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Which TV Show Boss Is Like Yours? Most Bosses Were Like Sam Malone On 'Cheers'

Posted: 1:40 pm CDT July 27, 2007

Have you ever watched TV and found one of the characters eerily familiar? Perhaps your work like is more like a sitcom than you thought.

From today's primetime hits to yesterday's classics, workers in a new survey said they found striking similarities between their real life bosses and TV characters and personas.

When asked which TV boss most reminds them of their own boss, the most popular responses from workers included:

Sam Malone from "Cheers"
Charlie from "Charlie's Angels"
Judge Judy from "Judge Judy"
Donald Trump from "The Apprentice"
Simon Cowell from "American Idol"
Mr. Burns from "The Simpsons"
Miranda Bailey from "Grey's Anatomy"
Michael Scott from "The Office"
Tyra Banks from "America's Next Top Model"
Jack from "Lost"

CareerBuilder.com points to the following traits often associated with these characters/personas:

Sam Malone from "Cheers" - amicable, fun
Charlie from "Charlie's Angels" - absentee
Judge Judy from "Judge Judy" - no nonsense
Donald Trump from "The Apprentice" - demanding, powerful
Simon Cowell from "American Idol" - judgmental, insulting
Mr. Burns from "The Simpsons" - sinister
Miranda Bailey from "Grey's Anatomy" - tough, but fair
Michael Scott from "The Office" – idiotic
Tyra Banks from "America's Next Top Model" - constantly challenging, quick to point out flaws
Jack from "Lost" - smart, looks out for the team

More than 5,700 workers participated in a national study by CareerBuilder.com, conducted by Harris Interactive, exploring TV and the workplace.

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A cross between Charlie, Michael Scott, and a closet gay guy.

My boss is kind of like Charlie from 'Charlie's Angels'. I hardly ever see him, which is good for me!! He's mostly at our terminal in Illinois.

My boss is kind of like Doug's boss on "The King of Queens." Except, maybe Supervisor O'Boyle is a tad nicer than my boss.

Sam From Cheers

I once had a boss like "Louie" on Taxi...he was short and bald, treated his employees like dirt ( It was a trucking and taxi company, coincedentally enough ), and sexually harassed the women in the office.....ironically, he was
shot to death, by his mistress (One of the women he used to harass at work)*

*Hes the only person i ever personally knew, who was murdered :eek:

I am my own boss. JUDGE JUDY ALL THE WAY.

I know how much you like her Mikado. :lol:

Simon Cowell, defo! judgmental and insulting.

I am my own boss. JUDGE JUDY ALL THE WAY.

I know how much you like her Mikado. :lol:
yeah....about as much as I'd like to shave with a red-hot axe, covered in battery acid :rolleyes:

Jack from "Lost" she really looks out for the two departments that she handles, and she knows her job, and wants all of us to promote to better positions and is very encouraging.

Jack from "Lost" she really looks out for the two departments that she handles, and she knows her job, and wants all of us to promote to better positions and is very encouraging.

A cross between Sam Malone (she is amiable and fun) and Charlie Townsend (I work mainly on my own and in a different room than my supervisor).

A cross between Charlie, Michael Scott, and a closet gay guy.
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