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

There’s a show on C4 at the moment called The Veil, which I’ve given up on because the lead character is an English character played by an American with the strangest way of talking. It’s rage-inducing. Her English accent is actually very good, but she talks so slowly and carefully enunciates every single syllable of every single word, that she sounds like an elocution teacher.

Roly fucking Mo.

Sheldon from big bang. In the show it’s funny but in real life he would have no friends whatsoever and after a while that starts to grate. He was vile.

Carrie in Sex in the city. As mentioned so wet and incompetent. Wardrobe full of designer shoes but no money.

House in House. I know he’s not meant to be likable but after a while the fawning from Cuddy and Wilson when he is such a cunt is just too much.

Oh that's very annoying. Americans seem to think there is only one English accent. I can just about forgive Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones as she plays the part very well

Tara Jacobs and Mr Choudhury in My life with the Walter Boys. Couldn't be arsed with their stupid relationship drama!

Gil in Ginny & Georgia.

Yes I also agree with Thandiwe Newton in ER "I'm so delicate and beautiful!" 🤢

Jim could be quite tiresome but the Granny’s psychotic boyfriend was the single worst character in FND for me. It felt like he was shoehorned in and wasn’t one bit funny.

I couldn’t stand self righteous Louisa or Mrs Titchell in Doc Marten

This is so funny, I thought Beth was the best character!!

Roly in Hey Duggee.

Sam in Private Practice. He was always a narcissistic arsehole, but the episode when Amelia has her baby and he refused to be the surgeon to remove the baby's organs for donation because it was "killing a child", the babe had no fucking brain you utter twit!! And then the flip flopping and head fucking with Addison when she wanted a baby. Get in the bin. Addie the baddie deserved better, I'm so glad that was close to the end of the show.

Izzy in Greys, I'm so glad she got wrote out her character was so wet and pathetic. Erica was a biphobic bitch too.

Because he's a cold blooded killer with no conscience

lol as a child back then I was just numb with anger every time they ran episodes with Scrappy in - literally just drained all the pleasure away!

Riley for me. Totally bland except for when he is being an arsehole. Yet she is supposed to chase after his helicopter as no other man will ever want her as she is stronger than them.

i do wish they had more eps of the initative and they did walsh dirty, as a character she was much smarter than what the writers wrote for the character

Emma Corrin as Diana in The Crown. I don’t mind Emma Corrin in other things but she played Diana as so whiny, fake and manipulative from the word go it was difficult to work out what Charles saw in her. Elizabeth Debicki did a much better job of catching Diana’s undoubted charisma in the following series.

Ugh yes, Riley was so dull and the helicopter scene was ridiculous.

Unpopular opinion but I also really dislike Faith and usually skip her season in binges.

Quinn from Scandal, I just found her a wet chatacter

I've seen Andy from The Office (US) mentioned, but I raise you Erin from US Office. Just such an irritant. Don't know if they thought she'd be 'super-cute' but she just comes across as childish, selectively thick and either over- or under-reacts to everything. For that reason I've watched the earlier seasons far more.

Another vote for Beth in Yellowstone. Made the whole series completely unwatchable.

"Hello All" used to be met with mutters of fuck off Jim when we watched FND.

Yes! And Amy. Basically anyone who was supposed to be love interest for Josh when Donna was RIGHT THERE!

Loathe everyone in GG with the exception of Emily and Richard.

Unser in Sons of Anarchy. Boring, boring character.

Definitely Kem in ER - the whole bit of Carter and Kovac going to Africa just went on and on - it lost its way there.

Clare in The Good Doctor - she’s so wet.

Fuckit, I meant Riley. Ben I thought was cute and then...