Your choice for television's greatest iconic characters [View all]
Mine, in no particular order:
Tony Soprano: the bad guy you could actually root for, played so brilliantly by James Gandolfini. RIP.
Lucy Ricardo: Lucille Ball created the perfect screwball and the perfect sitcom.
Archie Bunker: there was never a better bigot. Ironically, Bunker couldn't be more different than the liberal Carroll O'Connor.
Ted Baxter: the standard for annoying buffoons. Ted Knight won two Emmys and was nominated for four others. No one can come close to topping this performance.
J.R. Ewing: I never watched Dallas, though I understand Larry Hagman created a darn good villian.
Don Draper: Jon Hamm will forever be TV's adman.
Spock: Leonard Nimoy didn't just create a character, he created a race of aliens.
Lt. Columbo: Peter Falk played the most iconic of all the televsion cops, IMO.
There have been a lot of other great characters that come to mind, but none seem to be as iconic nor so ingrained in American entertainment culture than those above.
Who are your choices? I'm sure I left off a few.
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