Who is the Best TV Character? (1 Viewer)

[Freelove]

I'm really confused how Picard made it into this pole and Spock didn't. I could make an argument for Spock over Kirk, fer chrissakes.

Yeah, but Picard over both of them seems obvious enough.

 

[Raider Nation]

Chibs? Seriously?

I'm just happy that Sam Malone made the cut over Dana Brody and Carrie Bradshaw.

 

[Aerial Assault]

I'm really confused how Picard made it into this pole and Spock didn't. I could make an argument for Spock over Kirk, fer chrissakes.

Yeah, but Picard over both of them seems obvious enough.

 

[Ilov80s]

Only 1 woman FWIW. What does that say about us? TV producers? Writers? America?

 

[fantasycurse42]

Anyone questioning who made the poll please read through the first 100 posts where the FFA had free rein to nominate who they wanted... If someone wasn't mentioned in the first 100 posts, it is fairly safe to assume they wouldnt have been voted the winner.

 

[Insein]

Only 1 woman FWIW. What does that say about us? TV producers? Writers? America?

Women are boring.

 

[dickey moe]

Stringer Bell

 

[Ilov80s]

Only 1 woman FWIW. What does that say about us? TV producers? Writers? America?

Women are boring.

To each their own, I get excited by women.

 

[Kumerica]

No Leon Black?

This poll is defective.

 

[Insein]

Only 1 woman FWIW. What does that say about us? TV producers? Writers? America?

Women are boring.

To each their own, I get excited by women.

To listen to on tv? Yea to each their own.

 

[joffer]

Anyone questioning who made the poll please read through the first 100 posts where the FFA had free rein to nominate who they wanted... If someone wasn't mentioned in the first 100 posts, it is fairly safe to assume they wouldnt have been voted the winner.

Big red x

 

[Politician Spock]

Chibs? Seriously?

I'm just happy that Sam Malone made the cut over Dana Brody and Carrie Bradshaw.

The whole Cheers cast should be on this list.

 

[HughHoney]

Group 2 is weak, a joke. Group 1 & 3 have 8 of the top 12. Dexter Morgan should be included. Season 4 of Dexter is greatest season of TV I've ever seen.

 

[Sarnoff]

Only 1 woman FWIW. What does that say about us? TV producers? Writers? America?

Women are boring.

To each their own, I get excited by women.

To listen to on tv? Yea to each their own.

Lucy pretty much invented television. No idea why she isn't getting respect here.

 

[Insein]

Only 1 woman FWIW. What does that say about us? TV producers? Writers? America?

Women are boring.

To each their own, I get excited by women.

To listen to on tv? Yea to each their own.

Lucy pretty much invented television. No idea why she isn't getting respect here.

That I am surprised considering how old most of the board is. She was too old to even be on in reruns for me.

 

[Norman Paperman]

No Frasier Crane?

FlaVVed

 

[Freelove]

No Frasier Crane?

FlaVVed

Objectively speaking, this is probably a good call.

But he wasn't going to do all that well on the poll anyway, judging from who is dominating.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

I went with Walter White, Fox Mulder (weakest list IMO), Tony Soprano, and Homer Simpson.

If I had to pick one, it would be a toss-up between Tony and Homer, with Walt a pretty solid 3rd.

 

[belljr]

Anyone questioning who made the poll please read through the first 100 posts where the FFA had free rein to nominate who they wanted... If someone wasn't mentioned in the first 100 posts, it is fairly safe to assume they wouldnt have been voted the winner.

Louie DePalma was posted right after Jim Ignatowski and before rust cohle

 

[bigmarc27]

I love the Simpsons, but Homer beating Costanza is just wrong. Costanza should take this entire thing easily.

 

[Fat Nick]

It's kind of sad how many of these I don't even know.

 

[Fat Nick]

I love the Simpsons, but Homer beating Costanza is just wrong. Costanza should take this entire thing easily.

See, I'd argue that Homer might be the GOAT on this list. Just pure staying-power as the most iconic character on the show alone should have him really high. Add in the fact that he's a cultural icon at this point, and you've got character gold.

 

[Norman Paperman]

Really, if you were going to do this, should have set up categories:

Pre-2000 Comedy

Pre-2000 Drama

2000 and Later Comedy

2000 and later Drama

HBO

Animated

 

[bigmarc27]

I love the Simpsons, but Homer beating Costanza is just wrong. Costanza should take this entire thing easily.

See, I'd argue that Homer might be the GOAT on this list. Just pure staying-power as the most iconic character on the show alone should have him really high. Add in the fact that he's a cultural icon at this point, and you've got character gold.

Add in Tony Soprano and you've probably got the top 3 ever. Too bad two are in the same bracket.

 

[joffer]

Jack Tripper

 

[Leroy Hoard]

The youngest daughter on Step By Step.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Homer Simpson, imo.

