Rules are easy...name a character from a show that was popular in the year. We'll start with 1950 and end at 2021, rinse, repeat. *note* Name a character, not an actor/host/presenter.

1950 - The Lone Ranger

next person has 1951.

1951= Lucy Ricardo ( I Love Lucy)

1952 = Ozzie Nelson (The Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet)

1953= Danny Williams ( The Danny Thomas Show)

1954 Jack Benny- The Jack Benny Program
And yes, I consider those on his show scripted characters, I successfully got The Jack Benny Program declared a sitcom here with its own board. :D

1955 - Jim Anderson (Father Knows Best)

1956 Chief Dan Mathews- Highway Patrol

1957= Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver( Leave it to Beaver)

1958 Bentley Gregg- Bachelor Father

1959= Dobie Gillis(The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis)

1960 - Lucas McCain (The Rifleman)

1961=Gunther Toody ( Car 54 Where are You?)

1962 Deputy Barney Fife- The Andy Griffith Show

1963= Richard Kimble( The Fugitive )

1964 Laura Petrie- The Dick Van Dyke Show

1965= Jeannie( I Dream of Jeannie)

1966 Samantha Stephens- Bewitched

1967 - Oliver Wendell Douglas (Green Acres)

1968 - Jeremy Bolt (Here Come The Brides)

1969 - Mike Brady (The Brady Bunch)

1970 Ann Marie- That Girl

1971 - Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple)

1972 Mary Richards- The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1973 - John-Boy Walton (The Waltons)

1974= Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli( Happy Days)

1975 Major Frank "Ferret Face" Burns- M*A*S*H

1976= Alice Hyatt( Alice0

1977 Lou Grant- The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Lou Grant (first one ended, second one began that year)

1978= JR Ewing ( Dallas)

1979 Louise "Weezie" Jefferson- The Jeffersons

1980 - David Banner (and any number of other lasts names that start with a B) - The Incredible Hulk

1981 Henry Rush- Too Close for Comfort

1982= Alex P. Keaton( Family Ties)

1983 - George Utley (Newhart)

1984= Tony Micelli( Who's the Boss?)

1985 Amy Tompkins- It's a Living

1986= Mike Seaver( Growing Pains)

1987 Simone Foster- Head of the Class

1988 - Stephanie Tanner (Full House)

She was my TV crush at the time. Don't worry, I was also a little kid at the time, haha.

1989 - Jesse Spano (Saved By The Bell)

1990 Lieutenant Commander Data- Star Trek: the Next Generation

1991- Tim "The Toolman" Taylor (Home Improvement)

1992 - Jamie Stemple Buchman (Mad About You)

1993 Dr. Frasier Crane- last year of Cheers and first year of Frasier

1994 - Gil Jones (Thunder Alley)

1995 Cosmo Kramer- Seinfeld

1996 - Susan (Suddenly Susan)

1997 Lucy Camden- 7th Heaven

1998 - Doug Heffernan (The King Of Queens)

1999 A.D.A. Jack McCoy- Law and Order

2000 - Kim Warner (Yes Dear)

2001 Cheyenne Montgomery- Reba

2002 - Sue Thomas (Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye )

2003 Dr. Niles Crane- Frasier

2004 - Dr. Gregory House

2005 Rory Gilmore- Gilmore Girls

2006 - Shawn Spencer (Psych)

2007= Sheldon Cooper( The Big Bang Theory)

2008 - Patrick Jane (The Mentalist)

2009 Davis Quinton- Corner Gas

2010= Sue Heck ( The Middle)

2011 Brick Heck- The Middle

2012 - Benjamin "Ben" Wheeler- (Baby Daddy)

2013 Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold- Once Upon a Time

2014 - Shane McInerney (Signed, Sealed, Delivered)

2015 Bay Kennish- Switched at Birth

2016= Rebecca Pearson( This is Us)

2017 Detective Danny Reagan- Blue Bloods

2018= Michael ( The Good Place)

2019 Michaela Stone- Manifest

2020= Claire Dunphy( Modern Family)

2021 Missy Cooper- Young Sheldon

cycling back to 1950 next

1950 - John Braddock (Racket Squad)

1951 Sergeant Joe Friday- Dragnet

1952= Margie Albright(My Little Margie)

1953 - Connie Brooks (Our Miss Brooks)

1954 - Jim Anderson (Father Knows Best)

1955 Gracie Allen- Burns and Allen

1956 - Matt Dillon (Gunsmoke)

1957 Kelly Gregg- Bachelor Father

1958 - Donna Stone (The Donna Reed Show)

1959 Rochester Van Jones- The Jack Benny Program

1960= Fred Flintstone( The Flintstones)

1961 George Baxter- Hazel

1962= Francis Muldoon( Car 54 Where Are You?)

