I don't know if this has been posted before because I'm relatively new here.
I was just wondering who your top ten characters are. mine are in no particular order.

Diane Chambers(cheers)
Sam Malone(cheers)
Carla Tortelli-Lebec
Tootie Ramsey(FOL)
Janet Wood(Three's Company)
Jo(FOL)
Woody Boyd(cheers)
Mrs. Garrett(FOL)
Jack Tripper(Three's Company)
Frasier Crane(Cheers and Frasier)

Hmmm..

I've watched years of TV, and some of the greatest characters, who have etched an indellible imprint in my mind have to be (in no particular order)...

Hawkeye Pierce (MASH)
Cosmo Kramer (Seinfeld)
Dr. Frasier Crane (Frasier)
Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple)
Ed Norton (Honeymooners)
Edmund Blackadder (Blackadder I-IV)
Capt. James T. Kirk (Star Trek)
Red Forman (That 70's Show)
Archie Bunker (All In The Family)

and, although he's a real guy, he's still a character...

David Letterman (The Late Show WIth David Letterman)

Lucy Ricardo (I Love Lucy)
Ethel Mertz ( I Love Lucy)
Jack Tripper ( Threes Company)
Mr.Furley (Threes Company)
Jo (Facts of Life)
Blair (Facts of Life)
Fran (The Nanny)
Rachel/Pheobe/Monica (Friends)
Ross/Joey/Chandler (Friends)
Ashley (USA High)

1. Juan Epstein-Welcome Back Kotter
2. Fez - That 70's Show
3. Kelso-That 70's Show
4. The Major-Soap
5. Edith Bunker-All In The Family
6. Mrs. Naugatuck-Maude
7. Willona Woods-Good Times
8. Arthur Spooner-King of Queens
9. Lenny-Laverne and Shirley
10. Squiggy-Laverne and Shirley

Lucy Ricardo- I Love Lucy
Peter Newkirk- Hogan's Heroes
Oscar Madison- Odd Couple
Felix Unger- Odd Couple
Pete Malloy- Adam-12
Jim Reed- Adam-12
Tod Stiles- Route 66
Buz Murdock- Route 66


and uh...Roy and Johnny from Emergency! That's 10.

This is fun!

1. Mary Richards (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
2. Laura Petrie (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
3. Jack Tripper (Three's Company)
4. Rhoda Morgenstern (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda)
5. Rob Petrie (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
6. Basil Fawlty (Fawlty Towers)
7. Diane Chambers (Cheers)
8. Lou Grant (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
9. Lucy Ricardo (I Love Lucy)
10. Frasier Crane (Frasier)

Honorable mention goes to Mr. Ed and Granny on the Beverly Hillbillies.

My favorite characters in dramas are J.R. Ewing & Lt. Columbo
:)

Lucy-I Love Lucy
Chrissy-Threes Company
Roseanne-Roseanne
Dan-Roseanne
Darlene-Roseanne
Jackie-Roseanne
Jack-Will and Grace
Karen-Will and Grace
Grace-Will and Grace
Will-Will and Grace

There are so much more, but here are 10 of my favorites.

top 10 male characters:

Brian Hackett (Wings)
Bart Simpson (The Simpsons)
Bill McNeal (NewsRadio)
Louie DePalma (Taxi)
Norm Peterson (Cheers)
Robert Barone (Everybody Loves Raymond)
Dr. Cox (Scrubs)
John Becker (Becker)
Mike Burton (Ed)
Cliff Huxtable (The Cosby Show)

top 10 female characters:

Helen Chappal (Wings)
Maggie Simpson (The Simpsons)
Lisa Miller (NewsRadio)
Simka (Taxi)
Carla (Cheers)
Debra Barone (Everybody Loves Raymond)
Carla (Scrubs)
Reggie (Becker)
Molly Hudson (Ed)
Ruy Huxtable (The Cosby Show)

Here's My Top Ten Favorites:

1. Lucy Ricardo (I Love Lucy)
2. Eddie Haskell (Leave it to Beaver)
3. Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke Show)
4. Cliff Huxtable (Cosby Show)
5. Ed Norton (Honeymooners)
6. Tootie (Facts of Life)
7. Jo Polniaczek (Cant spell it) (FOL)
8. Chachi Arcola (Happy Days)
9. The Fonz (Happy Days)
10. Ethel Mertz (I Love Lucy)\:wave:

