Top 10 Favorite TV Shows All Time W/ Favorite Character

In no order

Rome: Mark Antony
Fringe: Walter Bishop (Takes them a few episodes in S1 to get into the groove, but it'ss great. check it out OP)
GoT: Tywin Lannister & Arya (really, almost everyone from GoT)
Breaking Bad: Walter White
Lost: Ben Linus
The Wire: Omar Little
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Larry David
Sherlock: Moriarty
X-Files: Fox Mulder
Supernatural: Dean Winchester

 

No particular order

Breaking Bad - Walt
Seinfeld - George Costanza
Sons of Anarchy - Opie
Game of Thrones - 3 way tie between Tywin/Tyrion Lannister and Arya
Lost - Sawyer
Arrested Development - Tobias Funke
Twin Peaks - Dale Cooper
Dexter - Dexter
The West Wing - Toby Ziegler
The Office - Michael Scott

 

GoT - Arya & Tyrion
Deadliest Catch - Captain Phil Harris
HIMYM - Barney
House - House
Breaking Bad - Jesse
Batman The Animated Series (and all incarnations)/JL/JLU/Batman Beyond - duh, Batman
Sherlock - Sherlock
Psych - Shawn & Gus
Eureka - Sheriff Carter & Fargo
Arrested Development - GOB & Buster

Honorable Mentions:
Mythbusters - Carrey, Grant & Torrey
Dirty Jobs - Mike
Breakout Kings - Lloyd
Luther - Luther
Blacklist - Red
Alphas - Bill

 

The Shield - Vic Mackey
NYPD Blue - Sipowitz
X-Files - Fox Mulder
Millennium - Frank Black
Quantum Leap - Sam Beckett
Wonder Years - Kevin Arnold
Boy Meets World - Topanga
Sliders - No one in particular
Sopranos - Paulie
West Wing - President Bartlett

 

1-Band of Brothers HBO series......still will watch it now and then.
2-Rome...........It was entertaining.
3-Lost........was good while it lasted.....dissapointing end.
4-Dexter........too bad it had to end.
5-Breaking Bad.....at least there will be a prequel Ask Saul.
6-The Walking dead..........still going on .New spinoff in the works too.
7-Game of Thrones
8-Boardwalk Empire.......Great production,casting and period costuming.
9-24 ...........I binged watched the whole series.
10-Star Trek......classic

You will note no comedies.Its a pet peeve of mine.I hate canned laughter and will turn off any show that has it.IMO it insults your intelligence.I do like real laugh comedies like the Daily show.

Honorable mention
Eureka ..........watched it with my sons
Prison Break.....terrible acting but got hooked into watching the whole series
OZ ......watched it all .Couldnt get into The Wire or The Sopranos for some reason.I have them all in my hard drive but cant get into them.
Homeland.....its getting better IMO.
My name is Earl....my sons loved it.

Also in the mini series category I liked Fargo which recently won a Golden Globe.
I have a bad memory for names so I will skip that part.

 

Firefly - Malcolm Reynolds and the whole crew
Life - Charlie Cruise
Seinfeld - Kramer
Sherlock - Sherlock
GoT - Arya and Tyrion
Psyche - Shawn
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Willow
Mentalist - Patrick Jane
Top Gear - Richard Hammond
White Collar - Neil Caffrey

Honorable Mentions:
Burn Notice - Michael Westin
Angel - Cordelia Chase
Castle - Rick Castle
Supernatural - Dean Wincherster
Lie to Me - Dr. Cal Lightman
Phineas and Ferb - Ferb
The Tick - Tick and Arthur
Survivor - Jeff Probst
Highlander - Duncan McCloud
Family Ties - Alex P. Keaton
Kim Possible - Kim Possible
X-Files - Mulder

 

In no particular order, because that just isn't fair.

• The Sopranos - Tony Soprano
• The Wire - Omar
• The X-Files - Fox Mulder
• Firefly - Malcolm Reynolds
• Game of Thrones - Everyone is going to say Tyrion or Arya, so I'll go with Jon Snow, who knows nothing
• Archer - Pam, although my wife says I act like Archer
• Mad Men - Don Draper
• Breaking Bad - Walt
• Sons of Anarchy - Jax Teller
• Doctor Who - The Doctor (Tennant)

I had to leave a lot of great shows off limiting it to 10 like that. My top 10 is usually pretty dynamic and changes pretty regularly. Some good Netflix options are: Hell on Wheels, Continuum, Luther, The Fall, Orange is the New Black, House of Cards, Dexter, and Californication.

 

I still need to get into Breaking Bad and Mad Men. I know, I know, I'm behind

 

There is no way I can pick 10.

