Saturday, December 29, 2007

Top 100 TV Characters of All-Time

I recently caught the tale end of a show that was counting down the top 100 TV characters of all-time. It was extremely interesting and, as I watched, I thought that I could put together a list like that as well. After much less work than I expected, in reverse order, here is my list:

The Top 100 TV Characters of All-Time
100. Captain Kangaroo (Captain Kangaroo)
99. The Church Lady (Staurday Night Live)
98. Jimmy Hughes (Yes, Dear)
97. Stephen Hyde (That 70's Show)
96. Dick Louden (Newhart)
95. Odo (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
94. Colonel Klink (Hogan's Heroes)
93. Josh Lyman (The West Wing)
92. Hurley (Lost)
91. John Locke (Lost)
90. Mr. Bean (Mr. Bean)
89. Dick Solomon (Third Rock From the Sun)
88. Frank Burns (MASH)
87. Herb Tarlek (WKRP In Cincinnati)
86. Les Nessman (WKRP In Concinnati)
85. Mister Rogers (Mister Rogers' Neighborhood)
84. Sawyer (Lost)
83. Greg Warner (Yes, Dear)
82. Data (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
81. Hyacinth Bucket (Keeping Up Appearances)
80. Shirley Feeney (Laverne & Shirley)
79. Rerun (What's Happening!!)
78. Debra Barone (Everybody Loves Raymond)
77. Richie Cunningham (Happy Days)
76. Michael Kelso (That 70's Show)
75. Latka (Taxi)
74. Louie Depalma (Taxi)
73. The Skipper (Gilligan's Island)
72. Frank Barone (Everybody Loves Raymond)
71. Marie Barone (Everybody Loves Raymond)
70. Sgt. Schultz (Hoagn's Heroes)
69. Jim Rockford (Rockford Files)
68. Dr. McCoy (Star Trek)
67. Robert Barone (Everybody Loves Raymond)
66. Sophia Petrillo (The Golden Girls)
65. Radar O'Reilly (MASH)
64. Vinnie Barbarino (Welcome Back Kotter)
63. Alf (Alf)
62. Mork (Mork & Mindy)
61. Sam Malone (Cheers)
60. Ray Barone (Everybody Loves Raymond)
59. Alice (The Brady Bunch)
58. Laverne DeFazio (Laverne & Shirley)
57. Harry Stone (Night Court)
56. The Doctor (Doctor Who)
55. Mrs. Slocombe (Are You Being Served?)
54. Mr. Humphries (Are You Being Served?)
53. Quincy (Quincy M.E.)
52. Jed Clampett (The Beverly Hillbillies)
51. Jessica Fletcher (Murder, She Wrote)
50. President Jed Bartlet (The West Wing)
49. Max Klinger (MASH)
48. Dr. Johnny Fever (WKRP In Cincinnati)
47. Jerry Seinfeld (Seinfeld)
46. Al Bundy (Married With Children)
45. Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show)
44. Peter Griffin (Family Guy)
43. Stewie Griffin (Family Guy)
42. Elaine Benes (Seinfeld)
41. Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
40. Granny (The Beverly Hillbillies)
39. Thomas Magnum (Magnum, P.I.)
38. Murphy Brown (Murphy Brown)
37. Lou Grant (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant)
36. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne)
35. Charles Ingalls (Little House on the Prairie)
34. Jack Tripper (Three's Company)
33. Barney Fife (The Andy Griffith Show)
32. Kramer (Sienfeld)
31. George Costanza (Seinfeld)
30. Laura Ingalls (Little House on the Prairie)
29. Big Bird (Sesame Street)
28. Alex Keaton (Family Ties)
27. Steve Urkel (Family Matters)
26. J.J. Evans (Good Times)
25. Maude Findlay (Maude)
24. Columbo (Columbo)
23. John-Boy Walton (The Waltons)
22. Arnold Jackson (Diff'rent Strokes)
21. Kermit the Frog (The Muppets, Sesame Street)
20. Jeannie (I Dream of Jeannie)
19. Bart Simpson (The Simpsons)
18. Samantha Stephens (Bewitched)
17. Spock (Star Trek)
16. Frasier Crane (Frasier, Cheers)
15. Mary Richards (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
14. Cliff Huxtable (The Cosby Show)
13. Gilligan (Gilligan's Island)
12. Tim Taylor (Home Improvement)
11. Edith Bunker (All In The Family)
10. Fred Sanford (Sanford & Son)
9. J.R. Ewing (Dallas)
8. Ralph Kramden (The Honeymooners)
7. George Jefferson (The Jeffersons)
6. Captain James T. Kirk (Star Trek)
5. Lucy Ricardo (I Love Lucy)
4. The Fonz (Happy Days)
3. Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)
2. Hawkeye Pierce (MASH)
1. Archie Bunker (All In The Family, Archie Bunker's Place)

There you have it, as I see it. I welcome comments.

Here are some honorable mentions: Niles Crane, Boss Hogg, Hot Lips, B.J. Honeycutt, the characters from Friends, Ted Baxter, Gomer Pyle, Hogan('s Heroes), Mr. and Mrs. Roper, Peg Bundy, Xena, Thurston Howle III, Barney Miller, Webster and Grampa Walton.

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