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

Yes, whenever I rewatch ER I always feel sorry for Carter from Season 1 that he's going to end up with her.

The Inspector Humphrey? played by Kris Marshall in Death in Paradise. A bumbling idiotic buffoon whose "quirks" totally ruined it for me.

Matty, Lydia and Mandy in Emmerdale. Just no...

Especially Mandy she’s like a panto dame.

lets go to Corrie now I cannot blooming stand Lisa. Every time she’s on I have to fast forward. Oh god and why did they make Carla a lesbian out of nowhere?

Even before all the royal marriage and resultant hoo-ha, I absolutely detested Megan Markle in Suits as Rachel. All that tottering about on chicken ankles and tight pencil skirts pretending to be a lawyer. Ridiculous.

I can't believe the original article says Uncle Albert in OFAH. He was a great character.

Cassandra, however... absolutely appalling actress and not worthy to play opposite Nicholas Lyndhurst.

Uncle Albert was fab. I still watch it if it’s on. I didn’t like either of their wives tbh.

I didn't like Daphne once she and Niles got together. It lost all its tension and pathos.

Agree with Scrappy-Doo!

I don't get the hate for Styler; she's not a favourite of mine, but I can't find anything to dislike about her either.

Oh. My. God!
I love Janice and watching back I think everyone was pretty mean and PA to her. Including her pitiful excuse for a boyfriend.

He was a total cringeworthy character (and I fail to see what Claire sees in him) but he's made me cry with laughter a few times in that show, along with Cam

I meant Janine (Elle Macpherson). I loved Janice!

I loved him in DiP. Really couldn't stand him (or most other actors) in Love Actually. Don't get me started! I don't really blame the actors though, I hated the script and the storyline too (apart from Rowan Atkinson's 5 mins!)

Oh sorry. Must learn to read properly.
Yeah, you are totally right Janine was crap and not helped by the fact that Elle McPherson couldn't act. Obviously the producers just wanted the kudos of having her as a guest star.

Elle McPherson wasn't much cop as Janine I agree. She had no screen presence at all despite being such a beauty. A flat performance.

Mind you, I can't act either and have no beauty to speak of. Who am I to criticise?

I’ve watched about two and half series of Poldark but I cannot watch any more because I just can’t take any more of George Warleggan.

I notice both Corrie and Emmerdale have a quota for gay characters, as soon as one leaves another arrives or a character suddenly becomes gay/bi. It was Charity in Emmerdale and Carla in Corrie. I knew when Paul died in Corrie that Todd would get a boyfriend.

I've got a feeling a lot of people will disagree with me but Jim from Friday Night Dinner. I liked it otherwise and would be chuckling away and then Jim would turn up with his stupid expression and stupid enormous dog and ruin it.

She was one of my first ever crushes, noooo. I loved her and the show so much.

Going to rewatch, thanks for reminding me!

Dorian in birds of a feather, Miranda in Miranda,.

Totally agree, and Hank Azaria is gorgeous. Much nicer than Mike.

Nah I agree. He featured far too much.

and didnt even look like the book character, as jenny was in the spin off book series the I.t girl.

Criticise away. She was hired as an actress/comedian and failed on both!

for me seemed kendel roy from suscession was the one who wanted to run the company but seemed more of a eg im the boss, bit like on game of thrones where joffery had to say eg im the king etc.

@honeylulu I agree about Jim in FND. He was OK in early series but latterly he just became ridiculously unfunny and featured far too much.