I didn't want to use the word that rhymes with witch, but I'm planning on making a top-16 list about female jerks on sitcoms.

Characters like Eldona or Mimi Bobeck.

Jordan Sullivan- Scrubs

Bewitched's Darrin Stephens would definitely nominate his mother-in-law, Endora. :lol:

Marie and Debra Barone of Everybody Loves Raymond could definitely be insufferable.

Laura Winslow from Family Matters she was always being a jerk to her family and nerdy steve all the time.

Nellie Oleson (Little House On the Prairie)
Alexis Carrington (Dynasty)

Roseanne from "Roseanne"
Peg Bundy from "Married...With Children"
Amy Duncan from "Good Luck, Charlie"
Principal Grace Musso from "Parker Lewis Can't Lose"

How about Lois from Malcolm in the Middle? :eek:

How about Lois from Malcolm in the Middle? :eek:

YES! She's high on that list...and so is Laurie Forman from "That 70's Show".

sam royer from one day at a time and dr arthur harmon of maude spring to my mind

sam royer from one day at a time and dr arthur harmon of maude spring to my mind

But we're talking about female jerks.

Angela Channing (Falcon Crest)

Berta - Two & A Half Men - I simply HATE her!!!

Jennifer Coolidge - Two Broke Girls - See above. I change the channel the exact millisecond she comes on.

Miss Kraus - Benson - One that I remember very clearly and not so fondly.

Sue Ann Nivens - Mary Tyler Moore Show - Served as a model for Blanche on The Golden Girls, the role that Betty White was originally supposed to play.

Florence the maid - The Jeffersons - How did George put up with her for 9 years?

Judy Hensler - Leave It To Beaver - An oldie but baddie. The one with the pigtails, big mouth, and sour expression who was always telling on Beaver in class.

Serena - Bewitched - Endora gets most of the notoriety but Serena had her ornery moments as well.

Judy Hensler - Leave It To Beaver

Judy Hensler - Leave It To Beaver
I know it's animated but how about Lois Griffin from Family Guy? Oh, don't forget Claire Huxtable from The Cosby Show.

Elane from Seinfeld and Jill Taylor from Home Improvement.

Penny from The Big Bang Theory. She spends all her time mocking her supposed friends, laughing at them, or stealing from them.

I know it's animated but how about Lois Griffin from Family Guy? Oh, don't forget Claire Huxtable from The Cosby Show.


Everyone on Family Guy acts like a jerk, which is why I hate it.


Claire Huxtable?? :lol: :lol:

Everyone on Family Guy acts like a jerk, which is why I hate it.


Claire Huxtable?? :lol: :lol:
Meg Griffin is the only likeable character on that show. Claire acts like she is Miss Perfect, always thinking she is always right, mean to her kids and husband and she was so annoying. I hated her and I refuse to see the Cosby Show ever again.:mad:

Penny from The Big Bang Theory. She spends all her time mocking her supposed friends, laughing at them, or stealing from them.agree about penny she started out as a very sweet person but esp this past season she has turned into a whiny jerk with a sense of entitlement and frankly its starting to get on my nerves

But we're talking about female jerks.sorry i should have put them on the male jerk list but for femmales i know most of not all dallas fans might not like this but i have to add sue ellen ewing sure jr had many many faults but sue ellen was no prize ether i always thought she was nothing but a hipocryte she would always put down jr and blame him for sleeping around but sue ellen used people to get what she wanted too even when jr was not involved she is still that way on the new dallas

Roseanne from "Roseanne yeah she was rude crude and overweight with an annoying high voice lol

For me, it was Darlene. I never could stand Darlene Conner.

Does Michelle Tanner from "Full House" count?

It seems she almost gets away with anything.

Sami Brady from Days of Our Lives. It would take a term paper to list the things she's done. :lol:

mother jefferson - the jeffersons; was so rude towards louise and was always hostile to her, ever since she married george.

julia mazzone - caroline in the city

I'm nominating Nellie Ruth "Nell" Harper from "Gimme a Break".

When you rub her the wrong way...she'll get mad...especially with Addie Wilson, but she does make it up half the time by supporting Chief's family.

Becky Slater from The Wonder Years she really was a wicked whitch she was always pushing kevin around for him dumping her she was a jerk lol

Claire Huxtable is the bomb. Haters to the left.

Evelyn Harper (Two and a Half Men)

Hilarious character, but what a terrible mother! :lol:

Joy Turner My Name is Earl when she's not making Earl and Randy's life miserable and not giving Crab-man headaches she is always putting down Catalina or getting into trouble and poor Earl is always bailing her out.

Claire Huxtable was another wicked whitch she a was stuck up woman towards men and mostly cliff the poor guy could never get away with eating junk food she was always watching his every move in the house 24/7 lol

Does Michelle Tanner from "Full House" count?

It seems she almost gets away with anything.


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I don't know if that quite qualifies her for being a jerk- but it does qualify her for being a spoiled kid- which the show addresses in the episode "Crime and Michelle's Demeanor" wherein Danny realizes that he has been letting Michelle get away with anything- and she knows it because she thinks of herself as his little princess- and then Danny has to lay down the law. She gets her share of punishments in the series as well as DJ and Stephanie. I know some people get annoyed with her character on "Full House" for this reason- but seeing as how I love "Full House"- I don't have a problem with her.


I'm nominating Nellie Ruth "Nell" Harper from "Gimme a Break".

When you rub her the wrong way...she'll get mad...especially with Addie Wilson, but she does make it up half the time by supporting Chief's family.

