# Your favorite TV characters of all time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641 "2012-03-03T15:07:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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 9, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641/101 "2012-03-09T19:45:29Z")
Maxwell Smart of Get Smart Spock & Scotty of Star Trek Louie DePalma & Rev. Jim of Taxi Adam from Northern Exposure ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641/102 "2012-03-09T19:54:55Z")
Sophia Petrillo Lenny Brisco Dr. John Carter ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641/103 "2012-03-10T00:53:58Z")
Two more (did anyone say them yet?) John Steed and Mrs. Emma Peel ---
**Author:** ![rock\_party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@rock\_party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rock_party)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641/104 "2012-03-10T06:12:13Z")
Jeremy Osborn (Peep Show) Super Hal (Peep Show) Johnson (Peep show) ANY character in Peep Show ---
**Author:** ![rock\_party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@rock\_party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rock_party)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641/105 "2012-03-10T16:44:44Z")
\*Super Hans (not Hal) Peep Show ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641/106 "2012-03-10T23:20:37Z")
Matt Dillon, US Marshall ---
**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:** [March 12, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641/107 "2012-03-12T21:26:16Z")
Alabaster Jones needs to be on this list. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641/108 "2012-03-13T01:09:01Z")
Buster Bluth (Arrested Development) Jimmy James (Newsradio) ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641/109 "2012-03-13T01:21:34Z")
Daniel DeSario from “Freaks & Geeks.” ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641/110 "2012-03-14T20:02:36Z")
Morse ---
**Author:** ![bahia\_hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@bahia\_hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahia_hombre)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641/111 "2012-04-28T02:19:47Z")
Sargeant Schultz Granny Moses Ed Grimley Dr. Katz ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641/112 "2012-04-28T18:03:37Z")
Dan Fielding from “Night Court” Mr. Spock Rev. Jim Ignatowski Elliot Carlin from “The Bob Newhart Show” Jim Rockford, of course, as well as his ancestor, Bret Maverick. Alex P. Keaton ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641/113 "2012-04-28T18:07:34Z")
Ponch on _CHiPs_ ---
**Author:** ![Evin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@Evin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evin)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641/114 "2012-04-29T13:06:15Z")
Robbie Coltrane ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641/115 "2012-04-29T13:20:41Z")
Unless I missed it, no one has mentioned [Londo Mollari](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londo_Mollari) And if wrestlers count, then I’ll add Cowboy Bill Watts Dusty Rhodes Ole Anderson The Masked Assassin (Jody Hamilton) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641/116 "2012-04-29T14:50:48Z")
Londo and G’Kar, from _Babylon 5_ Higgins, from _Magnum, P.I._ Siegfried, from _Get Smart_ Count Baltar, from\* Battlestar Galactica \* (I know, the remake had better writing, directing, and acting. But watching John Colicos chewing scenery was more fun.) Giles, from _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ Fred, from _Angel_ ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641/117 "2012-04-29T15:18:30Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > – Raylan Givens I love Justified, but Raylan Givins isn’t the best character on the show. Boyd Crowder is a combination of Angel and Demon that keeps you guessing. That is not to say that Raylan Givens isn’t a pretty good character. He has some good lines and he has some dark side to keeping him being too vanilla. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641/118 "2012-04-29T16:02:36Z")
Aphrodite (from Xena). Hubba, hubba, and also hubba. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641/119 "2012-04-29T16:13:29Z")
> [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > > [@Zeldar](#): > > > > – Raylan Givens > > I love Justified, but Raylan Givins isn’t the best character on the show. Boyd Crowder is a combination of Angel and Demon that keeps you guessing. That is not to say that Raylan Givens isn’t a pretty good character. He has some good lines and he has some dark side to keeping him being too vanilla. No argument from me. That list in the OP was not necessarily a complete list by any means. I still feel that Omar Little is close to my all-time favorite single charcter, in spite of some good arguments in this thread for others I have liked a lot. As for _Justified_, and aside from Boyd Crowder, the show has a great cast, including the folks who have been killed off after an episode or two. In that respect, I can’t name another show that I’m watching these days that comes close in that department. Coupled with some snappy dialog, the characters make it my #1 show. Can’t wait for its return! Can anybody name another currently running (not yet cancelled) show with as outstanding a cast as _Justified_? ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641/120 "2012-04-29T17:40:42Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > No argument from me. That list in the OP was not necessarily a complete list by any means. I still feel that Omar Little is close to my all-time favorite single charcter, in spite of some good arguments in this thread for others I have liked a lot. > > As for _Justified_, and aside from Boyd Crowder, the show has a great cast, including the folks who have been killed off after an episode or two. In that respect, I can’t name another show that I’m watching these days that comes close in that department. Coupled with some snappy dialog, the characters make it my #1 show. Can’t wait for its return! > > Can anybody name another currently running (not yet cancelled) show with as outstanding a cast as _Justified_? I can’t think of any show currently, but the West Wing was better in it’s prime. Great characters are the product of great writing and nobody beat the writing on West Wing. Even a great actor can’t over come lousy dialog. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641.md?page=7)