MY 25 FAVORITE TV CHARACTERS EVER (or at least the ones I could think of sitting down for a half-hour...)
The RULES
* No puppets or cartoons, otherwise Kermit and Homer would definitely be on this list.
* No mini-series, otherwise I’d definitely include Philip Marlow from THE SINGING DETECTIVE.
* No reality show people, otherwise Matt Kennedy Gould from THE JOE SCHMO SHOW would be on here.
* All characters must be regulars on the show. Okay, here we go
1) Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer), THE OFFICE (American)
2) Al Swearengen (Ian McShane), DEADWOOD
3) Reverend Jim Ignatowski (Christopher Lloyd), TAXI
4) Jack Bauer (Keifer Sutherland), 24
5) Omar Little (Michael K. Williams), THE WIRE
6) Calamity Jane (Robin Weigert), DEADWOOD
7) Hank Kingsley (Jeffrey Tambor), THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW
8) David Brent (Ricky Gervais), THE OFFICE (British)
9) Dr. Gaius Baltar (James Callis), BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
10) Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar), BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
11) Titus Pullo, ROME
12) Maxwell Smart (Don Adams), GET SMART
13) Gob Bluth (Will Arnett), ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
14) Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli), THE SOPRANOS
15) Creed (Creed Bratton), THE OFFICE (American)
16) Kirk Gleason (Sean Gunn), THE GILMORE GIRLS
17) Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk), COLUMBO
18) Carmela Soprano (Edie Falco), THE SOPRANOS
19) Woody Boyd (Woody Harrelson), CHEERS
20) Miguel Alvarez (Kirk Acevedo), OZ