Bravo's 100 Greatest TV characters

[Jedi Master Carr]

Not sure how many knew this was on but it started like Monday, I watched some of it today, but they have the list up now on the net here it is

100. "Xena"
99. "Monk"
98. Steve Urkel ("Family Matters")
97. Dr. Smith ("Lost in Space")
96. Artie ("The Larry Sanders Show")
95. Dr. Doug Ross ("ER")
94. Vic Mackey ("The Shield")
93. Maynard G. Krebs ("The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis")
92. Agent Dale Cooper ("Twin Peaks")
91. Caine ("Kung Fu")
90. Herman Munster ("The Munsters")
89. Lt. Castillo ("Miami Vice")
88. Jamie Somers ("The Bionic Woman")
87. Gomez & Morticia ("The Addams Family")
86. Maxwell Smart ("Get Smart!")
85. Napoleon Solo & Illya
Kuryakin ("The Man from U.N.C.L.E.")
84. Bob Hartley ("Bob Newhart Show")
83. Vinnie Barbarino ("Welcome Back, Kotter")
82. Gil Grissom &
Catherine Willow ("CSI")
81. Cast of "Will &
Grace"
80. Jack Tripper ("Three's Company")
79. Charles Ingalls ("Little House on the Prairie")
78. Rob & Laura Petrie ("Dick Van Dyke Show")
77. Dr. Mark Craig ("St. Elsewhere")
76. Eleanor Frutt ("The Practice")
75. Ally McBeal
74. Beaver Cleaver "Leave It to Beaver")
73. Dr. Johnny Fever ("WKRP in Cincinnati")
72. Dick Solomon ("Third Rock from the Sun")
71. Dan Fielding ("Night Court")
70. Niles Crane ("Frasier")
69.David Addison &
Maddie Hayes ("Moonlighting")
68. Benson
67. Reverend Jim Ignatowski ("Taxi")
66. Carla Tortelli ("Cheers")
65. John Boy ("The Waltons")
64. Jessica Fletcher ("Murder She Wrote")
63. Andy Taylor ("Andy Griffith Show")
62. Det. Frank Pembleton ("Homicide: Life on the Street")
61. Crockett & Tubbs ("Miami Vice")
60. Mork ("Mork & Mindy")
59. Al & Peg Bundy ("Married…with Children")
58. Barney Miller ("Married…with Children")
57. Rhoda Morgenstern ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show")
56. Mick Belker ("Hill Street Blues")
55. Capt. Jean-Luc Picard ("Star Trek: The Next Generation")
54. Rocky & Bullwinkle
53. President Josiah
Bartlett ("The West Wing")
52. Mrs. Emma Peel ("The Avengers")
51. Murphy Brown
50. Sam & Diane ("Cheers")
49. "Maude" Findlay
48. Ted Baxter ("Mary Tyler Moore Show")
47. Carmella Soprano ("The Sopranos")
46. Cast of "Friends"
45. Marshal Matt Dillon ("Gunsmoke")
44. Cliff Huxtable ("The Cosby Show")
43. Thomas Magnum ("Magnum, P.I.")
42. Laverne & Shirley
41. The Barone Family (Everybody Loves Raymond")
40. Fred Sanford ("Sanford & Son")
39. Kojak
38. Sgt. Ernie Bilko ("The Phil Silvers Show")
37. Marcus Welby
36. Barney Fife ("Andy Griffith Show")
35. Lou Grant
34. Kermit & Miss
Piggy ("The Muppet Show")
33. Bret "Maverick"
32. Scully & Mulder ("The X-Files")
31. Samantha Stephens ("Bewitched")
30. Det. Lenny
Briscoe ("Law & Order")
29. Alex Keaton ("Family Ties")
28. Perry Mason
27. Ann Marie ("That Girl")
26. "Frasier" Crane
25. Sgt. Joe Friday ("Dragnet")
24. Louis DePalma ("Taxi")
23. Andy Sipowicz ("NYPD Blue")
22. Richard Kimblel ("The Fugitive")
21. Mr. Spock (Star Trek")
20. Ed Norton ("The Honeymooners")
19. Eric Cartman ("South Park")
18. Roseanne
17. Jim Rockford ("The Rockford Files")
16. George Jefferson ("The Jeffersons")
15. J.R. Ewing ("Dallas")
14. Hawkeye Pierce ("M*A*S*H")
13. Buffy Summers ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer")
12. Edith Bunker ("All in the Family")
11. Carrie Bradshaw ("Sex and the City")
10 Tony Soprano ("The Sopranos")
9 Captain James T Kirk ("Star Trek")
8 Mary Richards ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show")
7 Columbo
6 Elaine, George, Kramer, Jerry (Seinfield)
5 Homer Simpson ("The Simpsons")
4 The Fonz ("Happy Days")
3 Lucy Ricardo ("I Love Lucy")
2 Ralph Kramden ("The Honeymooners")
1 Archie Bunker ("All in the Family")

I can't argue with the top three at all. Archie was a character. I would like to know how Buffy, Cartman and the girl from Sex in the city make the the top 20?? It is like what they are better characters than Dick Van Dyke, Barney Fife, Cliff Huxable, and Sam and Diane. I just don't get the logic in those choices. I am currious who voted on this there are a lot of characters who are either still on the air or were on not that long ago.

