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

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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

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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

Entertainment

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. While they&#39;re fictional deaths, 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

The 50+ Saddest TV Character Deaths Of All Time

Exploring and ranking everything in HBO's epic fantasy series.

Game of Thrones

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This list of the best, most interesting characters from HBO&#39;s Game of Thrones&nbsp;series has been voted on by tens of thousands of GoT fans. Though the complicated study of power dynamics in the fantasy kingdom of Westeros may not have too many identifiable or even sympathetic lead characters, it has nonetheless produced a wide variety of compelling, entertaining and outsized personalities, from the brutal boy king Joffrey Baratheon to his diminutive but ingenious cousin Tyrion Lannister to their rivals, <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/all-members-of-house-stark/ranker-of-thrones?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the Stark family</a> of Winterfell and the &quot;Mother of Dragons,&quot; Daenerys Targaryen. But which characters are the true fan favorites, providing the most memorable moments and unexpected plot twists? While it&#39;s inevitably that a certain Bolton is likely to get heavily downvoted based on the true evilness of his character, hopefully some of the more nuanced &quot;not purely evil&quot; characters will maintain high rankings based on the opinion of true fans (like yourself, dear reader!).&nbsp;

HBO&#39;s Game of Thrones&nbsp;show is based on the Song of Ice and Fire&nbsp;cycle of novels by fantasy author George R. R. Martin.&nbsp;Martin has said that the series was partially based on the real &quot;War of the Roses&quot; that engulfed England in civil war in the 15th Century. Those conflicts concerned a rivalry between the houses of Lancaster and York, whose names clearly provided inspiration for the rival families of Lannister and Stark in the GoT universe. While this list is focused on characters from the TV series, voters who have both seen the show and read the books will probably vote somewhat differently given the additional nuance they will bring to their opinion of this unique ranking. This list ranks every major Game of Thrones character from best to worst, and given how many fans have voted on it, it&#39;s the definitive ranking of GoT&nbsp;fan favorites

For your fill of Game of Thrones discussion, check out more lists like the most<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-most-hated-game-of-thrones-characters/ranker-of-thrones">&nbsp;hated characters in Game of Thrones</a>, or vote on <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/most-satisfying-game-of-thrones-deaths/ranker-tv">which Game of Thrones death was the most satisfying</a>. If you&#39;re ready for something new, we also have a great round up of other&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-game-of-thrones/watchworthy" target="_blank">shows like Game of Thrones</a>.

Barristan Selmy

The Best 'Game Of Thrones' Characters

Best Game of Thrones Characters | Ranking All GoT Characters

Lists about AMC's monumental series that follows mild-mannered chemistry teacher Walter White as he becomes kingpin Heisenberg, and the spin-off that follows Saul Goodman, a scam artist-turned lawyer.

Breaking Bad

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List of the best Breaking Bad&nbsp;characters, with pictures and character bios when available. With such a great cast of characters, it&#39;s tough to say who the greatest really is without everybody weighing in on the discussion. Do you love the villains of Breaking Bad like Gustavo Fring&nbsp;and&nbsp;Hector Salamanca, or do you prefer more innocent characters like Walter Jr.? Vote for your favorite Breaking Bad characters and help make this list the ultimate source for who the <a href="/crowdranked-list/best-movie-characters-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best characters</a> of the show are. Breaking Bad character roles from every season are included, along with the names of the actors who play them.

List ranges from Walter White to Saul Goodman, and even includes Breaking Bad side characters like Huel, Kuby, and Uncle Jack. If you find yourself missing these unforgettable characters, you can watch more <a href="/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-breaking-bad/watchworthy" target="_blank">shows like </a><a href="/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-breaking-bad/watchworthy" target="_blank">Breaking Bad</a>&nbsp;here. Who is the fan favorite character of Breaking Bad? Scroll down so you can find out once and for all.

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The Best Breaking Bad Characters of All Time

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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

Fictional Relationships

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

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

List of the greatest bad boys in TV history. Here is a listing of the cream of the crop when it comes to television's best bad boys. The best and the baddest of the bunch make their ensemble that much richer. Perhaps Samuel L. Jackson's character in &quot;Pulp Fiction&quot; would refer to the TV characters ranker here as &quot;BAMFS.&quot; Whatever tough guy categorization you would like to give these characters, they are undoubtedly the coolest -- if not particularly warm -- men to grace our screens every week. And nobody can down whiskey like Don Draper, just like nobody could scare television parents like bad boys next door Ryan Atwood (&quot;The O.C.&quot;) and Shawn Hunter (&quot;<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/things-you-didn-t-know-about-boy-meets-world-cast/saim-cheeda?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Boy Meets World</a>&quot;).This list includes TV bad boy characters with dark brooding attitudes, leather jackets, motorcycles, dour dispositions, sad mysterious pasts, questionable ethics - and hopeful girls who love them anyway. Dylan McKay, Chuck Bass, and even The Fonz are at the top of our ranks. Vote up the quintessential bad boys on television to shape this list, or click rerank to make a version of your own.

