Who is the best Character on Television?

[MadBadger]

Not necessarily your favorite, meaning you dont have to like them, but the best character. Let's go with first a show that is on now, and then also all time.

Mine is a tie with Kara Thrace and Benjamin Linus.

All time Id have to say Leo McGarry (though Josh Lyman is my fav).

[hellbound-liberal]

1. Okay, I'll play!

Right now:



All time:

[libodem]

2. Sock on Reaper

love that guy

[MorningGlow]

43. I LOVE Reaper!

Did you see the season premiere last night?
:rofl:

[tanngrisnir3]

3. BG, bay-bee!

[underpants]

4. Jack Donaghy (30 Rock), Charlie (Always Sunny in Philadelphia), or Ben (Lost)

[PBS Poll-435]

5. Sam Taggart

But then again, I am probably the only person in America that still watches "ER."

[RadiationTherapy]

6. How many times do I have to tell you, Joooohhhhn? It's Benjamin Linus.

[rurallib]

7. Wow - don't watch much TV any more

today:


all-time:

[Mojambo]

8. Murray on Flight of the Conchords

All-time... Absolutely impossible to answer.

[Initech]

9. George Costanza

[begin_within]

10. Hilda Suarez on "Ugly Betty," played brilliantly by Ana Ortiz

Why Ana Ortiz doesn't have a shelf of Emmys and other awards I don't understand.

[Orrex]

11. Really, it's obvious

[Wetzelbill]

12. Ben Linus, Homer Simpson and Brian and Stewie Griffin

All-time favorites for me include:

Dallas: J.R. Ewing and Cliff Barnes

The Shield: Vic Mackey and Dutch Wagenbach

Deadwood: Al Swearengen

Rome: Titus Pullo and Lucius Vorenus

The Wire: Jimmy Mcnulty

Arrested Development: Gob Bluth and Tobias Funke

Veronica Mars: Veronica Mars

24: Nina Myers

Alias: Sydney Bristow

Seinfeld: George Costanza

[blue_onyx]

13. I love Nina from 24 too

I must have a thing for female villains because my second favorite 24 character was Dina from season 4. Arrested Development is one of my favorite shows....I liked Lucille and Buster.

[Wetzelbill]

17. they all are great on AD

Jeffrey Tambor in his dual characters, lol.

Dina was good. I like Mandy who was played by Mia Kirshner. 24 had some great characters, the writing fell off the last few years. It's tough to sustain that type of premise.

[ElboRuum]

14. Dr. House... of course.

[NJmaverick]

35. Seconded!

:thumbsup:

[gmoney]

57. Everybody lies...

except when you said House is the best character on TV. That's true.

[pokerfan]

15. Niles Crane

Frasier (1993-2004).

Davide Hyde Pierce was nominated for an Emmy every single year that show aired, winning four.

[Mojambo]

19. Good choice.

One of the best characters ever. No doubt.

[Misabel]

23. Niles Crane, definitely.

I thought David Hyde Pierce stole the show from Kelsey Grammar (who was quite funny too, no doubt).

I'm curious, pokerfan, do you happen to know what years/seasons David Hyde Pierce won the Emmy?

[pokerfan]

33. 1995, 1998, 1999, 2004

For this role, Pierce was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Emmy for a record eleven consecutive years, winning in 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2004.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hyde_Pierce#Career

[sarge43]

32. Yup. The Valentine's Day episode.

Niles is at Frasier's place, getting ready for a big date, notices a tiny wrinkle in his trousers and being Niles has to take care of it, gets out an iron and iron board. Things go horribly wrong and he damn nears burns the place down.

All physical comedy and perfectly executed.

[pokerfan]

34. here's the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxIBk1a3qdQ (6:45)

Eddie the Dog was pretty good in it as well. If one has never seen this clip before, it matches anything Monty Python ever did. I only mention Monty Python because I always thought that the show had a bit of a British feel to it. In fact, a poll taken by the British Channel 4 of the sitcom industry voted Frasier the best sitcom of all time:

http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm/content_id.22029

[sarge43]

37. Ah. Thank you pokerfan.

You're right. It does have that Merrie Olde touch.

[southpaw]

16. Gregory House/Barney Fife

[DeepBlueC]

18. Nikki/Big Love

and Angel/Rockford Files.

[MrSlayer]

20. Eric Cartman on South Park.

Al Swearengen (Ian McShane) is the greatest character ever in television.

[argyl]

21. Omar Little of "The Wire." n/t

[Tommy_Carcetti]

29. Omar comin'! Omar comin'! Omar comin'!

(Whistling the Farmer and the Dell...)

