TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time

Internet Movie Database ^ | 29 Jun 2011 | Raisley Gordon

[Leaning Right]

1. Louie De Palma
2. Ed Norton
3. Lucy Ricardo
4. Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli
5. Archie Bunker

[Vermont Lt]

I would have moved Mary Tyler Moore up the list, simply because she was an inspiration to a lot of single working women—but that is nit picking.

Its funny, the ones from the late 60-70s I know. Then I got married and I know fewer. Then we had kids. I don’t know any of them.

And now, I am learning some of the newer ones. Its like I had a 25-year drunk black out from 1990 through 2015.

[Cecily]

They also left out Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable and George Jefferson (two great characters).

[wally_bert]

Huggy Bear was a capitalist.

[Responsibility2nd]

I had not heard that. Sad.

And as I recall - he was in AfterMASH too.

[Buttons12]

Not my field of expertise but I am missing Ernest T. Bass and Briscoe Darling, and Larry Darryl & Darryl. Guess I have a thing for marginal hominids.

[Leep]

This List is FAKE!

[edh]

“6. The Prisoner.”

Nice! :-)

[GreyFriar]

Ah, Danny DeVito. I never watched Taxi. Thank you.

[Sybeck1]

My wife and daughter used to watch that until it went gay

[Calvin Locke]

I kinda liked the guy that climbed out onto the roof.

[edh]

I could never get sick of looking at Lynda Carter. Listening to her, yes, but not looking at her :-) .

Another favorite from that time is Erin Gray (Col. Wilma Deering on Buck Rogers).

[dfwgator]

Rover.

[Let's Roll]

Was he Morry, one of the writers on Reiner’s show?

[PLMerite]

" I’ll never know the touch of a beautiful woman."

I never appreciated until later how much they "made down" (vice "make-up") Katey Sagal to play Peg Bundy.

[Fresh Wind]

Shame on TV Guide for showing a picture of Steve Martin as Sgt. Bilko rather than Phil Silvers.

[FrdmLvr]

I binge watched the Rockford Files last year. Can’t remember if it was on Netflix or Amazon Prime. So 60s-70s iconic. It was as good as I remembered it.

[Leep]

Adrian Monk

Author Spooner

[Fresh Wind]

Not a single character from WKRP. Epic fail.

Roseanne Barr instead of Loni Anderson? /facepalm

[hey Bean]

Don't forget Arnold!

[mountn man]

Ahh yes, Erin Gray.

That smile, those eyes, killed me.