It's the final season of AMC's hit show, adapted from a comic book series, about life for survivors of an actual zombie apocalypse.

The Walking Dead

Horror Movies and TV

Who is your favorite character on The Walking Dead&nbsp;TV series? With season ten of this awesome drama series already being scripted, it&#39;s time to decide who the best Walking Dead&nbsp;characters are, by voting.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-the-walking-dead-episodes/reference" target="_blank">Walking Dead</a>&nbsp;fans, get ready to sound off, by casting your votes up or down in this poll for the characters in this AMC drama, which is without a doubt one of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-shows-currently-on-the-air/acrosstheflame" target="_blank">best shows on TV</a> right now.

It&#39;s no surprise that many of us believe that Rick Grimes (played by <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-walking-dead-actors/conbrae5" target="_blank">Walking Dead&nbsp;actor</a> Andrew Lincoln) is the best character on The Walking Dead.&nbsp;The same can be said for Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) and several other original characters, some who are, sadly, no longer with us. Including main and supporting, here are the best TWD characters.&nbsp;

Are there any <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/deceased-walking-dead-characters-you_d-like-to-return-/aargh" target="_blank">deceased Walking Dead&nbsp;characters you&#39;d like to return</a> to the show?&nbsp;Love them or hate them, the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/strongest-walking-dead-characters/jonathan-kantor" target="_blank">Walking Dead&nbsp;characters</a> are the heart of this excellent show - and example of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-very-best-of-premium-cable-original-programming" target="_blank">the very best of premium cable&#39;s original programming</a>, without a doubt. And for other great characters to get invested in, check out more <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/tv-shows-movies-like-the-walking-dead/watchworthy" target="_blank">shows like The Walking Dead</a>.

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Merle Dixon

The Best Walking Dead Characters, Ranked

TV Character

Best Walking Dead Character List

Ranker Community

Look, you watch enough of a show, you get to know the characters. Maybe you even care about them. Maybe you even love them. Or hate them. Or want to read tons of lists about them.

The People in Your TV

Spoilers everywhere, of course! List of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/saddest-sitcom-deaths/anncasano" target="_blank">saddest TV deaths</a> as voted and ranked by fans. TV shows have long been able to penetrate the core of the human spirit, and audiences grow attached to characters they watch week after week and season after season. These TV character deaths are among the saddest, most memorable, and most gut wrenching to ever grace the screen - whether they were surprises or a long time coming. The list includes violent deaths, freak accidents, murders, deaths from illness, and a wide range of other sad TV death scenes. (<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/unsurprising-tv-character-resurrections/lina-lecaro" target="_blank">Fake-out deaths</a>, of course, are an entirely different matter.)

Vote for those saddest TV deaths that impacted you most and watch them move to the top of the list, or click Re-Rank to make your own version of this list.

Paul Hennessy

The Saddest Television Deaths Ever

Saddest TV Deaths: List of Sad TV Character Death Scenes

After spending so very many hours watching a TV show, we form strong attachments - and revulsions - to certain characters. Let's rank 'em.

TV Characters We Love & Hate

Female Characters

Who are the greatest female TV characters of all time?&nbsp;This list includes some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-tv-characters-of-all-time">greatest television characters in history</a> from dramatic shows, sitcoms, and sci-fi series to&nbsp;procedurals and cartoons!&nbsp;For as long as TV has been a medium to reflect social constructs, programs have featured <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/strong-female-characters/anncasano?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">strong women characters</a> as protagonists, partners, and foils for their male counterparts. In comedy shows, characters like Lucy Ricardo, Mary Richards, and Maude Findlay paved the way for Elaine Benes, Roseanne Conner, and Liz Lemon.Female characters dominate modern genre series, with popular women like Daenerys Targaryen, Dana Scully, Buffy Summers, and Veronica Mars achieving cult-level idolization. You'll recognize these famous names as some of the strongest, funniest, and most relatable in television history.Vote up the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-female-movie-characters/ranker-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">greatest female characters</a> to move them up the list, and add please any that we're missing.

Morticia Addams

The Greatest Female TV Characters of All Time

Best Female TV Characters | Top Women Television Character List

Teen TV

With 385 episodes spanning 14 seasons, Degrassi: The Next Generation&nbsp;outlived most&nbsp;teen television fare, and introduced Degrassi&nbsp;characters that entertained kids everywhere after real school finished. Did anyone think this reboot of an &#39;80s teen soap opera would endure for so&nbsp;long? It&rsquo;s simultaneously endearing, ground-breaking, and lovingly mocked. At times it&#39;s laughably earnest and at others surprisingly cutting, like that time Ashley lobbed&nbsp;off all her hair. With <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/full-list-of-degrassi-the-next-generation-episodes/reference" target="_blank">so many episodes</a>, one-off feature length specials, and numerous &quot;generations,&quot; there comes a hell of a lot of Degrassi: Next Gen characters.&nbsp;

But who stands as&nbsp;the best Degrassi: The Next Generation character? Perhaps it&#39;s&nbsp;Jimmy, the wheelchair-bound future rap superstar everyone&#39;s come&nbsp;to know and love and meme as Drake.&nbsp;On the other hand, maybe&nbsp;Holly J, sister of the mysterious, unseen Heather Sinclair, holds this&nbsp;title.&nbsp;If you prefer the&nbsp;OG characters, you may pick&nbsp;Paige, one of Degrassi High&#39;s original mean girls and full-time &quot;hun.&quot;&nbsp;All of your favorite Degrassi characters lie below, eager for you to rank their social status. After all, isn&#39;t that what fictional high school is all about? Don&#39;t forget to also check out our list of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-degrassi/watchworthy" target="_blank">shows like Degrassi</a> for something new to watch!

Ranking Every Degrassi: Next Generation Character

A Definitive Ranking of Every Degrassi: Next Generation Character

Rebecca Shortall

Celebrating the tough, goofy, loving men of the house who know and can fix everything.

Here's to Dad

Lists about depictions of families and family relationships throughout film, TV, music, and more.

We Are Family

Entertainment

Most &#39;90s kids (or really anybody who didn&#39;t care to go out on Friday nights in the 1990s) can tell you tales of the wondrous array of parental figures TV sitcoms introduced in the last decade of the 20th century. &#39;90s TV dads are comedy gold, and they always delivered the best laughs and the most heart-felt father figure speeches. From Danny Tanner, the head of a Full House, to Carl Winslow, who could nail the sh*t out of perps, but couldn&#39;t always handle his Family Matters, there were plenty of clever, caring father figures for the kids and teens of the 1990s to look up to. Such actors <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-father-figure-actors/tyler-mitchell" target="_blank">unmistakably defined dad-ness</a> for an entire generation, and these are the best of them.

Would you have picked a dad who was firm, but jovial like Jason Seaver, or someone more roll-with-the-punches like Frank Lambert? Whoever you think the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/tags/best-tv?ref=internalCrossLinking_tag">best TV</a> dad from the &#39;90s would be (should be, IS!), this is your chance to vote and tell the world about the man you would have as your TV foster dad.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Vote up the best &#39;90s TV dad of all time from this list below!

Alan Matthews

12 Of The Best '90s TV Dads

Ranking the Greatest '90s TV Dads Who Were Great Fathers

Ariel Kana

Exposing all the weird, expensive, political, ego-driven stuff that happens behind the scenes before and after films and TV series hit the screens.

That's Showbiz, Baby

Friendship

Big actors often have&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-notoriously-difficult-actors-to-work-with/celebrity-lists" target="_blank">equally big egos</a>,&nbsp;and when those egos are forced to compete for airtime, jokes, and accolades, it can <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/co-stars-who-hated-each-other/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">understandably lead to friction</a>. Some of the best <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/movie-friends-who-hated-each-other/megan-summers" target="_blank">cinematic buddies were&nbsp;at each other&#39;s throats</a> during filming, and television is no different.

Making a TV show can be a grueling marathon, especially if the show is popular and lasts for several seasons. In this crucible, it frequently seems that off-screen relationships between co-stars develop in one of two ways: They either bond over their shared circumstances and the cast becomes like a family, or they grind away at each other&#39;s nerves and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/tv-couples-who-hated-each-other-in-real-life/donn-saylor" target="_blank">form&nbsp;bitter, barely-contained feuds</a> that almost always spill over the soundstage and into the headlines.

When fans come to love a show - and the relationships on that show - it&#39;s nice to think that the same chemistry exists between the characters in real life. This is not always the case,&nbsp;as fans of&nbsp;Sex and&nbsp;the City, Beverly Hills, 90210, The Good Wife, and even The Golden Girls&nbsp;know -&nbsp;or are soon to find out. Here&#39;s a look at some famous TV besties who were bitter enemies when the cameras stopped rolling.

TV Best Friends Who Hated Each Other In Real Life

General

TV Best Friends Who Hate Each Other In Real Life

Zach Seemayer

A look at real and fictional wedding dresses worn by characters, cartoons, celebrities, and even royalty all around the world.

White Weddings

Television weddings rarely go off without a hitch. Sometimes the groom doesn&rsquo;t show up. Other times he gets poisoned at the reception. In rare occasions, the bride decides she doesn&rsquo;t want to go through with the whole event and bolts. But regardless of the particulars, weddings make for great TV. These special episodes celebrate relationships that viewers have been rooting for&nbsp;seasons &ndash; maybe even since the beginning of the series. They&rsquo;re <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-movies-to-watch-while-drinking/anncasano?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">fun to watch</a>, emotional, and&nbsp;memorable.

But, plot points aside, there&#39;s another factor that makes these episodes especially watchable: the wedding dresses. These are the best TV wedding dresses of all time, perfect for admiring, envying, and gasping over from the comfort of the couch. From Blair to Charlotte to CeCe to Penny, this list rounds up the very best wedding dresses on TV, even the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-goth-wedding-dresses/samantha-dillinger" target="_blank">goth wedding gowns</a>&nbsp;and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-nerdy-wedding-dresses/dani-porter" target="_blank">nerdy dresses</a>. Read on for some serious wedding inspiration, and get those remote-clicking, list-voting fingers ready. Vote up the TV character wedding dresses you&rsquo;re still swooning over, even if it&rsquo;s been years since the ceremony took place.&nbsp;

Rayna James

The 36 Best Wedding Dresses in the History of Television

The 36 Best TV Wedding Dresses of All Time

Alexandra Plesa

Trek Life

Sci-Fi

Favorite Star Trek characters from throughout the history of the Star Trek franchise of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-scifi-television-series-of-all-time">sci-fi show</a>. This list gathers the best, most interesting characters from Star Trek, including all the Star Trek TV series, Star Trek films and associated media. The list order is determined by fielding suggestions from Ranker users for Star Trek characters, and then open voting for which characters are the absolute best.

Widely regarded as the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-scifi-television-series-of-all-time">greatest sci-fi TV series</a> of all time, the original Star Trek&nbsp;debuted on September 8, 1966 (after an initial pilot which didn&#39;t feature series regular William Shatner.) The show initially performed well in the ratings, but dropped off strongly in the first season. It was eventually cancelled during its third season. However, the show&#39;s cult status and passionate fanbase transformed it into one of the most famous and iconic TV and film series of all time (and they even made a <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/star-trek-games/video-game-info" target="_blank">Star Trek video game series</a>). There have since been numerous spin-off shows (including <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-star-trek-the-next-generation-episodes/reference" target="_blank">Star Trek: The Next Generation</a>, Deep Space Nine,&nbsp;and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-star-trek-voyager-episodes/reference" target="_blank">Star Trek: Voyager</a>.) Star Trek characters also spawned multiple film franchises. In addition to the films starring the original cast, and the group of films featuring Star Trek: The Next Generation&nbsp;characters, J.J. Abrams&#39;s 2009 reboot introduced a parallel Star Trek&nbsp;universe populated by new actors playing the classic heroes.

If your favorite Star Trek characters names aren&#39;t listed, be sure to add them and rerank the list. Also remember to vote for the overall best characters from Star Trek so they rise up the list. Oh, yeah, and live long and prosper.&nbsp;

What are the best Star Trek characters? Take a look at this list of Star Trek characters (with pictures) and see for yourself. Then, check out our list of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/luckiest-star-trek-characters/jonathan-kantor" target="_blank">luckiest characters in&nbsp;Star Trek</a>, as well as the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-star-trek-movies" target="_blank">best Star Trek movies</a>,&nbsp;our roundup of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/star-trek-tng-celebrity-cameos/maggie-clancy" target="_blank">actors you didn&#39;t expect to find on Star Trek: The Next Generation</a>, and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/who-would-star-in-star-trek-tng-today/christian-cintron" target="_blank">casting choices to be made</a> if Star Trek The Next Generation were produced today.

Hikaru Sulu

The Most Interesting Star Trek Characters

Fictional Character

Best Star Trek Characters | List of Popular Star Trek Captains and Crew

Featuring the funniest pop cultural references, Cartman's most diabolical schemes, the most controversial episodes, and more! 

Goin' Down to South Park

Animated TV Series

With so many funny South Park characters, it&#39;s tough to say who the greatest really is without everybody weighing in on the discussion. Vote for your favorite South Park characters and help make this list the ultimate resource for longtime fans and newcomers alike. The list of South Park characters draws from the array of personalities who have appeared on various seasons of the show, along with the names of the actors who played them.&nbsp;

Among high-ranking names on the list are characters&nbsp;like Eric Cartman and Butters Stotch, as well as fan-favorites like Towelie,&nbsp;&nbsp;Randy, and <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-goth-kids-episodes-south-park/mike-bedard?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the Goth Kids</a>. That said, one of the more popular up-and-coming&nbsp;South Park characters is PC Principal, a frat boy-ish white man with a love for social justice and PC culture. You can click each image for a larger picture, and in some cases you can click the character&#39;s name for a more detailed description. If you&#39;re looking to laugh at similar characters, check out other <a href="/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-south-park/watchworthy" target="_blank">shows like&nbsp;South Park</a>.

Wondering who all the funniest South Park? Scroll down to see&nbsp;all the top&nbsp;South Park characters readers have voted up, and if your favorite character is&nbsp;missing, add them below.

Stan Marsh

The All-Time Best 'South Park' Characters, Ranked

The 50+ Best 'South Park' Characters of All Time

Ranker TV

Best TV

These are the funniest television characters ever created, as determined by the votes and selections of Ranker users. Lots of things make up truly iconic, timelessly funny characters... the actor, the writing, the supporting cast... but in the end, it's just the character that makes you laugh yourself weak.What are the funniest characters on TV? These are the characters that still make you roll on the floor no matter if you are watching new episodes or reruns from 20 years ago. A lot of the funniest TV characters of all time, like Homer Simpson and Stewie Griffin, tend to be cartoons but there are lots of funny characters that are real-life people too. Vote for your funniest picks and add any characters you see missing. If you want to really impact this list's order, make your own ranking and add it!

Cosmo Kramer

The Funniest TV Characters of All Time

Funniest TV Characters of All Time | List of Funny Television Roles

List of the best TV grumps. Male or female, these are the greatest grumpy TV characters -- television curmudgeons whose pessimistic rants and antics usually make viewers laugh. From the original great TV grumps, including Fred Sanford and Archie Bunker, to the new generation of grumpy TV characters such as <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-red-forman-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes" target="_blank">Red Forman</a> and Sue Sylvester, they&rsquo;re all here.

&nbsp;Why is it that we love TV&rsquo;s curmudgeons? They&rsquo;re unhappy, they complain, they&rsquo;re pessimistic, and they often try to make everyone around them miserable, too. The best TV grumps remain lovable, however, because they tap into our own grumpy sides; besides, their rantings and predictions of doom and gloom often have no effect on anyone else. The other characters in a TV show know that they&rsquo;re dealing with a grouch, and carry on accordingly. In some cases, of course, the greatest grumps on TV really do make others&rsquo; lives miserable, but the curmudgeonly, grumpy character usually gets what&rsquo;s coming to him or her in the end, which makes it okay.

&nbsp;The best grumps on television are usually funny, as well. Frank Costanza generally looks like he&rsquo;s about to pop a blood vessel, but his ravings are hilarious. And underneath it all, many TV curmudgeons have a softer, warmer side. Who can blame a gentle-hearted person for putting up a mean front to protect their tender emotions? Viewers understand this about the best TV curmudgeons: They might seem mean, but they&rsquo;re often concealing a caring personality -- and if they inspire a few laughs in the process, that&rsquo;s all the better.

&nbsp;This list contains the grumps on TV that viewers have both loved and hated, laughed at or felt sorry for. Both female and male TV curmudgeons are included; after all, women can be just as crabby as men. The list also makes no age distinction -- the best TV grouches are both young and old.

Dr. Gregory House

The Most Beloved Grumps in TV History

Best TV Grumps | List of Curmudgeon Characters

Some guys just want to watch the world burn.

Villains and Bad Guys

TV Characters

In the era of fairly accurate historical dramas like The Crown and Downton Abbey, it&rsquo;s no secret that many television characters are directly based on real historical figures. Equally as often, however, thin historical homages are hidden within popular TV shows - characters that are real-life people in everything but name. Sometimes, of course, it&rsquo;s the TV villains that are based on people.

Somehow, a <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/tv-characters-based-on-real-people/lisa-waugh" target="_blank">television antagonist based on a real person</a> is more impactful than when it&rsquo;s one of the good guys. Knowing that the same character stalking the heroes of our favorite TV shows once stalked - or, occasionally, still stalks - our own world is a terrifying thought, and one that gives brand new meaning to the horrors of reality television.&nbsp;

TV Villains You Didn't Realize Were Real People

TV Villains You Didn't Realize Were Based On Real People

Stephan Roget

Lists about Matt Groening's animated sitcom about an average family from Springfield, airing since 1989.

The Simpsons

The Simpsons is not only one of the longest running TV shows of all time, it also has one of the largest casts of characters. The city of Springfield has been populated by a countless number of hilarious residents. With such a great cast of characters, it&#39;s tough to say who the greatest character on The Simpsons&nbsp;really is without everybody weighing in on the discussion.

This list ranges from major characters like Homer Simpson and Mr. Burns to obscure and minor characters including Dr. Nick and Disco Stu. Some of these characters, like Bart, have been featured on every episode of The Simpsons. Other characters on this list, like the unforgettable Frank Grimes, only appeared once. Vote for your favorite <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/simpsons-characters-deserving-of-a-spinoff?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword" target="_blank">Simpsons characters</a> and help make this list the ultimate source for who the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/tags/best-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_tag">best characters</a> of the show are.&nbsp;

All&nbsp;Simpsons characters may be cartoons, but the voice actors truly bring them to life. Are you a fan of Phil Hartman&rsquo;s character work as Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz? Do you love over-the-top villains like <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/albert-brooks-movies-and-films-and-filmography/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Albert Brooks</a>&rsquo; Hank Scorpio and Kelsey Grammer&rsquo;s Sideshow Bob?&nbsp;

Of&nbsp;the many&nbsp;Simpsons characters, who&nbsp;is the fan favorite of the bunch? Vote up your favorite residents of Springfield and vote down the characters in the Simpsons&nbsp;you think should get erased.&nbsp;

You might also like this list of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-grandpa-simpson-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes" target="_blank">The Best Grampa Simpson Quotes</a>.

Krusty the Clown

The Best Simpsons Characters of All Time

The 100+ Best Simpsons Characters of All Time, Ranked by Fans

What do we talk about when we talk about love? Perfect, sickeningly sweet, often unhealthy couples in film, TV, and other media who set up impossible standards to which our real-world flesh & blood relationships will never live up. Let's dissect 'em.

Love on Screen

Romance

This current television couples list includes romantic pairs who are currently together and totally the best. The best current TV couples of 2017&nbsp;spark our imagination, make the work week shorter, and keep fans tuning in to see what they&#39;re up to next.&nbsp;

The <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-and-quot_we-got-married-and-quot_-couples/onlysuy?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best couples</a> on TV also give us something to believe in while watching someone else go through all of the ups and downs of a relationship. TV writers like to build tension, pulling two characters slowly. It&rsquo;s maddening but when it pays off, it can be very gratifying. A series allows relationships to develop, and encounter obstacles. On TV, you can date your co-worker, break up their current relationship, and turn up like a bad penny at the worst possible time. Some couples, like Booth and Brennan on Bones, seem unsinkable, but then you never know what&rsquo;s brewing in a writer&rsquo;s room.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Do you enjoy a slow burn between couples or a quick romance with lots of on again, off again? Are love triangles intriguing. Do you like to see current couples from TV last over seasons, or run their course and then move on? <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-television-duos/ranker-tv" target="_blank">Maybe a little bit of both</a>? What&rsquo;s the secret ingredient to good chemistry between the best couples on television now? Bitter, sweet, overcoming demons, fighting against an outside threat?&nbsp;&nbsp;