[argyl]

38. Kinda figured with your username you'd be familiar with Omar. He was originally slated for about six

appearances and then was scheduled to be killed off,or so I've read.But he was such a compelling character that he was kept on.The scene in Season I where he is wounded in his failed assassination attempt on Avon was most likely to have been his original exit from the show.

And Simon and Burns didn't let character override plot in their five season masterpiece. As popular and as charismatic as Stringer Bell was,when they felt his death was necessary for their story,he was gone.

Best TV ever,hands down.

[sarge43]

48. The showdown with Brother Mouzone was one of the most

riveting scenes ever filmed.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

50. There are so many great riviting scenes in that show.

That show truly exceeds all expectations. Hence, my screen name.

[sarge43]

51. It's a gem, specifically a pearl.

Layers upon layers that take many viewings to explore.

[Lucian]

22. "Y2J" Chris Jericho.

I don't know anyone else who can play a bad guy like Jericho. With each week, his promos get better and better.

[YankeyMCC]

24. Baltar on the new BSG

although we haven't seen enough of him lately.

[SoxFan]

25. Ben Linus and John Locke

Ben is a manipulative and creepy scumbag, but mesmerizing.

Locke is a tortured would-be hero/mystic who always falls victim to his own naivety.

The interplay is remarkable.

[Bucky]

26. Brian Williams.

Of course a lot of that is the material the actor's got to work with.

[jobycom]

27. House, easily. All time? Christ, I can't remember what I had for breakfast

and I'm sure that was more interesting than the last 50 years of television.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

28. Ever? Or currently?

Currently I'd have to say Benjaimin Linus (Lost) or Michael Scott (The Office).

Ever, there are a few names that come to mind: Frank Pembleton (Homicide), Livia Soprano (The Sopranos), Stringer Bell (The Wire), D'Angelo Barksdale (The Wire), Frank Sobatka (The Wire), hell, let's just throw the entire cast of The Wire in there, Michael Bluth (Arrested Development), Tobias Funke (Arrested Development), and I know there are a couple more that will come to mind later.

[sarge43]

30. Duckman

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU STARING AT!!"

[peekaloo]

31. Denise (Scrubs) and Jack (30 Rock)

those two make me howl

all time :shrug: recent past Alan Shore & Denny Crane.

[bookworm65t]

36. Sheldon from Big Bang Theory

:)

[Duer 157099]

59. I'm with you. But Leonard runs a close second n/t

[Blue_Tires]

39. "The Monarch" from The Venture Bros.

[DS1]

40. Vic Mackey. He's got a way out of this

[Alexander]

41. Kerr Avon

[Lost in CT]

42. Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer... nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

44. Det. Bobby Goren. And oh yeah, I _like_ him. :^D

[annonymous]

45. Currently: Dr. House, All time: Diane from Cheers

[MorningGlow]

46. Right now, Gaius Baltar on BG, Ben Linus on Lost

All time...the entire cast of Ab Fab, sweetie darling! (Especially Bubble!)

[jobycom]

47. Terrel Owens. nt

[Deja Q]

49. Q, Cmdr Data, Geordi, and Dr Who (1963-1989)

[Pharlo]

52. Don't know if they're my favorite characters EVER, but on short notice

I always enjoyed Christine Baranski's 'Marianne' on "Cybil"

And, Wendie Malik as 'Nina' on "Just Shoot Me"

[MrPerson]

53. Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother.

[Flaxbee]

54. Denny Crane, no doubt about it!

And I'll also add Alan Shore, b/c I had such a huge crush on his character :D

[geardaddy]

55. Les Nessman or Herb Tarlek

[tigereye]

56. Angela on Bones

but I also like the other cast members. I also really like the professor's dad (I love Judd Hirsch) on Numbers, and the physics professor on the same show.

As for old and much loved shows, Scully from the X-Files is one of my favorites.

[Mollis]

58. Ned the Pie Maker

:loveya:

I miss him :cry:

[enigmatic]

60. Sonny Steelgrave (Ray Sharkey) from "Wiseguy"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiseguy

[Onceuponalife]

61. Bill Hendrickson

the dude's got 4 wives!

All Time: This would have to be a tie between Archie Bunker and Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce

[Zavulon]

62. Now? Dr. House. All time? Well, it's this guy:

Colonel Wilhelm Klink.

Honorary mention to to these guys:



Sergeant Hans Schultz



Major Wolfgang Hochstetter

And, for a non-comedy role: