Al Bundy fans!
 

Old news, but...
Only 59th place in terms of best characters on TV :Oh crap:error

Bravo's 100 Greatest TV Characters list

100. Xena
99. Monk
98. Steve Urkel
97. Dr. Smith
96. Artie
95. Doug Ross
94. Vic Mackey
93. Maynard G Krebs
92. Agent Dale Cooper
91. Caine
90. Herman Munster
89. Lt. Castillo
88. Jamie Somers
87. Gomez & Morticia
86. Maxwell Smart
85. Napoleon Solo/Illya Kuryakin
84. Bob Hartley
83. Vinnie Barbarino
82. Gil Grissom & Catherine Willow
81. Cast of Will & Grace
80. Jack Tripper
79. Charles Ingalls
78. Rob & Laura Petrie
77. Dr. Craig
76. Ellenor Frutt
75. Ally McBeal
74. Beaver
73. Dr. Johnny Fever
72. Dick Solomon
71. Dan Fielding
70. Niles Crane
69. David Addison/Maddie Hayes
68. Benson
67. Jim Ignatowski
66. Carla Tortelli
65. John Boy
64. Jessica Fletcher
63. Andy Taylor
62. Francis Xavier Pembleton
61. Crockett & Tubbs
60. Mork
59. Al & Peg Bundy
58. Barney Miller
57. Rhoda Morgenstern
56. Mick Belker
55. Capt. Picard
54. Rocky & Bullwinkle
53. Pres. Josiah Bartlet
52. Emma Peel
51. Murphy Brown
50. Sam & Diane
49. Maude Findlay
48. Ted Baxter
47. Carmela Soprano
46. Cast of Friends
45. Marshal Matt Dillon
44. Cliff Huxtable
43. Thomas Magnum
42. Laverne & Shirley
41. The Barone Family
40. Fred Sanford
39. Kojak
38. Sgt. Ernie Bilko
37. Marcus Welby
36. Barney Fife
35. Lou Grant
34. Kermit & Miss Piggy
33. Maverick
32. Scully & Mulder
31. Samantha Stephens
30. Det. Lenny Briscoe
29. Alex Keaton
28. Perry Mason
27. Ann Marie
26. Frasier Crane
25. Joe Friday
24. Louis DePalma
23. Andy Sipowicz
22. Richard Kimble
21. Mr. Spock
20. Ed Norton
19. Eric Cartman
18. Roseanne
17. Jim Rockford
16. George Jefferson
15. J.R. Ewing
14. Hawkeye Pierce
13. Buffy
12. Edith Bunker
11. Carrie Bradshaw
10. Tony Soprano
9. Capt. James T. Kirk
8. Mary Richards
7. Lt. Columbo
6. Seinfeld Cast
5. Homer Simpson
4. The Fonz
3. Lucy Ricardo
2. Ralph Kramden
1. Archie Bunker

Al must not work well with bravo channel's "values" :winkwink:

Archie Bunker was racist as hell.

So was george jefferson, but they were both funny

What would Al do - Peggy and the kids protesting outside the studio perhaps?..

Lets leave "protesting" over nothing (or wrong causes) to "them" these days :Oh crap

I am not amused.

If we take last 30 years it would be not that easy to find better sitcom character than Mr. Bundy. :2 cents:
That should give him at least top 20 over all :winkwink:
59 is atrocious :pimp

should be #1 :2 cents::2 cents::2 cents:

while I disagree on much of these archie bunker is a good choice for number one and for the record he was not racist...he was bigoted...there IS a difference.

some omissions that I think were more deserving than some of the ones mentioned...

Gregory House

Boyd Crowder

Omar Little

I sure would like to do the daughter of peg and al!

I would have thought the Fonz would have got first place....

Why are some of them multiple characters (entire cast of seinfeld?!) and some a single person? I can't take this seriously with such inconsistencies. :)

Fred Sanford is only 40 I am disappointed, Redd Foxx was my childhood hero.

never heard of the top 3 before

it looks like its a usa only list

but is bilko on the list?