It&rsquo;s difficult to predict how a TV couple will rate with viewers. Move too quickly and viewers may not invest in the fictional lovebirds. Making characters wait too long is an exercise in frustration. Casting, acting, direction, but mostly writing, can either elevate a couple with the fandom, or doom it from the beginning. TV relationships are as fragile as real ones, it seems.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Who are you rooting for among TV&rsquo;s best current couples? Ichabod and Abbie? Penny and Leonard? Jake and Olivia? Is it time for Carol and Daryl to shine? Or will Mindy and Danny take the crown? Upvote <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-ultimate-favorites-list/stevo200?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">your favorites</a> and see who reigns the love kingdom. Have any other current TV couples you want to add? Please do!

The Best Current TV Couples

Ranking the Best Current TV Couples On Air Right Now

Lisa Waugh

There are several reasons why a TV show might kill off a character. Perhaps&nbsp;the actor&nbsp;was difficult to work with,&nbsp;or&nbsp;maybe the showrunners wanted to shock the audience. It&rsquo;s even possible that the character&rsquo;s end&nbsp;was necessary for&nbsp;the show&#39;s story arc. Regardless of the reasoning, actors are sometimes unhappy when their character is&nbsp;removed from a show.

Although the actors usually understand why, that doesn&rsquo;t mean they aren&rsquo;t disappointed&nbsp;when the director finally announces &ldquo;series wrap&rdquo; for their character.&nbsp;Find out why some of your favorite characters&nbsp;were offed, as well as&nbsp;the actors&#39; honest reactions to their untimely demises.

Actors Who Were Not Happy About Their TV Characters Dying

Person

Actors Who Didn't Want Their TV Characters To Die

Ann Casano

poll

List of TV's most memorable characters, of all time, chosen by the Ranker community. What makes a character live on in the public's memory, even years after the original run of their respective TV programs? In some cases, it's the amount of depth that the show's writers, actors and other creators were able to bring to the character over the course of many years. For many of the greatest TV characters of all time, audiences feel like they get to know personalities like Dexter Morgan from &quot;Dexter.&quot; Even after the show leaves the air, they may not want that relationship to end. (Thankfully, they don't have to, as many shows live on for years after their cancellation on DVD and in syndication.) The best TV characters are ones that you feel like you know and that you'd want to be friends with.TV has brought many famous characters to life who have been extremely compelling, even if they are not entirely likeable. Viewers may not wish to know dangerous, shadowy figures like Tony Soprano, Vernon Schillinger, and Omar Little in reality, but following their exploits safely from the comfort of your living room can be appealing. Likewise, people who might be aloof or downright unpleasant in real life - think &quot;Mad Men's&quot; Don Draper or Al Swearengen of &quot;Deadwood&quot; - can prove charming, even admirable, when seen at a distance, with the subtext and intricacy that a top long-running TV show can provide.Who is the greatest TV character ever? This list contains the names of the greatest, most fascinating, and most enduring fictional characters from TV of all time. Be sure to vote for your favorites, and if some of your favorite popular characters aren't represented, go ahead and re-rank the list to contribute to the discussion.

Jerry Seinfeld

The Greatest TV Characters of All Time

Favorite TV Characters | List of Television's Greatest Characters

Lists about cartoon and real tv characters.

TV Character lists on Ranker

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Carol Peletier

Clarke Griffin

Olivia Benson

Michael Scott

Eddard Stark

Elliot Stabler

Jon Snow

Arya Stark

Olenna Tyrell

Daryl Dixon

Sasha Williams

Father Gabriel

WARNING: Spoilers abound. If you&rsquo;re caught up on Season 9, you should be fine, though.

