# You like the show, but hate the lead **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 12, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401 "2017-08-12T02:44:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401/1 "2017-08-12T02:44:36Z")
I can’t stand Andy Samberg, so I avoided Brooklyn Nine-Nine for years. However, the presence of Terry Crews and Andre Braugher got the better of me, and then I fell in love with Stephanie Beatriz. So, despite Samberg but because of Crews, “Diaz,” and the Captain, I watch it. Do you have shows like that? ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401/2 "2017-08-12T03:05:41Z")
_NCIS: Los Angeles_. I could do without having to see Chris O’Donnel’s face ever again. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401/3 "2017-08-12T03:32:40Z")
Brooklyn 99 is high on my list, too… I don’t hate Samberg, in general (The Lonely Island is awesome), but I mostly find him insufferable in this role. Also not a huge fan of any of the ladies. Terry and Holt are the only real reason I watch the show. But they’re awesome enough to carry the rest of the cast with no problem. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401/4 "2017-08-12T14:52:00Z")
I’ve always liked “Bones,” but despise Bones (not the actress). Can someone be that socially inept and career-successful at the same time? I couldn’t work for someone like that. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401/5 "2017-08-12T14:56:48Z")
I love “Silicon Valley” but I have really come to dislike Richard, the main character. > [@dropzone](#): > > I can’t stand Andy Samberg, so I avoided Brooklyn Nine-Nine for years. This is the exact reason I still haven’t watched an episode of that show. Can’t stand Any Samberg. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401/6 "2017-08-12T15:22:01Z")
I liked DS9, couldn’t stand Avery Brooks in it. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401/7 "2017-08-12T15:35:32Z")
I was just thinking the other day, I pretty much hate EVERYBODY (Except maybe Winn) in Supergirl. I still watch because I dig the cameos and tributes. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401/8 "2017-08-12T15:40:32Z")
Eliza Dushku seemed like the weakest link on DOLLHOUSE. ---
**Author:** ![KatTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@KatTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KatTP)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401/9 "2017-08-12T15:46:15Z")
I liked how I met your mother. Really hated Teb Mosby. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401/10 "2017-08-12T18:31:21Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I was just thinking the other day, I pretty much hate EVERYBODY (Except maybe Winn) in Supergirl. > > I still watch because I dig the cameos and tributes. That’s funny, it’s exactly the opposite for me. By FAR the best part of that show is Melissa Benoist. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401/11 "2017-08-12T18:42:30Z")
> [@KatTP](#): > > I liked how I met your mother. Really hated Teb Mosby. The later seasons of Scrubs had the same problem. Show was awesome, but JD sucked. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401/12 "2017-08-12T19:56:16Z")
I liked the show Rescue Me but Tommy was insufferable. It was also gross how Dennis Leary would constantly write hot women throwing themselves at him. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401/13 "2017-08-12T20:34:47Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I liked DS9, couldn’t stand Avery Brooks in it. ^^This. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401/14 "2017-08-12T23:17:17Z")
Loved the first few seasons of “Roseanne” but have never been able to stomach the woman herself. She was the weakest link in the onscreen cast. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401/15 "2017-08-13T04:30:51Z")
Does Joe E Ross on “Car 54, Whete are You?” count? He was co-lead with Fred Gwynne. But I can only take so much of his “ooo! ooo!” routine. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401/16 "2017-08-13T19:52:57Z")
I can’t stand most of the knuckleheads on _Deadliest Catch_. I really only watch hoping they sink or go bankrupt. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401/17 "2017-08-13T20:59:17Z")
Colin Baker on **Doctor Who**. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401/18 "2017-08-13T21:54:45Z")
I’m late to this thread, but DS9 and Avery Brooks is an original thought and not borne of seeing his name in this thread twice. Really! 🙂 His acting was uneven and on many occasions overdone. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401/19 "2017-08-14T12:45:26Z")
I like _The Last Man on Earth_, but I totally despise the character Will Forte plays (which seems to be the same character he always plays.) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401/20 "2017-08-14T13:40:48Z")
2 1/2 Men anyone? Proof that anyone can star in a TV show with the right supporting cast. Ditto Will & Grace. Jack and Karen carried that show. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-like-the-show-but-hate-the-lead/793401.md?page=2)