Jess Mariano

The Greatest Bad Boys In TV History

Bad Boy Characters on TV | List of Best Bad Boys on Television

Lists about Saturday Night Live cast members, hosts, musical acts, and backstage antics of America's favorite sketch comedy series, airing from 30 Rockefeller Plaza since 1975.

Live from New York!

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The best Saturday Night Live characters of all time include classic, unforgettable characters brought to life by the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-saturday-night-live-characters-of-all-time/best-of-snl">best cast members on SNL</a>. The list itself is impressive, filled with hilarious characters from the greatest SNL shows from the 1970s, 1980s and beyond. Whether it&#39;s men like Eddie Murphy&#39;s Buckwheat, Chris Farley&#39;s Matt Foley or John Belushi&#39;s Samurai, or female SNL characters like Rachel Dratch&#39;s Debbie Downer, the characters on this list represent the absolute greatest - those that made us laugh for days after the show aired. This is a vote ranked list, so be sure to cast your vote for your personal favorite SNL character ever (and vote down any characters you don&#39;t like). If you don&#39;t see your favorite popular SNL characters on the list, feel free to add them!

Saturday Night Live&#39;s original sketch comedy represents some of the funniest ever on television. Since the show first aired in 1975, so many talented comedians and actors have given their all to make sure everyone kept laughing. Whether it&#39;s the recurring characters from the early years like The Coneheads and The Blues Brothers, or more modern classics like Chris Kattan&#39;s Mango, Adam Sandler&#39;s Opera Man or, more recently, Bill Hader&#39;s Stefon, all are memorable and all are truly funny. Can&#39;t forget about Mike Myers, too!&nbsp;

Who are the best characters on SNL? For more great SNL info, check out these lists of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-saturday-night-live-original-cast-sketches/best-of-snl">best &#39;Saturday Night Live&#39; original cast sketches,</a> <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-saturday-night-live-monologues-of-all-time/best-of-snl">monologues,</a> <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-saturday-night-live-sketches-of-the-80s/best-of-snl">sketches from the 1980s</a> and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-saturday-night-live-sketches-of-the-1990s/best-of-snl">the 1990s.</a> Ever wonder who the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/most-frequent-snl-hosts/best-of-snl">most frequent &#39;SNL&#39; hosts</a> are? There&#39;s a list for that, along with information about the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/youngest-snl-hosts-ever/best-of-snl">youngest</a> and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/oldest-snl-hosts-ever/best-of-snl">oldest &#39;SNL&#39; hosts</a> ever - and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/banned-snl-hosts/best-of-snl">&#39;SNL&#39; hosts who were banned.</a> Enjoy!

The Best Saturday Night Live Characters of All Time

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Lists about nerdy hobbies, franchises, and topics—and the sweet, socially awkward geeks who obsess over them.

Nerd Alert

List of the greatest geeks in TV history. The <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-nerd-characters-movies/jodi-smith" target="_blank">best nerd characters</a> ever to hit the tiny screens are ranked here in order of greatness. Played by our favorite cute and nerdy&nbsp;<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-with-glasses/celeb-stalker?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">actors with glasses</a>, TV&#39;s most popular geeks include characters from sitcoms, cartoon shows, and more.

Sure, some of the characters might have annoyed us, but we never changed that dial once they appeared onscreen. These men and women are absolutely hilarious and absolutely awesome -- oh, and absolutely nerdy. It usually happens on TV when the door knocks and the dad is really disappointed to see who is on the other side. Like the way Carl Winslow looks when it&#39;s revealed to be Steve Urkel on Family Matters. 

TV nerds of all genders are ranked, ranging from sexy geeks like Liz Lemon to neurotic nerds like Adrian Monk. Who studies dinosaurs better than Ross Geller? Who knows more Pawnee history than Leslie Knope? These geeks made us smarter and sillier, like Lisa Simpson and Willow Rosenberg. While Willow was always the best friend and Dwight Schrute is just one of the employees, people like Larry David and iCarly (yes, both geeks) got shows to their geeky selves.