[Zasz Grimm]

Buffy didn't deserve to be there. Angel did. Buffy no. I was expecting other characters.

Also, Caine from Kung Fu should be in the top 20.

[Shawn]

Originally posted by Zasz Grimm
Buffy didn't deserve to be there. Angel did. Buffy no. While I'd kind of agree, Buffy is just infinitely more recognizable. Well before I had watched either show, I had no idea who Angel was, but everyone and their mother knew about Buffy.

Neat to see Tony Soprano on there. The Sopranos pretty much birthed all of the high budget drama shows we show see today. His wife didn't need a seperate entry, though.

Scully and Mulder should probably be higher.

[JMK]

I don't put much stock in this list. It seems we need to have a top 10, 20, 50, or 100 of everything these days. I don't get it.

[jjwr]

Like most lists of this sort they skew to the older shows, Homer #5? Jean Luc in the 50's?

[Dasquian Belargic]

What I want to know is how did Eric Cartman get so high in the list?


Buffy didn't deserve to be there. Angel did. Buffy no. I was expecting other characters.

Get out of this thread, you heathen :mneh

[Jedi Master Carr]

I have no idea how Cartman cracked the top 20. I can't get who thinks that Carrie Bradshaw is a better character than Jim Rockford or Edith Bunker??

[Dutchy]

Great choice for number 1, I love All in the Family.

My personal number 1 is Basil Fawlty (Fawlty Towers).

Oh, and Cartman rules!

[Sanis Prent]

The cast of Cheers and the cast of Wings should have been much, much, much higher.

I'd care about Buffy, but I'm not a gigantic nerd, and apart from the terrible movie I think I watched maybe an episode once.

[Shawn]

^ I don't fault ya. I never liked Buffy very much. But she was still pretty much a central figure in television from '98-'99.

[Jedieb]

Only one thing to do. List how many of those characters I HATE!!! :shootin

98. Steve Urkel ("Family Matters")
81. Cast of "Will & Grace"
75. Ally McBeal
18. Roseanne

Don't HATE, but would rather do without. Never really understood what the appeal was of any of these.
100. "Xena"
76. Eleanor Frutt ("The Practice")
72. Dick Solomon ("Third Rock from the Sun")
64. Jessica Fletcher ("Murder She Wrote")
13. Buffy Summers ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer")

Characters I freakin' LOVE. I'd trade one of the kids in if they could be my next door neighbor.
91. Caine ("Kung Fu")
89. Lt. Castillo ("Miami Vice")
86. Maxwell Smart ("Get Smart!")
80. Jack Tripper ("Three's Company")
79. Charles Ingalls ("Little House on the Prairie")
77. Dr. Mark Craig ("St. Elsewhere")
73. Dr. Johnny Fever ("WKRP in Cincinnati")
71. Dan Fielding ("Night Court")
69.David Addison
67. Reverend Jim Ignatowski ("Taxi")
66. Carla Tortelli ("Cheers")
61. Crockett & Tubbs ("Miami Vice")
56. Mick Belker ("Hill Street Blues")
55. Sam ("Cheers")
48. Ted Baxter ("Mary Tyler Moore Show")
43. Thomas Magnum ("Magnum, P.I.")
41. The Barone Family (Everybody Loves Raymond") Frank Barone & Ray Barone, Ray I am, Frank I wish to become.
33. Bret "Maverick"
32. Scully & Mulder ("The X-Files")
29. Alex Keaton ("Family Ties")
25. Sgt. Joe Friday ("Dragnet")
24. Louis DePalma ("Taxi")
23. Andy Sipowicz ("NYPD Blue")
21. Mr. Spock (Star Trek")
20. Ed Norton ("The Honeymooners")
14. Hawkeye Pierce ("M*A*S*H")
11. Samantha the Slut, the REAL star of the show ("Sex and the City")
10 Tony Soprano ("The Sopranos")
9 Captain James T Kirk ("Star Trek")
7 Columbo
6 Elaine, George, Kramer, Jerry (Seinfield)
5 Homer Simpson ("The Simpsons")
4 The Fonz ("Happy Days")
3 Lucy Ricardo ("I Love Lucy")
2 Ralph Kramden ("The Honeymooners")

My all time favorites; Homer and Ralph Kramdem. A live and animated version of the funniest fat man I've ever seen.

[Daiquiri Van-Derveld]

Overall, it was a pretty good listing. I have those I disagree with as well but still...not too shabby.

[Telan Desaria]

Professor Frink - Simpsons

Roz Doyle - Frasier - - just funny
(And I DONOT Look like Niles)

Garfield - Garfield

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Haha, yes you do. You're the spitting image of the man.

And I don't see Peter Falk of Colombo fame up there :( Unless I'm just not looking hard enough.

[JMK]

Thankfully you're just blind. ;)

He's at #7

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

I... ummm... well see, I was just seeing if you all knew he was on the list.

Yeah ^_^;

[Jedi Master Carr]

If Columbo didn't make the list I would have been really mad. He is my favorite character. The only characters I think should have made it were The Odd Couple (how they didn't get on is beyond me) and probably Lassie the show was a huge hit and come on who doesn't like a dog who rescues kids from buildings on fire or takes on wild Mountain Lions :p