Just don't quote anything from the Simpsons movie or you will be in big trouble.

 

[Politician Spock]

It's kind of sad how many of these I don't even know.

You've got it backwards. The more you know, the sadder you are.

 

[AAABatteries]

Barney Fife gets my vote. As someone else pointed out there's very few actors/characters that can make you laugh with just facial expressions. Barney, Kramer and Tim Conway did that for me.

 

[Brony]

Boner

 

[fantasycurse42]

Surprised Walter White takes Bundy & Homer over Costanza... Bunker in a cakewalk and group 3 is kinda a wildcard.

 

[NIU Kicker]

This is a question that's just too big for one answer ,

 

[NIU Kicker]

Chibs? Seriously?

I'm just happy that Sam Malone made the cut over Dana Brody and Carrie Bradshaw.

The whole Cheers cast should be on this list.

And Taxi.

 

[kentric]

Bugs Bunny really shouldn't be on the list. That's a movie character.

LOL WHAT??? You've got to be

Tim has said some seriously wacky stuff before. But this. . . just takes the cake.

90% of Bugs on TV originally appeared on the big screen- all of the Looney Tunes cartoons. Virtually the only thing that was made for TV was the introduction to the shows, like the Bugs Bunny Roadrunner show. All of the actual content is straight from the movie theater.I thought everybody knew this.

99% of us saw these cartoons on TV rather than in a Movie Theatre. Whether they were first in the Movie Theatre or not is fairly irrelevent. We saw them on TV.

This.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Thomas Magnum

Colonel Wilma Deering

Hannibal Heyes

 

[Sarnoff]

Bugs Bunny really shouldn't be on the list. That's a movie character.

LOL WHAT??? You've got to be

Tim has said some seriously wacky stuff before. But this. . . just takes the cake.

90% of Bugs on TV originally appeared on the big screen- all of the Looney Tunes cartoons. Virtually the only thing that was made for TV was the introduction to the shows, like the Bugs Bunny Roadrunner show. All of the actual content is straight from the movie theater.I thought everybody knew this.

99% of us saw these cartoons on TV rather than in a Movie Theatre. Whether they were first in the Movie Theatre or not is fairly irrelevent. We saw them on TV.

This.

Almost no one saw "The Big Lebowski" in theaters. The Dude belongs in this poll, that movie is one of my favorite TV shows.

 

[VA703]

Mr belvedere

 

[kentric]

Bugs Bunny really shouldn't be on the list. That's a movie character.

LOL WHAT??? You've got to be

Tim has said some seriously wacky stuff before. But this. . . just takes the cake.

90% of Bugs on TV originally appeared on the big screen- all of the Looney Tunes cartoons. Virtually the only thing that was made for TV was the introduction to the shows, like the Bugs Bunny Roadrunner show. All of the actual content is straight from the movie theater.I thought everybody knew this.

99% of us saw these cartoons on TV rather than in a Movie Theatre. Whether they were first in the Movie Theatre or not is fairly irrelevent. We saw them on TV.

This.

Almost no one saw "The Big Lebowski" in theaters. The Dude belongs in this poll, that movie is one of my favorite TV shows.

So you're comparing a movie to a cartoon that ran for over 40 years? Fooled the hell out of me. Never would I have imagined that Sarnoff was a Tim alias.

 

[Sarnoff]

Mr belvedere

Also came from a movie

 

[Raider Nation]

Mr belvedere

Also came from a movie

I've done that.

 

[Freelove]

Bugs Bunny really shouldn't be on the list. That's a movie character.

LOL WHAT??? You've got to be

Tim has said some seriously wacky stuff before. But this. . . just takes the cake.

90% of Bugs on TV originally appeared on the big screen- all of the Looney Tunes cartoons. Virtually the only thing that was made for TV was the introduction to the shows, like the Bugs Bunny Roadrunner show. All of the actual content is straight from the movie theater.I thought everybody knew this.

99% of us saw these cartoons on TV rather than in a Movie Theatre. Whether they were first in the Movie Theatre or not is fairly irrelevent. We saw them on TV.

This.

Almost no one saw "The Big Lebowski" in theaters. The Dude belongs in this poll, that movie is one of my favorite TV shows.

So you're comparing a movie to a cartoon that ran for over 40 years? Fooled the hell out of me. Never would I have imagined that Sarnoff was a Tim alias.

This for real? Wizard of Oz has been running on TV longer than that. Probably nobody here saw that when it first ran in theaters. It a TV show?

I heard a soundbyte from Raiders of the Lost Ark on the radio yesterday. This does not qualify Harrison Ford in greatest vocalist competitions.

 

[kentric]

Bugs Bunny really shouldn't be on the list. That's a movie character.