Walking Dead fans spend about 60% of their time discussing who will die before just about every episode. Watching the AMC show causes anxiety for this very reason alone. Who&rsquo;s actually going to make it to the end or very close to the end of The Walking Dead? Even though the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/how-does-twd-comic-end/stephanroget" target="_blank">TWD comic ended in July 2019</a>, the show and its source material have diverged enough that no one is truly safe.

Daryl Dixon doesn&rsquo;t even exist in the comic books but he&rsquo;s got fans so crazed, they border on the obsessive. Norman Reedus has vowed to strike the first match if they kill off Daryl so he might just make it through the apocalypse. A popular saying among Dead fans: &ldquo;If they kill Daryl, we riot.&rdquo; It helps that as a character, Daryl has the skills and the luck to make it through psychopathic overlords, cannibals, bloodthirsty gangs, and even the dreaded yuppies behind Alexandria&rsquo;s walls.

If you were placing bets during season one, there&rsquo;s no way you&rsquo;d expect the mousy, domestically-abused Carol to live through an episode, much less outlive Glenn and Abraham. Even Carl has grown from being an overly-protected little boy to a stone-cold calculating killer.&nbsp;Will The Walking Dead&rsquo;s producers kill off the boy who has lived through so much - even having to kill his own mother?

Remember, you&#39;re voting up the characters most likely to make it, not your favorite characters.&nbsp;Who will survive in this hard, cruel world all the way to the bitter end? Who would you choose as the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/strongest-walking-dead-characters/jonathan-kantor" target="_blank">Walking Dead characters</a> who will survive longest? Disagree with our survivor picks? Add your own!

The Walking Dead Characters Most Likely To Survive Until The End

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Life is brutal in Westeros and Essos for the many characters of&nbsp;Game of Thrones. You have to be a cutthroat survivor just to live through a wedding in the Seven Kingdoms! But being strong on this dangerous continent doesn't always involve muscle and brute force. Sometimes the biggest badasses come in the smallest packages. Of all the Game of Thrones characters that grace your television screen each Sunday night, which is the biggest, most awesome, kickass badass?Is it the Mother of Dragons? Her Khal? Would you rather have Brienne of Tarth or the Hound fighting in your corner? What about the badass wit of Little Finger and Varys? The tiny might and badass wordplay that comes from Tyrion Lannister? On a <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-game-of-thrones-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">list of Game of Thrones characters</a>, almost all meet the criteria of badass in some way - but who is the most all-around, big-time, super-duper badass character George R.R. Martin has thrust upon the world?Vote up the characters you think are the most badass in the Game of Thrones TV series and be sure to rerank this list so that Jon Snow knows once and for all what you think of him. Then, have your voice heard as far as GoT's<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/most-badass-ladies-from-game-of-thrones/ranker-of-thrones"> badass ladies</a>, the most <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-insults-from-game-of-thrones/ranker-of-thrones">epic insults</a> these amazing characters have ever uttered.

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The Most Hardcore Game of Thrones Characters

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Characters We'll Never Forget

We all remember losing our favorite characters -- Elliot Stabler (Law &amp; Order SVU), Mark Greene (ER), Diane Chambers (Cheers), Fox Mulder (The X Files), Kalinda Sharma and Will Gardner (The Good Wife), Mathew Crawley (Downton Abbey) and practically everyone we started to emotionally invest in on Game of Thrones or The Walking Dead. They get killed off, leave town, die of a terminal illness, get kidnapped, or sometimes just get transported to another world. Regardless of how they were written off (or why the actor chose to leave), they leave a gaping void in the show they built. This list is about ranking the greatest losses, whether the characters were good or evil. We wish the characters would have stayed because there were so many more stories to tell.&nbsp;Without them, the TV show went on but was never quite the same.&nbsp;

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The Greatest TV Character Losses of All Time

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Some of the greatest characters in this new <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-years-for-tv-shows/loganrapp?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">golden age of TV</a> are female right now, and their characters span centuries, cultures, and personalities of all types. The shows they're on range anywhere from fantasy to comedy to drama and everything in between. Which female characters are the best of the best on <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-tv-characters-of-all-time">TV show characters</a> right now?Are you a Jess Day kind of person, or an Arya Stark lover instead? The choice is up to you. Vote up all of your favorite female characters currently on TV, and add any that aren't already on the list.