Ross Geller

The Greatest Geeks In TV History

The 50+ Best Geeky & Nerdy TV Characters Of All Time

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

Since 1972, the Home Box Office has been bringing premium motion pictures right into your living room. Today, it makes some of the highest quality original series streaming right on your TV.

It's Not TV. It's HBO Max.

HBO has put out some of the most innovative and character-rich original series ever. These here, well they&#39;re the best <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-hbo-original-shows/ranker-tv?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">HBO Original Series</a> characters ever. HBO shows are character-rich in the sense that HBO actually has the means to let their characters be interesting, and flawed, and heroic, and shameful, and deadly, and helpful because they are a paid super DELUXE channel service thing and they don&#39;t have to worry about advertisers. That&#39;s showbiz, folks!

Anyway, thankfully HBO is HBO. Without it we wouldn&#39;t have Tony Soprano, or Tyrion Lannister. We wouldn&#39;t have Stringer Bell. Stringer Bell, you guys! You think Stringer Bell could be Stringer Bell on ABC? Don&#39;t think so. With every new show HBO releases come great new characters, like <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-euphoria-characters/ranker-tv" target="_blank">Fezco and Rue from Euphoria</a> or the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-succession-characters/ranker-tv" target="_blank">Roy family in Succession</a>.

These are the greatest HBO characters of all time. Vote for your favorites and see if they can claim the top spot!

Omar Little

The Greatest Characters on HBO Shows

Best HBO Original Series Characters of All Time

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

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

Goin' Down to South Park

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

Ranking and thinking about the friends and enemies of the Four Nations of Avatar: The Last Airbender.

All Branches of the Same Tree

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<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/atla-avatar-the-last-airbender-firebending-memes-firebender-funny/alyssa-mariano" target="_blank">Firebending</a> is one of the four bending types in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/collections/avatar-the-last-airbender?ref=collection_header" target="_blank">Avatar: The Last Airbender</a>&nbsp;and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/legend-of-korra-memes/joshualee" target="_blank">The Legend of Korra</a>&nbsp;and is often known for being the most volatile due to fire&#39;s unruly nature. We wondered: Which characters from these shows are&nbsp;the most careless with their use of fire, and, much like Admiral Zhao, might accidentally burn structures to the ground? Here are the rankings.

Firebenders, Ranked By How Likely They Are To Accidentally Burn Down A Forest While Bending

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The funniest <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-female-tv-characters-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">female TV characters</a> are those whom we&#39;ve both laughed at and laughed with, sharing their hilarious moments and sometimes their most touching ones. These funny females are mothers, friends, wives and businesswomen -- comical television character versions of the roles women play in real life. Sometimes easy to relate to, sometimes not, funny female TV characters keep viewers returning to the TV for season after season.

While most truly funny women on TV can be found in sitcoms, a few of the best and funniest women in television can be found in dramas. Ally McBeal proved that a leading woman&rsquo;s role could deal with dramatic situations, yet still allow the female lead to be humorous. A few of the funniest female TV characters have also come from books adapted into television shows, as in the case of Piper Chapman -- who also plays in a drama.

Some of the funniest women on TV are known for their antics; a classic example is Lucy Ricardo&rsquo;s failure to pronounce &ldquo;Vitameatavegamin&rdquo; after becoming tipsy off the health tonic of the same name. Some of TV&rsquo;s funniest women are known for their rants or musings. Remember when Elaine Benes had to decide whether men were &lsquo;spongeworthy?&#39; Or 30 Rock&#39;s sarcastic Liz Lemon and her many antics. No matter why viewers find them funny, these quirky, witty girl characters continue to stand the test of time and give both men and women hilarious females to enjoy on TV.&nbsp;

Whoever your favorite funny women on TV are, chances are they&rsquo;ve become characters you can watch again and again. And that&rsquo;s the real test: The funniest female TV characters aren&rsquo;t just funny once, they&rsquo;re enjoyable and humorous with repeated viewings. They&rsquo;re human, they&rsquo;re engaging and these funny television females give audiences not only a laugh, but a lift -- whether they earned one season, six seasons or more.

Lucy Ricardo

The Funniest Female TV Characters

The 50+ Funniest Female TV Characters Of All Time

Lists about the beloved American adaptation of the BBC workplace comedy series "The Office," which ran on NBC from March 2005 until May 2013.

