Bravo's 100 Greatest TV Characters
Bravo's 100 greatest TV Characters is a TV special aired on Bravo on Thanksgiving in 2004. It counted down the 100 greatest TV characters based on the results from a poll conducted over the Internet with consumers. From Bravo's official website:
This comprehensive five-part series will focus its critical eye on famous television characters that have become a part of the fabric of American pop culture. Blending classic moments, rare photos and interview with both stars and show creators, the series will spotlight how our favorite TV characters broke out of the pack to emerge as pop ICONS. Some of today's hottest TV stars will share their all-time favorites and influences as well. From Ellenor Frutt to Carrie Bradshaw, Ed Norton to Niles Crane, Scully & Mulder to Crockett and Tubbs, they come in all sizes, sexes and combinations
The List
100 Xena from Xena: Warrior Princess
99. Monk from Monk
98. Steve Urkel from Family Matters
97. Dr. Smith from Lost In Space
96. Artie from The Larry Sanders Show
95. Doug Ross from ER
94. Vic Mackey from The Shield
93. Maynard G. Krebs from The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
92. Agent Dale Cooper from Twin Peaks
91. Caine from CSI: Miami
90 Herman Munster from The Munsters
89. Lt. Castillo from Miami Vice
88. Jamie Sommers from The Bionic Woman
87. Gomez & Morticia Addams from The Addams Family
86. Maxwell Smart from Get Smart
85. Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin from The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
84. Bob Hartley from The Bob Newhart Show
83. Vinnie Barbarinofrom Welcome Back, Kotter
82. Gil Grissom & Catherine Willows from CSI:Crime Scene Investigation
81. Cast of Will & Grace from Will and Grace
80 Jack Tripper from Three's Company
79. Charles Ingalls from Little House on the Prairie
78. Rob & Laura Petrie from The [...] Van Dyke Show
77. Dr. Craig from St. Elsewhere
76. Ellenor Frutt from The Practice
75. Ally McBeal from Ally McBeal
74. Beaver from Leave it to Beaver
73. Dr. Johnny Fever from WKRP in Cincinnati
72. [...] Solomon from 3rd Rock from the Sun
71. Dan Fielding from Night Court
70 Niles Crane from Frasier
69. David Addison/Maddie Hayes from Moonlighting
68. Benson from Benson
67. Jim Ignatowski from Taxi
66. Carla Tortelli from Cheers
65. John Boy from The Waltons
64. Jessica Fletcher from [...], She Wrote
63. Andy Taylor from The Andy Griffith Show
62. Francis Xavier Pembleton from [...]: Life on the Street
61. James Crockett & Ricardo Tubbs from Miami Vice
60. Mork from Mork & Mindy
59. Al & Peg Bundy from Married... With Children
58. Barney Miller from Barney Miller
57. Rhoda Morgenstern from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
56. Mick Belker from Hill Street Blues
55. Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation
54. Rocky & Bullwinkle from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
53. President Josiah Bartlet from The West Wing
52. Emma Peel from The Avengers
51. Murphy Brown from Murphy Brown
50. Sam Malone & Diane Chambers from Cheers
49. Maude Findlay from Maude
48. Ted Baxter from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
47. Carmela Soprano from The Sopranos
46. Cast of Friends from Friends
45. Marshal Matt Dillon from Gunsmoke
44. Cliff Huxtable from The Cosby Show
43. Thomas Magnum from Magnum, P.I.
42. Laverne & Shirley from Laverne & Shirley
41. The Barone Family from Everybody Loves Raymond
40 Fred Sanford from Sanford & Son
39. Kojak from Kojak
38. Ernie Bilko from The Phil Silvers Show
37. Marcus Welby from Marcus Welby, M.D.
36. Barney FIFE from The Andy Griffith Show
35. Lou Grant from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
34. Kermit & Miss Piggy from The Muppet Show
33. Maverick from Maverick
32. Scully & Mulder from The X-Files
31. Samantha Stephens from Bewitched
30. Lenny Briscoe from Law & Order
29. Alex P. Keaton from Family Ties
28. Perry Mason from Perry Mason
27. Ann Marie from That Girl
26. Frasier Crane from Frasier
25. Joe Friday from Dragnet
24. Louie De Palma from Taxi
23. Andy Sipowicz from NYPD Blue
22. Richard Kimble from The Fugitive
21. Mr. Spock from Star Trek
20. Ed Norton from The Honeymooners
19. Eric Cartman from South Park
18. Roseanne from Roseanne
17. Jim Rockford from The Rockford Files
16. George Jefferson from The Jeffersons
15. J.R. Ewing from Dallas
14. Hawkeye Pierce from M*A*S*H
13. Buffy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
12. Edith Bunker from All in the Family
11. Carrie Bradshaw from [...] and the City
10 Tony Soprano from The Sopranos
9. James Kirk from Star Trek
8. Mary Richards from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
7. Lt. Columbo from Columbo
6. Seinfeld Cast from Seinfeld
5. Homer Simpson from The Simpsons
4. The Fonz from Happy Days
3. Lucy Ricardo from I Love Lucy
2. Ralph Kramden from The Honeymooners
1. Archie Bunker from All in the Family