1963 Jed Clampett- The Beverly Hillbillies

1964= Herman Munster( The Munsters)

1965 Gomez Addams- The Addams Family

1966= Maxwell Smart( Get Smart)

1967 Kate Bradley- Petticoat Junction

1968 - Officer Jim Reed (Adam-12)

1969 Cissy Patterson-Davis- Family Affair

1970 - Reuben Kincaid (The Partridge Family)

1971 Shirley Partridge- The Partridge Family

1972 - Major Margaret 'Hot Lips' O'Houlihan (M*A*S*H)

1973 Frank Spencer- Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (Michael Crawford's Britcom character)

1974 - Rhoda Morgenstern (Rhoda)

1975 Basil Fawlty- Fawlty Towers

1976 - Jaime Sommers (The Bionic Woman)

1977 Bartender Isaac Washington- The Love Boat

1978 - Reverend Jim Ignatowski (Taxi)

1979 Arnold Jackson- Diff'rent Strokes

1980 - Theodore 'TC' Calvin (Magnum P.I.)

1981 Blair Warner- The Facts of Life

1982= Sam Malone( Cheers)

1983 Julie Miller- Fame

1984= Cliff Huxtable ( The Cosby Show)

1985 Mr. Lynn Belvedere- Mr. Belvedere

1986 - Christine Sullivan (Night Court)

1987 Nicole Bradford- My Two Dads

1988 - Rick Wright - Magnum, P.I.

1989= Doogie Howser ( Doogie Howser MD)

1990 Captain Jean-Luc Picard- Star Trek: the Next Generation

1991=Carol Foster Lambert( Step by Step)

1992 Hayden Fox- Coach

1993= Dwayne Wayne( A Different World)

1994 Helen Chapel- Wings

1995= Chandler Bing ( Friends)

1996 - Bill McNeal (NewsRadio)

1997 - Dennis Finch (Just Shoot Me)

1998 Gary Hobson- Early Edition

1999 - Amy Gray (Judging Amy)

2000= Lorelai Gilmore( Gilmore Girls)

2001 - Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh (Crossing Jordan)

2002=Paul Hennessy( 8 Simple Rules)

2003 Detective Bobby Goren- Law and Order: Criminal Intent

2004= Alan Shore( The Practice/ Boston Legal)

2005 - Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds)

2006= Michael Scott( The Office)

2007 Amy Fleming- Heartland

2008= Ted Mosby ( How I Met Your Mother)

2009 Nathan Ford- Leverage

2010 - Jane Rizzoli (Rizzoli & Isles)

2011 Commissioner Frank Reagan- Blue Bloods

2012 - Walt Longmire ( Longmire )

2013 Georgie Fleming-Morris- Heartland

2014 - Hank Voight (Chicago P.D.)

2015= Sarah Braverman (Parenthood)

2016 - Max Fuller (Fuller House)

2017= Caroline Channing ( 2 Broke Girls)

2018 - Steve Harrington (Stranger Things)

Though I don't think a season was released that year, the show was still available, and Steve still exists.

2019=Babatunde "Tunde" Olatunji( Bob Hearts Abishola)

2020 Martin Whitly "The Surgeon"- Prodigal Son

2021= Oliver Otto( American Housewife)

1950 - Gertrude Berg (The Goldbergs)

1951- Lucy Ricardo - I :heart: Lucy

1952 - Connie Brooks - Our Miss Brooks

1953 Ricky Ricardo- I Love Lucy

1954 - Chester A. Riley (The Life of Riley)

1955 George Burns- Burns and Allen

1956= Ralph Kramden( The Honeymooners)

1957 Peter Tong- Bachelor Father

1958= Donna Stone( The Donna Reed Show)

1959 = Maynard G. Krebs (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis)

1960 - Eileen Sherwood (My Sister Eileen)

1961= Dorothy Baxter( Hazel)

1962 - Simon Templar (The Saint)

1963 - Tim O'Hara (My Favorite Martian)

1964 Patty Lane- The Patty Duke Show

1965 - Dr. Alfred Bellows (I Dream of Jeannie)

1966 - Mike Nesmith (The Monkees)

1967 Captain James Kirk- Star Trek

1968 - Lucy Carter (Here's Lucy)