Dunder Mifflin, This Is Pam

It's exhausting trying&nbsp;to keep track of all the awful things Michael Scott did on The Office. And even though fans think he's the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-the-office-u-s-characters" target="_blank">best character</a> on the long-running NBC sitcom,&nbsp;Michael Scott is the worst boss ever (even though <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Coffee-Michael-Dunder-Mifflin/dp/B00KGH5P4S" target="_blank">his mug</a> says differently). He has loveable moments and shows true compassion for&nbsp;his co-workers,&nbsp;but, ultimately, he's nosy, selfish, and inconsiderate.For every&nbsp;nice thing he does for Ryan or Pam, there are&nbsp;50 times&nbsp;Michael Scott on The Office&nbsp;is mean to Phyllis, Toby, or Dwight. Some&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-office-fan-theories/cehudspeth" target="_blank">Office&nbsp;fan theories</a>&nbsp;think Michael just plays the fool for his own amusement, but&nbsp;that's highly unlikely.&nbsp;His branch is one of the most successful in all of Dunder Mifflin, but&nbsp;that often has&nbsp;little to do with his leadership. The sales and administration team often has&nbsp;to clean up the messes he leaves&nbsp;behind, yet&nbsp;Michael is always more than happy to take the credit. And while fans can point to a handful occasions where the &quot;World's Best Boss&quot; lived up to his billing, there are plenty of truly horrible reasons why Michael Scott is actually the worst.

Michael Scott Is A Bad Person And You're Also A Bad Person For Liking Him

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Collin Flatt

LOST

The best characters on Lost, one of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-scifi-television-series-of-all-time">most popular sci-fi series</a> of all time. The premiere of Lost - one of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-pilot-episodes-of-all-time">all-time greatest TV pilots</a> - featured a spectacular plane crash onto a beach of an island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Within the first two hours of the episode, fans were introduced to complicated characters, violent out-of-place polar bears, and a mysterious beacon sending out a distress call in French.

With millions of loyal fans, the show went on for six seasons, marking it as one of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/tv-guide_s-top-30-cult-shows">top cult TV shows</a>. This list includes all of the major characters from Lost, from the initial survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 to the members of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/fictional-company-you_d-most-want-to-work-for">Dharma Initiative</a>, as well as many of the family members and villains viewers met along the way. And yes, Vincent, too. Vote up your favorite Lost characters from <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-desmond-lost-episodes/ranker-tv" target="_blank">Desmond</a> to Sayid to move them up the list so all will know they are the top lost characters, or press rerank to create your own order.

Boone Carlyle

The Best LOST Characters

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Peter Griffin

Funny

Who are the funniest current TV characters on air right this very moment? This is your chance to vote up the small screen characters you truly believe are the funniest on the tube in 2019-2020. Sitcom superstars like Sofia Vergara on Modern Family and Rachel Brosnahan&nbsp;on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel&nbsp;are represented by their respective characters, the hilarious Gloria Delgado-Pritchett and Midge. <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-animated-series/ranker-tv?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Current cartoon characters</a> like Eric Cartman from South Park and Pam Poovey from Archer are also included. In fact, other animated series have given us some of the funniest characters on television right now. For instance, Bob&#39;s Burgers brought audiences Louise Belcher, while Family Guy introduced the world to Stewie Griffin.

Funny characters <a href="/crowdranked-list/best-shows-currently-on-the-air?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">currently on TV</a> span from comedic network TV characters like Detective Jake Peralta (played by comedian Andy Samberg) on FOX&#39;s Brooklyn Nine-Ninge&nbsp;to <a href="/crowdranked-list/the-very-best-of-premium-cable-original-programming?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">premium cable</a> dramas characters like Jensen Ackles&#39;s Dean Winchester on The CW&#39;s Supernatural.

Which of these current TV show characters in 2020 do you think are the funniest and most laugh out loud hilarious? Cast your votes below and be sure to add any other funny television characters, provided they are on a current show (network or streaming).

Phil Dunphy

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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

Walking Dead Characters Most Likely to Survive

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.

Jaime Lannister

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Lists about the most memorable fictional characters in film, TV, and literature that will stick in our minds forever.

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 <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/small-details-in-fantasy-shows/shane-fraser?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Game of Thrones</a> or <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/prop-and-wardrobe-details-in-the-walking-dead/shane-fraser?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">The Walking Dead</a>. 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;