Which tv characters were so bad they ruined shows for you.

[EachandEveryone]

Inspired by the article in today’s Guardian the comments are quite good as there’s so
many.

mine would be the Moon family but not Daphne.

i can’t even speak about Che

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/aug/04/from-emily-in-friends-to-che-diaz-the-tv-characters-so-bad-that-they-ruined-shows

And Roger the Dentist, it was an enjoyable show up until those characters were drafted in, oh and Alfie wasn’t much better either.

Totally agree he was brilliant, he was a great physical actor as well as having great delivery, he was the most talented by a country mile, loved the teeth episode!

I loved them both!
One woman’s poison and all that.

Che was not great at all for AJLT. Miranda became absolutely insufferable. I don’t recall her being so awful before. I still loved the show but the trans people everywhere and every episode riddled with wokeness spoilt it.

Cannot stand that Phoebe married Mike instead of David! Erghhh he was smug and patronising and I didn’t like Phoebe when she was with him 😠

I think Emily was planned to be a much bigger character on Friends but the actress was pregnant and couldn’t commit to longer filming in the US. It’s why she’s shown in bed when she and Ross are having the discussion about him never seeing Rachel again

I read the role originally was offered to Patsy Kensit but she turned it down, I think she would have done the role far more justice than Helen Baxendale who came across so hard and brittle, mind you I’ve never rated her in anything to be fair.

I found daniel radcliife utterly wooden as harry potter. Not keen on emma watson as hermione either but loved rupert grint as ron.

Also switch off anything with a trans character who is portrayed as the most wonderful thing since sliced bread and a one dimensional “heroine”.
I don’t want propaganda in my drama.

So weird that Sheldon, the pretty inoffensive,

very neurodivergent, nerd is the one you focus on not Howard who actually comes off as a walking sex crime!!

I actually came here to say Howard, especially in the early seasons he makes me angry.

Yeah, Howard is gross.

John stamos imagine Tony gates in ER. Supposed to be the hot new George cloony, but just didn't manage it. Sleazy and creepy

And they haven't now. I loved BBT, and Jim Parsons was fantastic as Sheldon.

The twins got a bit better as the films progressed. Ginny did not.

In GOT at least, he’s supposed to make your skin crawl. I think he did a good job.

Catherine Fox in greys anatomy 😩

She speaks well of you!

Agree!!!

Agree with pps that little dickhead Scrappy Doo but also Godzuki.
Don't want to be annoying and bossy but it's actually Sooty Sweep and Soo. I have a badge with her on from when I saw the Sooty show live. The audience started chanting We Want Soo!! And Harry Corbett got very irate!

Oh she is soooo annoying 😡

Olaf the snowman in Frozen. An animated triumph until he made an appearance - the most smackable face on a Disney sidekick ever. A right wee creep.

Anthony LaPaglia he’s such a good actor too, he was awful in that

I thought the show pretty much got better & better. I loved Monica's character & how she just became more bossy & neurotic but loved her & Chandler's relationship. I hated Emily & Janine's characters. Both very poor at comedy too

And The Wire where he was a particularly horrible character and apparently he’s a douche in RL I’m not a bit suprised.

Omg yes!! She's an awful actor playing an awful person!

Chris Alonso in S.W.A.T.

And rip thinks he's the ultimate cowboy hunk.