1969- Mrs. Livingston / Courtship of Eddie's Father

1970= Felix Unger( The Odd Couple)

1971 - Ted Baxter (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)

1972 - Howard Cunningham (Happy Days)

1973 - Lt. Col. Henry Blake (M*A*S*H)

1974 - Neil Curtis (Days Of Our Lives)

1975= Ann Romano ( One Day at A Time)

1976 Colonel Sherman Potter- M*A*S*H

1977= Jack Tripper( Three's Company)

1978 Marion Cunningham- Happy Days

1979 - Blair Warner (The Facts Of Life)

1980 Miss Gretchen Kraus- Benson

1981 - Monroe Ficus (Too Close for Comfort)

1982 Leslie Vanderkellen- Newhart

1983= Katherine Calder-Young Papadapolis( Webster)

1984 - Dan Fielding (Night Court)

1985 Jonathan Smith- Highway to Heaven

1986= Jason Seaver( Growing Pains)

1987 Angus MacGyver- MacGyver

1988= Balki Bartokomous( Perfect Strangers)

1989 Harriette Winslow- Perfect Strangers/Family Matters

1990= Kelly Taylor( Beverly Hills 90210)

1991 Lowell Mather- Wings

1992= Blossom Russo ( Blossom)

1993 Martin Crane- Frasier

1994= Monica Gellar ( Friends)

1995 Captain Kathryn Janeway- Star Trek: Voyager

1996=Mike Flaherty( Spin City)

1997 Tess- Touched by an Angel

1998= Michael Eugene Leslie "Berg" Bergen( Two Guys & A Girl)

1999 Harry Solomon- 3rd Rock from the Sun

2000= Carrie Bradshaw ( Sex & the City)

2001 - Arthur Spooner (The King of Queens)

2002= Judy Miller( Still Standing)

2003 - Sharona Fleming (Monk)

2004= Lynette Scavo( Desperate Housewives)

2005- Lily Aldrin- How I Met Your Mother

2006= Tami Taylor ( Friday Night Lights)

2007 - Jeff Bingham - (Rules of Engagement)

2008= Penny ( The Big Bang Theory)

2009 - Troy Barnes (Community)

2010= Adam Braverman ( Parenthood)

2011 = Emma Swan (Once Upon A Time)

Rachel Matheson- Revolution

Rachel Matheson- Revolution

You have to put the year that the TV show character debuted.

2013= Barry Goldberg ( The Goldbergs)

2014 = Paige Dineen (Scorpion)

2015= Cookie Lyon ( Empire)

2016 = Janine Cody (Animal Kingdom)

2017= Ray Dimeo (Speechless)

2018 - Ben Stone (Manifest)

2019= Dex Parios( Stumptown )

2020 = Ted Lasso (Ted Lasso)

2021= Greg Otto ( American Housewife)

(I guess we go back to 1950, right?)


1950 - Louise (The Adventures of Ellery Queen)

1951 - Marge Bergman (Search For Tomorrow)

1952 - Margie Albright = My Little Margie

1953= Susie MacNamara (Private Secretary )

1954 = Dr. Konrad Styner (Medic)

1955 Fred Mertz- I Love Lucy

1956= Stanley Peck( Stanley)

1957 - Jack McGivern - The Californians

1958= Lucas McCain(The Rifleman)

1959- Tex Tucker- Four Father Falls

1960= Wilma Flintstone( The Flintstones)

1961- Officer Leo Schnauser- Car 54, where are You?

1962 - The Saint - The Saint

1963= Betty Jo Bradley ( Petticoat Junction)

1964 = Gilligan (Gilligan's Island)

1965= Robert Hogan (Hogan's Heroes )

1966 = The Joker (Batman)

1967= Joe Mannix ( Mannix)

1968 = Lucy Carter (Here's Lucy)

1969= Peter Brady ( The Brady Bunch)

1970 = Keith Partridge (The Partridge Family)

1971- Louise Jefferson- all in the Family

1972 - Maude Findlay - Maude

1973= Oscar Madison( The Odd Couple)

1974 = J.J. Evans (Good Times)

1975= Juan Epstein( Welcome Back Kotter)

1976 = Alice Hyatt (Alice)

1977= Chrissy Snow ( Three's Company)

1978 = J.R. Ewing (Dallas)

1979= Gretchen Kraus( Benson)

1980 = Kip Wilson/Buffy (Bosom Buddies)

1981= Blake Carrington( Dynasty)

1982- Carrie Grant- Brookside