What a character!

As I am watching reruns of The Bob Newhart Show and The Golden Girls, I could not help but think of who my all time favorite television characters are/were. There are so many great shows that have made an impact on my life, but a show is only as good as the actors that play the roles. Here is my tribute to the best television characters of all time (in no particular order):


1. Roseanne Conner (played by Roseanne Barr) - Roseanne
2. Heathcliff Huxtable (played by Bill Cosby) - The Cosby Show
3. Clair Huxtable (played by Phylicia Rashaad)- The Cosby Show
4. Martin Payne (played by Martin Lawrence) - Martin
5. ALL of The Golden Girls (Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty) - The Golden Girls
6. Whitley Gilbert (played by Jasmine Guy) - A Different World
7. DeWayne Wayne (played by Kadeem Hardison) - A Different World
8. James Evans (played by John Amos) - Good Times
9. Darlene Connor (played by Sarah Gilbert)- Roseanne
10. Victor Newman (played by Eric Braeden) - The Young & The Restless
11. Abby Ewing (played by Donna Mills) - Knots Landing
12. Maxine Shaw (played by Erika Alexander) - Living Single
13. Jackie Harris (played by Laurie Metcalf) - Roseanne
14. Christina Yang (played by Sandra Oh) - Grey's Anatomy
15. Karen Walker (played by Megan Mullally - Will & Grace
16. Nat X - (played by Chris Rock) - Saturday Night Live
17. Debbie Downer (played by Rachel Dratch) - Saturday Night Live
18. Mary Richards (played by Mary Tyler Moore) - Mary Tyler Moore Show
19. Ted Baxter (played by Ted Knight) - Mary Tyler Moore Show
20. Cast of Seinfield (Jerry Seinfield, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander) - Seinfield
21. Dan Connor - (played by John Goodman) - Roseanne
22. Bob Hartley - (played by Bob Newhart) - Bob Newhart Show
23. J.R Ewing - (played by Larry Hagman) - Dallas
24. Cast of Cheers - Cheers
25. Frasier Krane (played by Kelsey Grammar) - Frasier
26. William Dent (played by Reggie Hayes ) - Girlfriends
27. Jack Tripper (played by John Ritter) - Three's Company
28. Barney Stitsen (played by Neil Patrick Harris) - How I Met Your Mother
29. Lucy Ricardo (played by Lucille Ball) - I Love Lucy
30. Sue Ann Nevins (played by Betty White) - Mary Tyler Moore Show
31. Jill Munroe (played by Farrah Fawcet-Majors) Charlie's Angels
32. Alex Keaton (played by Michael J. Fox) - Family Ties
33. Steven Keaton (played by Michael Gross) - Family Ties
34. Michael Scott (played by Steve Carell) - The Office
35. Jim Halpert (played by John Krasinski) - The Office

More to come later...