Most annoying TV characters?
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Just can't stand Ally McBeal? Have a distaste for Foreman on "House," or wonder why Horatio Caine of "CSI: Miami" never leaves the house without his sunglasses? Globe critic Matthew Gilbert has put to
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Most annoying TV characters?
posted at 10/21/2009 5:12 PM EDT
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Just can't stand Ally McBeal? Have a distaste for Foreman on "House," or wonder why Horatio Caine of "CSI: Miami" never leaves the house without his sunglasses? Globe critic Matthew Gilbert has put together a list of 14 TV characters he just can't stand. What characters on TV annoy, bother, or just generally irk you? |
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Re: Most annoying TV characters?
posted at 10/22/2009 12:24 PM EDT
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Absolutely Michael Scott from "The Office." I know people love him, but his character is pathetic when compared to what Rick Gervais portrayed in the BBC version of the show. Since I love everyone else on the show and turn away furing Steve Carrell's parts, he is the winner for most annoying. |
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posted at 10/22/2009 12:27 PM EDT
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What I found a bit scary is that 10 of the 14 I've never watched, and I stopped watching Desperate Housewives a couple of yawn-inducing seasons ago - so maybe I'm just totally out of it. Other annoying characters - anyone on Big Brother or Survivor. |
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Re: Most annoying TV characters?
posted at 10/22/2009 12:28 PM EDT
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Don't like any of those shows except ER and Friends. On ER, everyone who was on the show after Mark Green died was annoying. Most annoying character ever? Greg Medavoy on NYPD Blue. Because a series is only as good as its weakest character, his kept the show from being an A plus! Most annoying on TV currently? Conan O'Brien. Not "technically" a character, but not a real person, either.... |
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Re: Most annoying TV characters?
posted at 10/22/2009 12:32 PM EDT
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The entire cast of "West Wing." Nothing more irritating than a bunch of self-righteous lefties trying to pretend to understand the rest of society; compounded by the grating "walk and talk" scenes. Alan Shore and Denny Crane from "Boston Legal." Shore for his "closing arguments" that were little more than thinly-disguised diatribes against conservatives. Crane for just being an annoying character that never seemed to do any actual legal work and seemed to exist only to serve as fodder for tired "dirty old man" jokes. |
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Re: Most annoying TV characters?
posted at 10/22/2009 12:34 PM EDT
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If you need an ER character for your list--not Dr. Benton but Dr. Luka Kovacz. Appealing actor and his character had so much potential, but the writers didn't know what to do with the character and ruined it. |
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posted at 10/22/2009 12:34 PM EDT
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Wow...my comment is that I obviously don't watch enough TV. I don't even know who most of the characters presented as most annoying are! Seriously, though, the author lost me when he discussed trying to figure out Benton's personality on ER. Why try to figure out anything? Why not just watch and move on! Now, let's do a similar article on Most Annoying Sportscasters...Joe Buck, anyone?! |
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Re: Most annoying TV characters?
posted at 10/22/2009 12:38 PM EDT
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I absolutely agree about Pete from Mad Men. I hate his face. I also don't like Joan (I don't care how great her hips are). But I love Jack McCoy. I don't think he's self-righteous at all and I think he embraces his flaws very well. I also loved Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston)-mostly because her comic timing and humor were often overlooked b/c of Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry). |
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Re: Most annoying TV characters?
posted at 10/22/2009 12:42 PM EDT
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Yes, D'Onofrio is annoying. However while all those listed were good choices you all missed out on the #1 most annoying TV character of all time. Ross from Friends. Hawkeye Pierce runs a close second in the last few years of the series MASH when it turned into an in-your-face morality play with Alan Alda preaching from his lofty pulpit. Yes we know war is awful. |
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posted at 10/22/2009 12:44 PM EDT
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Deborah Morgan on Dexter. All the supporting characters are kind of meh (don't think the writers could be bothered with them)...but at least we've seen evidence elsewhere that the actors portraying them are capable, for the most part. I've seen nothing of the kind from Jennifer Carpenter. I don't think Meryl Streep could do anything with her character, let alone that abomination of an actor. While we're on the subject of Showtime series with egregiously pointless sibling characters, I'll throw out Andy Botwin on Weeds. I stopped watching that show entirely because of him. I suppose it's good that series has sunk so low. Now he can just sort of blend in. |
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Re: Most annoying TV characters?
posted at 10/22/2009 12:47 PM EDT
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For the shows I have watched, I would have to agree with most of your choices, though I'm pretty sure you could have made it a "top 20" list by adding the remainder of the "Brother & Sister's" cast. I believe that is the biggest collection of over-acting drama queens & kings ever to hit primetime TV. My all time least favorite character was "The Nanny" - Fran Drescher's voice was almost enough to make me commit horrible violence, fortunately I had enough self control to switch that rubbish off before the sound traveled from the TV speakers to my ears. |