for several books into the series, Eleanor’s story arc is the largest thing that has to be finessed for the series. “A little different” doesn’t even _begin_ to cover it. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/45 "2022-01-02T16:59:44Z")
There is something that affects me in an almost visceral way about Kate Mara, who I see occasionally on tv. Just like P.J. Soles way back in the 70’s in Halloween, she has those black eyes. Lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll’s eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/46 "2022-01-02T17:03:56Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > “A little different” doesn’t even _begin_ to cover it. Yeah, the different portrayals of J. Edgar and Irvin Irving are striking. Just say Mike Connelly make a cameo appearance in the TV show! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/47 "2022-01-03T01:06:32Z")
The way Amy pestered Sheldon for sex ceased being amusing after the first time it was explained to her that he wasn’t interested in sex. You don’t get to harass anyone, no matter how female, geeky, clueless (esp after you’ve been told outright) you are. Sex is a choice. The BBT failed on that front with pretty much all its characters. That said, I’d still like fictional Amy over real Mayim. Amy would not be anti-vax. (Sheldon might be). ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/48 "2022-01-03T01:28:20Z")
Star Trek: The Next Generation I can’t tell if it’s the character or the actor, but Geordi/LeVar Burton leaves me cold every time. He never seems to have any awesome moments and when he’s at his most memorable, it’s for being creepy. I guess it’s the character, because one part of his being a bit boring is that stupid banana clip of a visor. Poor Burton can’t act with his eyes at all. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/49 "2022-01-03T01:46:05Z")
Other than being a half-decent tennis backboard for Buddy’s jokes in the _Dick Van Dyke Show_, I was never the biggest Mel Cooley fan. Despite being multi-talented (and I spose I rolled with Eunice ok), if I had to pick a weakest link in the _Carol Burnett Show_ line-up it would be Vicki Lawrence. Granted, Mr. Wagonner didn’t venture too far from those million-watt-smile, teflon-y type dude roles. Corproral (then Sergeant) Maxwell Q. Klinger. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/50 "2022-01-03T02:05:24Z")
I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Big Bang’s Kripke yet. Jeez he was a one-trick pony. So he talks like Elmer Fudd. Mildly amusing for 4 seconds, intolerable over the run of the show. Nicholas Bradford. The other characters on Eight is Enough were all interesting, except for the little mophead. Old Mr. Grace on Are You Being Served? Young Mr. Grace was a sweet but dirty old man. Old Mr. Grace was just an unfunny guy with a bald wig. Lana on Three’s Company. Sure, it’s a campy show but she played it over the top. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/51 "2022-01-03T02:14:57Z")
> [@Briny\_Deep](#): > > I can’t tell if it’s the character or the actor, but Geordi/LeVar Burton leaves me cold every time. He never seems to have any awesome moments and when he’s at his most memorable, it’s for being creepy. I love LeVar Burton. But Geordi is an absolute creep. He’s a creep with Christy, and he’s _definitely_ a creep with Dr. Leah Brahms. Creating a simulation of her on the holodeck and getting romanced by her. And then, they apparently get married in one possible future! ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/52 "2022-01-03T05:07:07Z")
I think main problem with the Geordi la Forge character is NOT Levar Burton’s acting; it is that the writers never really gave the character any good story lines to showcase Burton’s acting. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/53 "2022-01-03T06:31:53Z")
Oh, yeah. Serena on _Law and Order._ Jesus! Nearly single-handedly ruined that show. Just awful. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/54 "2022-01-03T06:53:08Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > my dislike was ramped up after finding out that the actress who portrays her, Mayim Bialik, is a clueless antivaxer and has a new role as a supplement shill. Same. I started watched the show from the very first episode, but once her character was introduced, I stopped. And I’ll add that as a kid, I hated the character Mr. Haney on _Green Acres_. HIs voice irritated me, and I didn’t like his slippery ethics and general sneakiness. As an adult, none of that bothered me so much, but still not my favorite character. I liked _Cheers_, but I wasn’t crazy about the Diane character. However, I disliked Rebecca even more. She was just so whiny. Finding out Kirstie Alley was a Scientologist and that, years later, she supported Trump soured me on her. When I watch reruns, I skip most of her episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/55 "2022-01-03T07:37:42Z")
Haven: Audrey and Lucas. The shit they put people through all bc they wuv each other. I think Audrey should have went with Eric. Agree with others up thread Laforge was a creep. On top of being creepy, he was always annoyed or put up on, too quick to anger, and he was always condescending. And while we’re on the subject of Starr Trek, Worf is the least interesting Klingon in all of Star Trek. Even a grown up Alexander was more interesting than him. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/56 "2022-01-03T08:52:23Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > And while we’re on the subject of Starr Trek, Worf is the least interesting Klingon in all of Star Trek. The best explanation I have head about Worf’s somewhat rigid behavior: > The reason - because he wasn’t raised by Klingons! He heard all the stories and legends of Klingons, he learned about what they were supposed to be and tried to live up to it, just as we have romanticized stories of Samurai behavior in modern day times. Actual Klingons are more pragmatic - honor is still a big thing for them but it’s not as important. Worf, a stranger in a strange land, defined himself by the stereotypical Klingon ideal and as such became more Klingon than Klingon in some ways. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/57 "2022-01-03T14:45:56Z")
Since we’re ragging on ST - Cisco’s son on DS9 was quite the stiff. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/58 "2022-01-03T15:43:17Z")
No one on Star Trek TNG was more off-putting than Wesley Crusher _::shudder::_. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/59 "2022-01-03T21:40:55Z")
Doctor Pulaski on ST Next Gen. I wanted her to fall down a turbo-lift shaft. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/60 "2022-01-03T21:44:03Z")
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