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It's been a while since I've seen "Gimme A Break!", but I don't know if I see this one with Nellie Ruth "Nell" Harper. She can definitely get mad at times, particularly when provoked (but who doesn't?)- but yeah, I think she does make it up for it with her support of Chief's family. And seeing as how she basically becomes the Mom for the family (and the sole parent after actor Dolph Sweet died and subsequently, his character died.)


Claire Huxtable was another wicked whitch she a was stuck up woman towards men and mostly cliff the poor guy could never get away with eating junk food she was always watching his every move in the house 24/7 lol

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I can kinda get what you're saying, particularly about monitoring Cliff's eating habits, but I think it was (hopefully) primarily out of love and concern and not just to be a killjoy. I wouldn't call her a witch or stuck-up though. I enjoy "The Cosby Show" and used to watch it a fairly good bit as a kid- I still catch episodes of it here and there and love it!
I don't have an issue with Claire.

Of course, I think it's a bit unfair to label everyone on this list as a jerk like that's the defining characteristic of their character. Perhaps they act this way at times, but it doesn't mean they don't also shine at other moments. And besides, it wouldn't make for a very interesting (or realistic) show if there weren't some character flaws here and there.

Stephanie Vanderkellen - Newhart
Suzanne Sugarbaker - Designing Women
Carla Tortelli - Cheers
Benny Lopez - George Lopez Show
Lisa Hayes - Diff'rent Strokes

Darlene from Roseanne was a huge jerk bad girl

Darlene from Roseanne was a huge jerk bad girl
Detective Olivia Benson from Law and Order SVU: Ignorant, self rightgous and always breaking the law to prove she is right. She should have been fired.
Sam from ICarly: The most obnoxious tomboy ever. I would have loved to punch her out.
Carly from ICarly: What the heck. Spoiled brat.
Claire always thought she was perfect even when she is wrong. She deserves to be called a witch.

The black Girl Lisa Turtle from Saved By The Bell was a complete utter constant rude jerk to poor screech not only did she not like him but she even insults him at times when he did are said something she did not like lol

Well, for "Saved By the Bell"- not that it's right for Lisa to be rude, but Screech was a constant annoyance for her. She had made it clear numerous times that she was not interested in him but he kept hounding her. And she was not always a jerk to Screech any more than he was always a jerk to her. There were a number of times when Screech came to Lisa's rescue ("Dancing to the Max" episode comes to mind) and there were times when Lisa did act friendly to Screech (she even kissed him in the "Graduation" episode).

The only reason she kissed screech in the graduation episode was most likely because she thought she was never going see him again after high school she was like let me kiss this geekozoid out of pity lol

And because she appreciated his nice qualities, of which he did have some.
She also defended him to Jessie in that episode too.
And there are other examples where Lisa has been shown to be nice to Screech and concerned about his feelings (of course, that moment tends to be quickly lost because of his goofiness that tends to ruin the mood- lol)

And because she appreciated his nice qualities, of which he did have some.
She also defended him to Jessie in that episode too.
And there are other examples where Lisa has been shown to be nice to Screech and concerned about his feelings (of course, that moment tends to be quickly lost because of his goofiness that tends to ruin the mood- lol)
Francine Smith from American Dad

I know I will be hated here, but I nominate Betty White in several roles. Her Happy Homemaker character on the MTM show was annoying, there was no need for a bitchy villian. Not to mention an old lady who was "horny". She also played a shrew in Mama's Family.

To me, she was the weak link on the Golden Girls, the other three were fantastic, Rose Nyland was one dimensional. This was to me her best character, but that is not saying much.

I watched "Off your rockers" or whatever it is called, but turned it off at the first skit because it was about an old nun trying to solicit sexual favors. Uh, no, ugh.

Betty, you are over 90. Walk into the light!

I know I will be hated here, but I nominate Betty White in several roles. Her Happy Homemaker character on the MTM show was annoying, there was no need for a bitchy villian. Not to mention an old lady who was "horny". She also played a shrew in Mama's Family.

To me, she was the weak link on the Golden Girls, the other three were fantastic, Rose Nyland was one dimensional. This was to me her best character, but that is not saying much.

I watched "Off your rockers" or whatever it is called, but turned it off at the first skit because it was about an old nun trying to solicit sexual favors. Uh, no, ugh.

Betty, you are over 90. Walk into the light!i am a betty white fan but i HATE off ther rockers its plain garbage

The Facts of Life: All of the girls can be jerks at times, but i think Blair and Jo have MORE moments where they are BIGGER jerks.

Nellie and Mrs. Oleson-Little House on the Prairie
Judy-Leave It to Beaver
Becky Slater-Wonder Years
Lisa-Different Strokes
Emily Gilmore-Gilmore Girls
Mrs. Kim-Gilmore Girls
Paris Geller-Gilmore Girls
Felice Martin-Beverly Hills 90210
Alexis Carrington Colby-Dynasty
Claire Huxtable-The Cosby Show
Michelle Tanner-Full House

Frasier: Bebe Glazer, Maris Crane, Mel Crane
Dark Shadows: Angelique
Everybody Loves Raymond: Joanne Barone
Andy Griffith Show: Helen Crump, Clara Edwards
Beverly Hillbillies: Mrs. Drysdale

Amanda Woodward from Melrose Place
Alexis Carrington from Dynasty
Abby Cunningham from Knot's Landing
Dr. Kimberly Shaw from Melrose Place
Brenda Walsh from Beverly Hills, 90210
Mrs. Huber from Desperate Housewives
Carly Corinthos from General Hospital
Helena Cassadine from General Hospital
Alexandra Spaulding from Guiding Light
Dr. Kerry Weaver from E.R.
Angela Channing from Falcon Crest