50 Most Hated Characters in television

[BlackAngel]

TV people you hated more than Christmas fruitcake, more than fingernails on blackboard, even more than Carrot-Top himself.  So, here we go:


50. Ross Geller (Friends)
49. Wilbur Post (Mr. Ed)
48. Janet Wood (Three's Company)
47. Dwayne Wayne (A Different World)
46. Jimmy Glick (Primetime Glick)
45. The Professor (Gilligan's Island)
44. Gomer Pyle (Gomer Pyle, USMC)
43. Paul Shaffer (Late Show with David Letterman)
42. Edna Garrett (The Facts of Life)
41. Jesse Spano (Saved by the Bell)
40. Harry T. Stone (Night Court)
39. Twiki (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)
38. Joanie Cunningham (Happy Days)
37. Joan Rivers (E!)
36. Capt. Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce (M*A*S*H)
35. Orville "Rick" Wright (Magnum P.I.)
34. Flo Castleberry (Alice)
33. Rod Roddy (The Price is Right)
32."Cousin" Larry Appleton (Perfect Strangers)
31. Joe Besser (Three Stooges)
30. Stuart Scott (SportsCenter)
29. Danny Partridge (Partridge Family)
28. Coy and Vance Duke (Dukes of Hazzard)
27. Dr. Frasier Crane (Frasier)
26. James Lipton (Inside the Actors Studio)
25. Wesley T. Owens (Mr. Belvedere)
24. Fran "The Nanny" Fine (The Nanny)
23. Jonathan Bower (Who's the Boss)
22. Templeton "Face" Peck (A-Team)
21. Janice Lazarotto (Head of the Class)
20. Jesse Camp (MTV)
19. Ben Seaver (Growing Pains)
18. Dr. Phil McGraw (Dr. Phil)
17. Bobby Donnell (The Practice)
16. Ernestine the Operator (Rowan & Martin Laugh-In)
15. Joey Russo (Blossom)
14. Bryant Gumble (The Early Show)
13. Jimmy Fallon (Saturday Night Live)
12. Buddy Lembeck (Charles in Charge)
11. Thelma Harper (Mama's Family)
10. Harry Solomon (3rd Rock From the Sun)
9. Carry Bradshaw (Sex in the City)
8. Elvin Tibideaux (The Cosby Show)
7. Dawson Leery (Dawson's Creek)
6. Kathie Lee Gifford (Live With Regis and Kathie Lee)
5. Jan Brady (The Brady Bunch)
4. Steven Q. Urkle (Family Matters)
3. Andy Rooney (60 Minutes)
2. Diane Chambers (Cheers)
1. The Tanners (Full House)

I don't think Face or Jimmy Fallon are that annoying.  Even Bobby Donnell for that matter, but that's just me.
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[NEC]

I actually like about a quarter to a third of those characters!

[Foywonder]

Was this another bulls**t Maxim list? They need to stick to getting young starlets half naked and quit pretending like they actually have their fingers on the pulse of pop culture.

[Fearless Freep]

I actually like about a quarter to a third of those characters!

I don't think I know most of those characters. I recognize the shows, but since I don't watch many TV shows.

But like I usually say when these 'things I hate" lists come up, I don't waste a lot of time dwelling on what I don't like.  If I lie it, I watch it.  If I don't I don't watch it.  Life goes on

[jmc]

Scrappy Doo is the most hated character on television.....

[wuggles451]

They left out every character ever on the Disney channel.

[Dunners]

How come the cast for 'will and grace" isnt up there? talk about rigged.

[Mofo Rising]

BlackAngel wrote:

> 41. Jesse Spano (Saved by the Bell)

Who could hate Jesse after her heroic fight against painful caffeine pill addiction?  Wathcing her breakdown into "I'm So Excited" was some of the most harrowing t.v. watching in recent history.

> 32."Cousin" Larry Appleton (Perfect Strangers)

Now really, I defy you to think of a better straightman to play opposite Balki.

> 20. Jesse Camp (MTV)

Great singer, though.

> 13. Jimmy Fallon (Saturday Night Live)

Now that's a trendy choice.  What about Melanie Hutsell?

> 12. Buddy Lembeck (Charles in Charge)

Yes, but you can't badmouth somebody who now plays Bibleman.

[JohnL]

>> 12. Buddy Lembeck (Charles in Charge)
>
>Yes, but you can't badmouth somebody who now plays Bibleman.

It depends on whether you're talking about the wiseass Buddy Lembeck or the braindead Buddy Lembeck who made Kelly Bundy look smart...

[yaddo42]

I actually agree with most of this list, but would rank Paul Shaffer, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimminy Glick, and "Cousin Larry" much higher.

Ben Seaver was too bland to be on this list. Where are the complete casts of "Suddenly Susan" and "Veronica's Closet"? Where's any character David Spade played on SNL or his character on "Just Shoot Me"?

Notice how many supposedly cute, smartass kids from sitcoms are on the list.

But I like Janet Wood. And sure Janice Lazarotto was was whiney, but the actress playing her was hot, so I let it slide and hated when she left the show.

[Scott]

Judy Woodruff of CNN is the worst news person/character on TV.

Actually I don't watch regular TV much anymore. If I do its Reality TV type programming, Seinfield, Americas Funniest Video. The last time I actually watched the major networks was back in the 70's as a teenager. If I'm not renting films I can be found watching.

Western Channel (Hopefully they keep bringing hard to find Westerns)
Fox News (the best news channel)
Weather Channel
Encore Channels (Been catching alot of secondary stuff that I have passed over the years. Good stuff)
Flix (They have also been showing some good films)
History Channel (they are still putting together new docu pieces than most)
Nova (on PBS)
Bravo (once in a while)
Wrestling (Once in a blue moon just to see what they are doing with the characters.

Travel Channel (our cable provider lost this nice channel)

[BlackAngel]

I was just wondering, the actress that played Janice Lazarotto,  was she ever in this show called "Cybil"?
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[Fearless Freep]

BlackAngel....can you please edit your profile?  All those "-" in your sig, on most of my browser configurations it causes the pages to get very wide and I spend most of my time scrolling back and forth to read anyone's post; it effects the width and wrapping of every post in a thread you've posted in

[raj]

What gets me about this list is that it mixes real people (like Paul Schafer) along side fictional characters.  If they want to talk about obnoxious people, fine, but don't go mixing real people with folks who are saddled with bad writers.

And what's with knocking down Ernestine?  I loved that character.  She's supposed to be annoying, it's a two minute skit, she had to establish the character's obnoxiousness quickly.  It is called caricature.

And where the (*&^*^ is the Star Trek:TNG cast (especially Wesley)?

[JohnL]

>I was just wondering, the actress that played Janice Lazarotto, was she ever in
>this show called "Cybil"?

Nope.

Tannis Vallely