The Great TV Sitcom Battle, Male Characters, Round 1. Choose your favorites

Mean_Mr.Mustard
Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:59:33 +0000
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This is Round One 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 25 head-to-head battles. Polls will close when the voting starts tapering off.

Barney Fife - The Andy Griffith Show (1)

Earl Hickey - My Name is Earl (50)

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Maxwell Smart - Get Smart (2)

Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory (49)

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Archie Bunker - All in the Family (3)

Mork - Mork and Mindy (48)

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Dr. Niles Crane - Frasier (4)

Maxwell Klinger - MASH (47)

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Basil Fawlty - Fawlty Towers (5)

Harry Stone - Night Court (46)

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Dr. Johnny Fever - WKRP in Cincinnati (6)

Frank Drebin - Police Squad! (45)

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Ed Norton - The Honeymooners (7)

Ernie “Coach” Pantusso - Cheers (44)

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George Costanza - Seinfeld (8)

Barney Miller - Barney Miller (43)

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Jim Ignatowski - Taxi (9)

Maynard G. Krebs - The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (42)

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Lou Grant - The Mary Tyler Moore Show (10)

Manuel - Fawlty Towers (41)

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Norm Peterson - Cheers (11)

Les Nessman - WKRP in Cincinnati (40)

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Ron Swanson - Parks and Recreation (12)

Larry - Newhart (39)

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Arthur Dietrich - Barney Miller (13)

Hal - Malcolm in the Middle (38)

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Dr. Bob Hartley - The Bob Newhart Show (14)

GOB Bluth - Arrested Development (37)

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Jack Donaghy - 30 Rock (15)

George Jefferson - The Jeffersons (36)

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Rob Petrie - The Dick Van Dyke Show (16)

Eddie Haskell - Leave It to Beaver (35)

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Sherman Potter - MASH (17)

Dick Solomon - 3rd Rock from the Sun (34)

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Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli - Happy Days (18)

Chandler Bing - Friends (33)

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Dan Fielding - Night Court (19)

Buddy Sorrell - The Dick Van Dyke Show (32)

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Dr. Frasier Crane - Frasier (20)

Brent Leroy - Corner Gas (31)

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Hawkeye Pierce - MASH (21)

Sam Malone - Cheers (30)

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Ted Baxter - The Mary Tyler Moore Show (22)

Larry David - Curb Your Enthusiasm (29)

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Al Bundy - Married…with Children (23)

Humphrey Appleby - Yes Minister (28)

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Bull Shannon - Night Court (24)

Gomez Addams - The Addams Family (27)

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Cliff Clavin - Cheers (25)

Cosmo Kramer - Seinfeld (26)

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