Married with Children (Al Bundy)
Scrubs (Ted)
Firefly (River)
Avatar the Last Airbender (Toph)
Community (Annie)
Lost (Sayid) Well it would have been Mr. Echo if he didn't die so quickly
Simpsons (Homer Simpson) Special love for Hans Moleman
Batman the Animated Series (Mr. Freeze, Joker, Harley, Clayface and Batman)
Boy Meets World (Corey)
Doctor Who (10th)
Saved by the Bell (Zach Morris)
90's Spider-Man (Spider-Man)
Star Trek DS9 (Sisquo)
Star Trek TNG (Data)
Gravity Falls (Mabel)
Adventure Time (Jake the Dog)
Futurama (Bender and Fry)
Fear Factor (Gross things that people had to eat)

 

In no particlar order:
Seinfeld - George Costanza
The Simpsons - Homer Simpson
The Office - Jim & Michael Scott
HIMYM - Barney
Suits - Harvey Specter & Mike Ross
Big Bang Theory - Leonard
Parks & Rec - Ron Swanson
Castle - Richard Castle
Scrubs - Dr. Cox
Cowboy Bebop - Spike Spiegel

 

South Park -- Randy
Archer -- Archer
House of Cards -- Frank
American Dad -- Roger
Airwolf -- Airwolf
Game of Thrones -- Jamie
Curb Your Enthusiasm -- Larry
The League -- Raffi
Star Trek -- Spock
MacGyver -- MacGyver

 

For the most part, all of mine would be repeats... Except these two:

Hannibal- Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham ( can't have one without the other)

Cutthroat Kitchen- Alton Brown

 

Only just discovered this thread, looks like a goldmine for new shows to watch.
Mine in no particular order are below. Limiting to ten is hard and if you asked me tomorrow I'd probably have a different answer.

The West Wing - CJ Cregg
The Wire - Omar Little
The Shield - Curtis Lemanski (Lem)
Parks and Recreation - Ron Swanson (Tom is a really close second)
24 - Jack Bauer
The Thick of It - Malcolm Tucker
Supernatural - Dean Winchester
Firefly - Captain Mal
Arrested Development - GOB
Battlestar Galactica (new version) - Felix Gaeta


Edit: some honourable mentions: Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Archer, Luther, The Sopranos, Scrubs, Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Probably a bunch more I'm forgetting about.

Highlighted the ones that don't seem to have appeared already in other lists.

 

Justified - Raylan Givens
Justified - Boyd Crowder
Justified - Rachel Brooks
Deadwood - Al Swearengen
Deadwood- Whitney Ellsworth
Deadwood - Joanie Stubbs
Deadwood - Seth Bullock
Deadwood - Charlie Utter
Raising Hope - Burt Chance
Parks and Recreation - Ann Perkins
Parks and Recreation - Andy Dwyer
Parks and Recreation - Chris Trager
Parks and Recreation - April Ludgate
Seinfeld - Elaine Benes
Seinfeld - Jerry
Seinfeld - Kramer
Seinfeld - Frank Costanza
King of Queens - Arthur Spooner
My Name is Earl - Randy Hickey
My Name is Earl - Catalina
In The Heat of the Night - Bubba Skinner
In The Heat of the Night - Luann Corbin
Big Bang Theory - Sheldon Cooper
Big Bang Theory - Penny
Big Bang Theory - Priya Koothrappali
Big Bang Theory - Dr. Beverly Hofstadter
Arrested Development - Michael Bluth

 

Mostly in no particular order...

The Wire - Omar
Game of Thrones - Tyrion
Breaking Bad - Jesse Pinkman
Babylon 5 - G'Kar
Justified - Boyd Crowder
Sons of Anarchy - Tig
Battlestar Galactica - Gaius Baltar
Only Fools and Horses - Trigger
Suits - Louis Litt
Utopia - Arby

And no doubt I'll remember others or change my.mind tomorrow!

 

Just started watching Justified about 2 weeks ago , easily in my top handful of shows , very surprised it hasn't been mentioned by others , not surprised you have though

 

In no order...

Married with Children - Al and Kelly Bundy
South Park - Cartman
GoT - Tyrion
Banshee - Lucas Hood (This has surpassed GoT as my favorite show on TV FWIW)
Ray Donovan - Ray, Mickey Donovan
Spartacus - Spartacus
Californication - Hank Moody, Charlie Runkle, Atticus Fetch
Two & 1/2 Men - Charlie Harper, Jake Harper, Rose
Rome - didn't really have a fave character
The Sopranos - Again didn't really have a fave

 

After some thought, here's my list, though not in keeping with the official format of the thread, since I tend to enjoy "ensemble" shows the most, and not one particular actor or character.