LOL WHAT??? You've got to be

Tim has said some seriously wacky stuff before. But this. . . just takes the cake.

90% of Bugs on TV originally appeared on the big screen- all of the Looney Tunes cartoons. Virtually the only thing that was made for TV was the introduction to the shows, like the Bugs Bunny Roadrunner show. All of the actual content is straight from the movie theater.I thought everybody knew this.

99% of us saw these cartoons on TV rather than in a Movie Theatre. Whether they were first in the Movie Theatre or not is fairly irrelevent. We saw them on TV.

This.

Almost no one saw "The Big Lebowski" in theaters. The Dude belongs in this poll, that movie is one of my favorite TV shows.

So you're comparing a movie to a cartoon that ran for over 40 years? Fooled the hell out of me. Never would I have imagined that Sarnoff was a Tim alias.

This for real? Wizard of Oz has been running on TV longer than that. Probably nobody here saw that when it first ran in theaters. It a TV show?

I heard a soundbyte from Raiders of the Lost Ark on the radio yesterday. This does not qualify Harrison Ford in greatest vocalist competitions.

Let me rephrase. You're comparing a movie you see several times a year on TV (even over 40 years) with a cartoon that was running 5x/week for 40 years?

Better?

 

[pats3in4]

Archie Bunker should run away with this. Everybody knows who he is, hilarious character, ignorant to a fault..but always learned a thing or two by the end of every episode, played off well against the foils that were his family.

Voted Al Bundy in group 1, but rethinking that I should have voted Walter White who may be the best developed character ever in a drama series. Al Bundy is more Archie Bunker lite with less bigotry and more sarcasm.

Tony Soprano should win group 3 for being Walter White's contender for best developed character, and definitely the winner for best character on a premium cable series. It was HBO series like the Sopranos that lead the way for Mad Men, Breaking Bad and other great series to make it to basic cable and network TV.

Homer Simpson, like Archie Bunker, is world-renowned and 26 years and 500+ episodes later his show has lapped the competition in longevity. Bugs Bunny is also world-renowned, but doesn't have 500+ episodes on his resume. Homer is the king of comic characters.

 

[Freelove]

Al Bundy, Archie Bunker, George Costanza, and Homer Simpson are pretty much just one character, anyway. That's why I only voted for one of them, along with House, Jack Bauer, and Tyrion.

 

[Ilov80s]

Al Bundy, Archie Bunker, George Costanza, and Homer Simpson are pretty much just one character, anyway. That's why I only voted for one of them, along with House, Jack Bauer, and Tyrion.

I love Tyrion but I'm not sure he has had enough screen time to really rate with the others.

 

[Politician Spock]

LOL WHAT??? You've got to be

Tim has said some seriously wacky stuff before. But this. . . just takes the cake.

90% of Bugs on TV originally appeared on the big screen- all of the Looney Tunes cartoons. Virtually the only thing that was made for TV was the introduction to the shows, like the Bugs Bunny Roadrunner show. All of the actual content is straight from the movie theater.I thought everybody knew this.

99% of us saw these cartoons on TV rather than in a Movie Theatre. Whether they were first in the Movie Theatre or not is fairly irrelevent. We saw them on TV.

This.

Almost no one saw "The Big Lebowski" in theaters. The Dude belongs in this poll, that movie is one of my favorite TV shows.

So you're comparing a movie to a cartoon that ran for over 40 years? Fooled the hell out of me. Never would I have imagined that Sarnoff was a Tim alias.

This for real? Wizard of Oz has been running on TV longer than that. Probably nobody here saw that when it first ran in theaters. It a TV show?

I heard a soundbyte from Raiders of the Lost Ark on the radio yesterday. This does not qualify Harrison Ford in greatest vocalist competitions.

Let me rephrase. You're comparing a movie you see several times a year on TV (even over 40 years) with a cartoon that was running 5x/week for 40 years?Better?

Well, ####! I only got Bugs Bunny on Saturday mornings.

 

[dhockster]

Let me rephrase. You're comparing a movie you see several times a year on TV (even over 40 years) with a cartoon that was running 5x/week for 40 years?

Better?

I also think there is a difference between something that was an actual movie in the movie theatre and something that was shown as a short in a movie theatre.

 

[Insein]

Need to try this again with 4 way polls to get a better picture of the real champ.

 

[fantasycurse42]

I'm going to give them both the nod and make it a final 5... They're just neck and neck.

New poll up...

Can't believe Walter White takes out Bundy.

Handicapping the finalists:

Archie Bunker - 4/5

Walter White - 2/1

George Costanza - 5/2

Homer Simpson - 5/2

Tony Soprano - 9/2

 

[bigmarc27]

1a: Constanza

1b: Soprano

Really think these two tower above the rest and are the best comedy/drama characters ever.