Seinfeld is actually in HD now on Peachtree and some of the other American networks. The shows were originally shot on 35mm film and were cropped to the 4:3 aspect ratio, so they just un-cropped them.
Well why didn't any black or white shows make the top 64?
But ok even if Seinfeld was filmed in Imax 3D in 1080p and broadcasted on a 100 inch OLED, Breaking Bad is still a better tv series.
Breaking Bad has 2 of the top 10 TV characters of all time with Jesse and Saul!
Wait a minute....those two are in your top 10 but no Walter White??
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So is that the next poll? Favourite TV characters ever? That would be pretty tough if you had to limit it to maybe 2 characters a show, especially for the Wire. The Wire has the best cast of characters ever, so choosing only 2 would be impossible. Choosing 5 would be remarkably tough.
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So is that the next poll? Favourite TV characters ever? That would be pretty tough if you had to limit it to maybe 2 characters a show, especially for the Wire. The Wire has the best cast of characters ever, so choosing only 2 would be impossible. Choosing 5 would be remarkably tough.
That would be fun, but very tough to do, as lots of the characters I would pick top 5 or so other people may never have even watched the show they were in, never-mind know if the character was good or not.
btw, top 10 for me would include (no particular order):
- Al Swearengen (Deadwood)
- Titus Bullo (Rome)
- Dexter Morgan (Dexter)
- Jimmy McNulty (The Wire)
- Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones)
- George Costanza (Seinfeld)
- John Locke (LOST)
- Carrie Mathison (Homeland)
- Stringer Bell (The Wire)
- Peggy Olson (Mad Men)
Hawkeye Pierce (MASH)
Latka Gravas (Taxi)
Jim Ignatowski (Taxi)
Dr. Johnny Fever (WKRP)
Arthur Dietrich (Barney Miller)
Michael Scott (The Office)
Norm Peterson (Cheers)
Tyrion Lannister (Game Of Thrones)
Tobias Funke (Arrested Development)
Archie Bunker (All In The Family)
Al Swearengen(Deadwood)
George Costanza
Tony Soprano
Walter White
Shane Vendrell(The Shield)
Chistopher Moltisanti(Sopranos)
Carmela Soprano
LT John Kavanaugh(The Shield), I've never hated a character so bloody much, but damn that was good TV. Forest Whitaker knocked it out of the park with that performance.
Wait a minute....those two are in your top 10 but no Walter White??
Yeah not sure why, he IS the show but i dont really enjoy his character as much as Pinkman or Goodman.
My top 10 TV characters ever are
1. Tyrion Lannister
Jesse Pinkman
Leon from Curb
Jack Bauer
Saul Goodman
Alex P Keaton
Rocket Romano
Uncle Ned- tom hanks (too few epsiodes so i'll replace him with Hiro from Heroes)
Kramer
10. Allstate Black President from 24.
Because the person who came up with the original list of shows could barely conceive of TV before the 80s and it was downhill from there.
Come on, that's not really fair. Hockey did a good job with this thread, and even added people's suggestions to his original list in the first few pages. If there's something you wanted included on the list, you should have suggested it then.