Comedies:

Night Court
Scrubs
Community
Futurama
Coupling (BBC)

Drama/Action:

Star Trek: TNG
Firefly
X-Files
Dead Like Me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Bones
Law & Order (the original)*
ER*

*Note - I watched a loved these shows in the late 90s through around the 2001/02 season. I then didn't have TV for the next two years or so (due to being dirt poor), and when I eventually started watching again, both shows had a mostly different cast and I quit watching.

 

Home movies-coach McGurk

South Park-Cartman

Married with Children-Al

Battlestar Gallactica(original)-The spacecraft

Mash(before Col. Blake dies)-Trapper

Mork and Mindy-Mork

Burn Notice-Bruce Campbell

Kids in the Hall-Bruce

Always Sunny...-Charlie

Chappelle's Show-player haters gang

Miami Vice-Don's car


As a child...Sigmund the Sea Monster

 

80's only...

Welcome Back Kotter-Barbarino

Buck Rogers(pre falcon dude)

That's Incredible

The A Team-the crazy pilot

Sanford and Son-Red Foxx

Gilligan's island-Gilligan

Remote Control-Adam Sandler

Alf

 

As a kid, I loved the A-Team and Alf. As a ten year old boy, I was probably Alf's target demographic, lol.

 

I really think Burn Notice is the A Team for adults. Kinda of a blend between the A Team, CSI and Miami Vice.

They could bring back Alf and I'd still watch it...

 

You forgot SOAP.

 

And "Newhart"...I love reminiscing.

 

Of those, I've watched South Park

 

Breaking Bad is incredible. I didn't want to watch it, but we were bored with nothing to do, so we started it. Only regret I have is waiting so long.

 

I know that lots of people like it, but everything I see about it makes me want to stay very far away. It looks nothing like something that I would enjoy.

 

Well, I didn't say lame. It appears well made, but I absolutely do not like things that are really dark, and everything about the show, from the get go, seems to be that its a bunch of nasty people involved in really bad [stuff], with assorted nastiness. Not my cup of tea. I understand that TV, as a whole, has trended darker/grittier/ect over the last 10-15 years, and that a lot of people enjoy that. I do not, and I want no part of it. Waiting it out. I enjoy shows where the main characters are put through struggle and have to figure their way out, but I need someone that I can root for who's a good person at heart. The absolute darkest character I've ever enjoyed a show about was House, who was troubled but not "bad". A lot of these shows seem to be just about bad people doing bad things to one another. I don't care if that's realistic or not, its not what I get my enjoyment from.

My wife and I also decided a long time ago that the pay channels (HBO, Showtime, ect) just aren't worth the cost to us. We would have an interest in maybe 10% of the shows, tops, and they just show the same movies over and over for the most part. (I can see the listings in the DirecTV guide).

I've also seen plenty of commercials for Sunny, (watch a lot of movies on FX) and it just doesn't seem my style, If the ads are at all indicative of the show.

 

BB has moved up my short list - have yet to see an episode, especially now that I resubscribed to Netflix. But I opened up the first episode of Daredevil. I was very impressed, going to have to keep watching those for the moment.

 

Daredevil is incredible too. Probably the best all around super hero live action ever, tv or movie.

BB, however, is better than you think it will be. You'll like it more than you think it will. If crystal meth is anything like the show, its no wonder people get hooked on it.

 

Yet, for fiction shows, I almost only watch ABC, NBC, and FOX still . I do enjoy things on the Science Channel, National Geographic, and of course sports. And my wife watches the food and home improvement networks.

 

Didn't get super into TV shows til recently, hence the 'new-ness':

Louie - Louie
BrBa - Jesse
Better Call Saul - Saul
King of the Hill - Dale & Bobby
True Detective 1 - Rust
Seinfeld - George
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Larry & Cheryl
Dexter - Deb
GoT - Jon Snow
Silicon Valley - Erlich

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_HBO

Just for fun, I checked out this list at Wikipedia. I did see some of the comedies in the 90s while at friends' places, but didn't care for them much. Of the rest, I had an interest in Rome, but never saw any episodes. There was one program that I absolutely loved though, Fraggle Rock! It must have been on another network too when I was a kid, because we barely had basic cable, lol.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Showtime

From this similar Showtime list, my wife watched The Tudors when it was on BBC America. I saw multiple episodes, but didn't like it at all. A friend gave me the first season DVD of Dead Like Me, and it is one of my all time favorite shows. Saw the second season on The 101. I saw a few episodes of the Stargate show while it was still on Showtime too, and it was ok. Seemed to get worse when it moved to regular TV and I didn't watch it much. No interest in anything else.