Best/Worst New Characters That Appeared During a Series (Second Season or Later)

[Furienna]

Best new characters
1: Myra Monkhouse (Michelle Thomas), "Family Matters". (I have yet to see one other sitcom character, who reminds me that much of myself.)
2: Maxine Johnsson (Cherie Johnsson), "Family Matters". (She was much better than that bitch Laura.)
3: Pam Tucker (Erika Alexander), "The Cosby show". (I like her very much. I don't get why people keep bashing her.)
4: Charmaine Brown (Karen Malina White), "The Cosby show". (She was funny.)
5: Lisa Wilkes (Nia Long), "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air". (She was just what Will needed.)
6: Geneva & Nicole (Sandra Quarterman & Raven Symoné), "Hangin' with Mr Cooper". (Yes, it was a shame, that Robyn had to go, but they were good replacements. Raven had a far less annoying role in this show than in "The Cosby show" too.)
7: PJ Moore (Nell Carter), "Hanging with Mr Cooper. (She was funny.)

Worst new characters
1: Olivia Kendall (Raven Symoné), "The Cosby show". (She was supposed to be cute, but far too often, they had her act older than what she was, and that was just annoying.)
2: Jean-Luc Rieupeyroux (Bronson Pinchot), "Step by step". (He was okay, I guess, but I can't help comparing him to Cody, who was so much funnier.)

[*Pleasant Tomorrow*]

Originally Posted by Chain Gang Member

Yeah.I didn't know either until I saw it from the beginning

Actually, Larry was in the first season. He wasn't really a regular from the beginning, but he was there at least once or twice. He was definitely in the episode No Children, No Pets as a guest star.

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by *Pleasant Tomorrow*

Actually, Larry was in the first season. He wasn't really a regular from the beginning, but he was there at least once or twice. He was definitely in the episode No Children, No Pets as a guest star.

Larry ruled. He was always guaranteed to make me laugh.

[James]

Originally Posted by Furienna

Worst new characters
2: Jean-Luc Rieupeyroux (Bronson Pinchot), "Step by step". (He was okay, I guess, but I can't help comparing him to Cody, who was so much funnier.)

Furienna, I actually liked the Jean-Luc character on Step By Step. To me it practically made the show a continuation of Perfect Strangers! I'll never forget him calling JT "Zhet-TIH!"! Why they dropped him I'll never understand.

[Furienna]

Like I said, my problem with Jean-Luc is that I can't help comparing him to Cody. It's not fair of me to do so, but what can you do ?

[Dusty's Fan]

Best:

Sally Morrison Douglas (Meredith MacRae), "My Three Sons"
Katie Miller Douglas (Tina Cole), "My Three Sons"
Barbara Harper Douglas (Beverly Garland), "My Three Sons"
Timmy Martin (Jon Provost), "Lassie"
Ruth Martin (June Lockhart), "Lassie"
Paul Martin (Hugh Reilly), "Lassie"
Gilbert Bates (Stephen Talbot), "Leave It to Beaver"

[Torgo]

Best:

Kryten- Red Dwarf
Hawk- Buck Rogers
Mike Nelson- Mystery Science Theater 3000
Natalie Teeger- Monk
Lois Lane- Smallville


Worst:

Crichton- Buck Rogers
Deputy Warren Ferguson
Gremlin the Dragon- Flash Gordon(animated series)

[Gemini_89]

Best:

1. Jo (Facts of Life).
2. Kelly (Facts of life). She gets a lot of hate from the fandom but she was one of the most interesting additions ever!

Worst:

1. George Clooney (Facts of Life). Useless
2. Beverly Ann (Facts of Life). Boring and Useless

[Race's Girl]

Originally Posted by Marvo301

Best

Jenny Picolo (Happy Days)
Nick Moore (Family Ties)
Julie Costello (Growing Pains)
Al Delvecchio (Happy Days)
Lori Beth Allen-Cunningham (Happy Days)

Worst
Flip Phillips (Happy Days)
K.C. Cunningham (Happy Days)

I totally agree

[Edward216]

Here's one for me.

Newhart. Worst: in the later seasons when they added Larry, Daryl, and Darryl. I know a lot of people love them but I don't. I always thought they were weird, pointless, and annoying. Yes, weird and quirky characters can be funny but to me Larry, Daryl, and Darryl aren't funny. I really don't like them at all.

Ed.

Ed.

[Edward216]

Originally Posted by megamanj2004

Coy and Vance - Dukes of Hazzard - I keep forgetting about how untalented and ugly these two dim-wits were!

I think that's really harsh and unfair. I thought the actors did all right, but Coy and Vance were just essentially carbon copies of Bo and Duke. It wasn't Christopher Mayer's or Byron Cherry's fault they were put in the middle of a bad situation.

Ed.

[Alan Brady's Hair]

Reverend Jim of Taxi and Antonio of Wings had some symmetries: they both came on as regulars after guest appearances the previous season. Paired with an existing character, they gave each show a foreigner (Latka/Antonio) and an airhead (Jim/Lowell).


Barney Miller: Arthur Dietrich
Taxi: Jim, Simka
Cheers: Frasier, Lilith

[DJM77]

Originally Posted by Edward216

Newhart. Worst: in the later seasons when they added Larry, Daryl, and Darryl. I know a lot of people love them but I don't. I always thought they were weird, pointless, and annoying. Yes, weird and quirky characters can be funny but to me Larry, Daryl, and Darryl aren't funny. I really don't like them at all.

I think they got more screen time in later seasons, but they were around from the beginning.

[Fallon97]

Originally Posted by Edward216

I think that's really harsh and unfair. I thought the actors did all right, but Coy and Vance were just essentially carbon copies of Bo and Duke. It wasn't Christopher Mayer's or Byron Cherry's fault they were put in the middle of a bad situation.

Ed.

I agree. Actually, I liked Coy and Vance.