List
 

Talk about the toughest list to get on. Best movies, best rock songs have nothing over this list. Even placement on the list is tough.
Two I see didn't make it.

David Jansen in The Fugitive. People watched that show and in real life and with the help of F Lee Baily, got Dr. Sam Sheppard a new trial and acquittal of murdering his wife.

Uncle Joe (Edgar Buchanan) on Petty Coat Junction. Sit on the porch swing, take a nap, let the dog do the heavy lifting. A character he played in many a movie.
Once working in a store in Corpus Christi I surprised a senior couple by knowing where Humansville Missouri was. Birth place of Edgar Buchanan. Just so happened my parents had lots at the lake a few miles away.
Husband ran out of the store, looking for his wife, "Martha, Martha, this young man knows where Humansville is."
Was that any easy store sale.

Read too fast didn't see Dr Kimble.

Some good ones on the list, but then they throw in crap like Ally McBeal, Murphy brown, cast of Will and Grace. Blah.

Character
 

I read something recently that character Detective Jon Munch had been the longest running TV detective
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Munch

Tv
 

Emma Peel makes the list

So why not Canadian Red/Green or English Mrs. Bucket?

I swear every time I hire someone to fix my house Mr. Red/Green shows up.

Maybe because some of them are "glued" together and run almost as a single unit :)

I mean they have tony soprano and carmela soprano as 2 separate and al bundy with peg bundy as one. And you can understand why.

I assume most of the more than one person in the list are from sitcoms when most of them are always in the same room.

very American list, where's Basil Fawlty, Captain Mannering, Mr Humfreys, Victor Meldew .. ect ...

Walter White should have been there

Hell
 

Hell would be waking up dead and finding yourself at Fawlty Towers with Mr Fawlty and Manuel waiting on you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fYBYVBs5V8
Still waiting for my G&T

pretty good list, the top 10 are my top 10

The first non American in that list should be Mr. Bean. Now I am surprised not to see him there (unless missed). And also surprised not to see him in your short list as well.

It is not "top series" list, but top characters. WW was nothing special that could not have been played by somebody else.

The following people got dissed with this list :

Buck Wheat
Spanky
Alfalfa
Moe, Larry and Curly
Popeye, Bluto and Olive Oyl

And OMG,

Mr. T.

:1orglaugh

Wow, you really missed the whole point of that didn't you ?

i would have made a different one. true detective isn't there, carnivale (filled with good characters), OZ, game of thrones. all have actors that were supposed to be there.

Bundy Forever!

http://i.imgur.com/XA5Pgbm.png

I agree with you that Al should be much higher on the list; but disagree with this statement.

Cranston made WW. The storyline was insanely good, but he totally owned that role.

For me it is like that:

I hear "Married with children" and my first thought is "Al Bundy was legendary".
I hear "Breaking Bad" and my first thought is "BB was an awesome show".

If you catch my drift.

fucking Buffy is #13? really?

this list is full of shit

I noticed you didn't say al and peg were legendary. :) I guess there couldn't be al without peggy. Then, why is homer simpson on that list without marge?

Put in that context, I get what you are saying.

Very clever :thumbsup

Should she be higher or lower? Pretty classic icon of own time.

oh no! theres no PoC for 16 spots, well out of the 8th spot a PoC should have been designated to remain proportionate to the population.

if only disney coulda run the list, it woulda been a fucking rainbow at the top of it.

:upsidedow

Reminded me of how some moron recently (a year ago maybe) raised a question why there were no Africans nominated for Oscar. :thumbsup:1orglaugh
Even if nobody was worth it you must include at least one. That is the "logic" of many idiots (blacks and guilters alike).

Speaking about disney, this list is by bravo network, it is "liberal" as well, no? At least in terms of gay propaganda (always abnormally high percentage of gay brokers in million dollar listing etc).

Where's ALF?!?

In seriousness, where's ALF?

come to think of it, a PoC (i am enjoying my newfound progressive PC diction!) coulda been #1 on the list...

too bad he was drugging & raping white women for 30 years. :(

no heisenberg???