My Top 10 Favorite Characters:

1. Lucy Ricardo (I Love Lucy)
2. Ethel Mertz (I Love Lucy)
3. Jack Tripper (Three's Company)
4. Shirley Feeney (Laverne & Shirley)
5. Chrissy Snow (Three's Company)
6. Ricky Ricardo (I Love Lucy)
7. The Fonz (Happy Days)
8. Laverne Defazio (Laverne & Shirley)
9. Lucy Carmichael (The Lucy Show)
10. Vivian Bagley (The Lucy Show)

Originally posted by WingsFan
top 10 male characters:
Mike Burton (Ed))

That guy cracks me up...

;)

Top Ten Favorite Television Characters:
1. Ann Romano One Day At A Time
2. Muriel Rush Too Close for Comfort
3. Sandra Sue "Abby" Bradford Eight Is Enough
4. Elyse Keaton Family Ties
5. Mary Richards Mary Tyler Moore Show
6. Cliff Huxtable The Cosby Show
7. Archie Bunker All In the Family
8. Edna Garrett The Facts of Life
9. Rhoda Morgenstern Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda
10.George Jefferson The Jeffersons

Here are mine:

1) Lucy Ricardo -- I Love Lucy
2) Ricky Ricardo -- I Love Lucy
3) Archie Bunker -- All in the Family
4) Fran Fine -- The Nanny
5) Tim Taylor -- Home Improvement
6) George Jefferson -- The Jeffersons
7) Ethel Mertz -- I Love Lucy
8) Chrissy Snow -- Three's Company
9) Jack Tripper -- Three's Company
10) Pheobe Buffay -- Friends

But things wouldn't be right with the world if I didn't mention Edith Bunker (All in the Family), Florence Johnston (The Jeffersons), Uncle Jesse (Full House), Kevin Arnold (The Wonder Years) and Cory Matthews (Boy Meets World). Phew! I know there's more though!

Well mine aren't all sitcoms....SUCK IT UP FATTAY.

1. Abby Lockhart - ER
2. Susan Lewis - ER
3. Luka Kovac - ER
4. John Carter - ER
5. Lisa Miller - NewsRadio
6. Matthew Brock - NewsRadio
7. Dennis Finch - Just Shoot Me
8. Karen Walker - Will and Grace
9. Jordan Cavanaugh - Crossing Jordan
10. Monica Gellar - Bing - Friends

1.Shirley Feeney
2.Laverne Defazio
3.Lenny&Sguiggy(and the rest of the cast from L&S)
4.Lucy Ricardo
5.Ricky Ricardo
6.The Fonz
7.Mary Tyler Moore
8.Felix Unger
9.Diane Chambers
10.Archie Bunker

Samantha Stevens (Bewitched)
Jeannie (I Dream of Jeannie)
Hawkeye Pierce (M*A*S*H)
Angela Bower (Who's the Boss?)
Uncle Jesse (Full House)
The Fonz! (Happy Days)
Julie (One Day at a Time)
Alex P. Keaton (Family Ties)
Blair (Facts of Life)
Gloria Stivic (All in the Family)

#1 Archie Bunker (All In The Family)
#2 Arnold Jackson (Diff'rent Strokes)
#3 Alex P. Keaton (Family Ties)
#4 Edith Bunker (All In The Family)
#5 Alf (Alf)
#6 Elyse Keaton (Family Ties)
#7 Ralph Kramden (The Honeymooners)
#8 Woody Boyd (Cheers)
#9 Darlene Connor (Roseanne)
#10 Jackie (Roseanne)

Archie Bunker (All in the Family, Archie Bunker's Place)
Edith Bunker (All in the Family)
Wally Cleaver (Leave it to Beaver)
Kimberly Drummond (Diff'rent Strokes)
Tootie Ramsey (Facts of Life)
Edna Garrett (Diff'rent Strokes, Facts of Life)
Arnold Jackson (Diff'rent Strokes)
Chrisy Snow (Three's Company)
Stanley Roper (Three's Company)
Fred Mertz (I Love Lucy)