Top 25 TV Characters of All Time
I just read a blog in which the author listed his top 25 TV characters of all time. I thought it was a really interesting idea for an entry, so I decided to copy it. We'll see if I can make it to 25. Be advised that most of these are probably my favorite characters right now, I'm sure they'll change next week.
1. Logan Echolls (Jason Dohring) - Veronica Mars
2. Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford) - The West Wing
3. Data (Brent Spiner) - Star Trek: The Next Generation
4. Angel (David Boreanaz) - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
5. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (Katee Sackoff) - Battlestar Galactica
6. Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) - The Office
7. Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell) - Veronica Mars
8. Josiah Bartlett (Martin Sheen) - The West Wing
9. George O'Malley (T.R. Knight) - Grey's Anatomy
10. Harold Abbott (Tom Amandes) - Everwood
11. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) - Grey's Anatomy
12. Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) - The X-Files
13. Michael Guerin (Brendan Fehr) - Roswell
14. Casey McCall (Peter Krause) - Sports Night
15. Gaius Baltar (James Callis) - Battlestar Galactica
16. Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) - The X-Files
17. Luke Danes (Scott Patterson) - Gilmore Girls
18. Ainsley Hayes (Emily Procter) - The West Wing
19. Leo McGarry (John Spencer) - The West Wing
20. Lee "Apollo" Adama (Jamie Bamber) - Battlestar Galactica
21. Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) - Get Smart
22. Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) - Grey's Anatomy
23. Hoban "Wash" Washburne (Alan Tudyk) - Firefly
24. Jordan McDeere (Amanda Peet) - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
25. Hiro Nakamura (Masi Oka) - Heroes
Ok, so did I forget anyone great? Anyone you totally disagree with? If so, leave a comment and convince me. Or, if you think I've chosen someone completely random, ask me why.
Just so you know, these really are in order of preference. Right now, Logan Echolls is my absolute favorite character on TV. The expression on his face at the end of last week's episode? Heartbreaking.
As you can see, The West Wing, Battlestar Galactica, and Grey's Anatomy were the big repeats. Obviously, The West Wing has too many great characters to include, I definitely had to leave some worthy ones out. Every single character on Battlestar Galactica is ridiculously intriguing, the ones included here are just my favorites. And, perhaps surprisingly, I have several favorite characters from Grey's Anatomy. While I might not always think that the storylines on Grey's are good, I always love the characters. I think it's just completely awesome how frakked up Meredith Grey is. How many other shows on TV have a completely screwed up main character? Dr. Burke would've made the list if not for this recent thing w/ his hand; I hate that entire storyline and it's tainted his character in my eyes.
I think, out of my all-time favorite TV shows, only X-Men: The Animated Series (which did not present any of the characters very well but is still a favorite from childhood) and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (which I love, but I don't love either of the main characters to include them in the list) are not represented.
1. Logan Echolls (Jason Dohring) - Veronica Mars
2. Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford) - The West Wing
3. Data (Brent Spiner) - Star Trek: The Next Generation
4. Angel (David Boreanaz) - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
5. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (Katee Sackoff) - Battlestar Galactica
6. Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) - The Office
7. Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell) - Veronica Mars
8. Josiah Bartlett (Martin Sheen) - The West Wing
9. George O'Malley (T.R. Knight) - Grey's Anatomy
10. Harold Abbott (Tom Amandes) - Everwood
11. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) - Grey's Anatomy
12. Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) - The X-Files
13. Michael Guerin (Brendan Fehr) - Roswell
14. Casey McCall (Peter Krause) - Sports Night
15. Gaius Baltar (James Callis) - Battlestar Galactica
16. Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) - The X-Files
17. Luke Danes (Scott Patterson) - Gilmore Girls
18. Ainsley Hayes (Emily Procter) - The West Wing
19. Leo McGarry (John Spencer) - The West Wing
20. Lee "Apollo" Adama (Jamie Bamber) - Battlestar Galactica
21. Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) - Get Smart
22. Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) - Grey's Anatomy
23. Hoban "Wash" Washburne (Alan Tudyk) - Firefly
24. Jordan McDeere (Amanda Peet) - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
25. Hiro Nakamura (Masi Oka) - Heroes
Ok, so did I forget anyone great? Anyone you totally disagree with? If so, leave a comment and convince me. Or, if you think I've chosen someone completely random, ask me why.
Just so you know, these really are in order of preference. Right now, Logan Echolls is my absolute favorite character on TV. The expression on his face at the end of last week's episode? Heartbreaking.
As you can see, The West Wing, Battlestar Galactica, and Grey's Anatomy were the big repeats. Obviously, The West Wing has too many great characters to include, I definitely had to leave some worthy ones out. Every single character on Battlestar Galactica is ridiculously intriguing, the ones included here are just my favorites. And, perhaps surprisingly, I have several favorite characters from Grey's Anatomy. While I might not always think that the storylines on Grey's are good, I always love the characters. I think it's just completely awesome how frakked up Meredith Grey is. How many other shows on TV have a completely screwed up main character? Dr. Burke would've made the list if not for this recent thing w/ his hand; I hate that entire storyline and it's tainted his character in my eyes.
I think, out of my all-time favorite TV shows, only X-Men: The Animated Series (which did not present any of the characters very well but is still a favorite from childhood) and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (which I love, but I don't love either of the main characters to include them in the list) are not represented.