Best Characters On TV (Past And Present)

[TheSiege]

Cosmo Kramer (Seinfeld)
Sheldon Cooper (Big Bang Theory)
Dwight Schrute (The Office)
Hank Moody (Californiacation)
George Oscar Bluth "Gob" (Arrested Development)
Tobias Funke (Arrested Development)
Dick Solomon (3rd Rock From The Sun)


Any others?

 

[mugs]

Denny Crane! (Boston Legal) and Alan Shore (Boston Legal)
Jed Bartlet (West Wing)
Cliff Clavin
Veronica Mars
Lieutenant Columbo
Hannibal Smith (A-Team)
MacGyver
Barney Stinson (How I Met Your Mother)
Jack McCoy (Law & Order)

 

[DrPizza]

I see your list is mostly present & ignores characters from the 60's - 80's who were far better. But, including two more from the present:

Homer Simpson
Dr Gregory House

Spock
Capt. James T Kirk
Lucille Ball
Archie Bunker
Ralph Cramden (Kramden?)
The Fonz
Jim Rockford
Hawkeye Pierce
Fred Sanford
Richie Cunningham
Kojak
Mork

 

[KeithTalent]

Norm Peterson
Homer J. Simpson
Magnum P.I.
Mulder and Scully

KT

 

[Terabyte]

Jack Bauer (24)
Jonas Blane (The Unit)
Leroy Jethro Gibbs (NCIS)
Ziva David (NCIS)

 

[mmntech]

Archie Bunker (All in the Family)
Gil Grissom (CSI)
Gregory House (House), actually anything Hugh Laurie is in.
Oscar the Grouch (Sesame Street)
Homer Simpson (The Simpsons, mostly the earlier seasons)
Anybody Phil Hartman played

 

[UberNeuman]

Every member of the cast of MASH.

 

[mugs]

I see your list is mostly present & ignores characters from the 60's - 80's who were far better.

I see you didn't name anyone

 

[SlitheryDee]

Jean Luc Picard - Star trek TNG
Perry Mason - Perry Mason
Carl Kolchak - Kolchak the Night Stalker

 

[UberNeuman]

Kirk, Spock, McCoy.

 

[UberNeuman]

and Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel....

 

[KeithTalent]

Going a little further back:

The Fonz
Al Bundy
Jack Tripper
John Laroquette's character from Night Court
Alex P Keaton

KT

 

[Inspector Jihad]

omar from the wire.
pullo and vorenus from rome.

 

[TheSiege]

omar from the wire.
pullo and vorenus from rome.

damn, how could I have missed those

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Columbo -Columbo
Archie Bunker -All in the Family
Edith Bunker -All in the Family
Audrey Horne -Twin Peaks
Special Agent Dale Cooper, FBI -Twin Peaks
The Log Lady -Twin Peaks
Ed Norton -The Honeymooners
Perry Mason -Perry Mason
Malcolm Reynolds -Firefly
Jim Profit -Profit
Peter Dragon -Action!
Lt. Norman Buntz -Hill Street Blues
Estelle Costanza -Seinfeld
Frank Costanza -Seinfeld

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Going a little farther back:

John Laroquette's character from Night Court

KT

Dan Fielding

 

[Via]

Sam Malone
Fox Mulder
The hooker from Firefly, just because I liked her.
Skinner, also from X files

 

[lxskllr]

Maxwell Smart - Get Smart
Murdoc - A Team
Lurch - Addams Family
Hoss - Bonanza
Miss Piggy - Muppet Show
Sgt. Shultz - Hogans Heroes

 

[nageov3t]

John Locke - Lost
Starbuck - BSG (remake)
Eric Northman - True Blood

 

[Tristicus]

 

[Kirby]

Don Draper - Mad Men
Ethel -Sanford and Son
Andy - Weeds
Niles - Frasier

 

[lxskllr]

Rod Serling - Voice narrative for Twilight Zone
Spock - Star Trek
A few characters from Star Trek TNG

 

[GaryJohnson]

The Continental

Sham-pog-nyeah?

 

[UberNeuman]

Bruce Campbell - Jack Of All Trades, Brisco County, Jr and Burn Notice.

 

[RocksteadyDotNet]

Al Swearengine.

Vic Mackey.

Captain/Prez John Sheridan.

Omar.