Actors who got fired and had their characters killed off as a result Roseanne Barr got fired and then her character was killed off in the premiere for THE CONNERS. Both Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Watros got into a DUI so they got the boot and both their characters were unceremoniiously killed off at the same time by Harold Perrineau Jr in LOST. Diana Muldaur was also fired from LA LAW so her character, Rosal…

Reddit, what is your “all star” starting five characters in TV/Movie history? Since people always make top 5 all time starting-five for NBA rosters and sports etc, figured it’d be fun to do it in cinema. Heres mine: Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) Captain America (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Jon Snow (Game Of Thrones) Walter White (Breaking Bad) Gandalf (Lord Of The Rings) submitted by /u/SempiternalX …

One-time/short term characters that stick in your mind? I’m rewatching Justified and in S1E4, Clarence Williams III plays a character called Mr. Jones. He’s only in a few scenes in one episode but he’s just very funny and sticks in your mind. Another one would be Pepper Jack from It’s Always Sunny. submitted by /u/Garlic-Cheese-Chips

What happened of the “invisible characters” that used to be in sit-coms? I’ve been rewatching some old sit-coms from the 90’s and early 2000’s recently and it struck me how many of them have invisible characters. People who are always spoken about but are always just off screen, in the other room, on vacation etc. It seemed to be such a trend for a long time and no one does it anymore. Some examples I can think of: …

your top five favorite The Wire Characters Very difficult for me because I could easily do a top possibly 25 as well. I mean you have so many various options and seasons and story arcs to choose from here are mine: Omar Little Detective Lester Freamon D’Angelo Barksdale Detective Bunk Moreland Frank Sobotka. submitted by /u/arobot224

That 70’s show is the only comedy I know of where the characters react to someone being funny Almost always in comedies the person being funny is just taken completely serously, but that 70’s show you very often see people chuckling or laughing at what somone is saying. I don’t know if that was intentional or the cast couldn’t be bothered by acting normal , but can anything name a show show this happened regularly? submitted by /u…

Are there any characters from a show that came into the show later on & now you can’t imagine the show without them? So I wanted to ask are there shows that you’ve watched where there’s a character who is introduced later on in the show and you honestly can’t imagine the show without them and forget they weren’t even in the show at the beginning? For me it’s the character Leon(Played by J.B. Smoove) from Curb Your Enthusiasm. I had always seen clips of him an…

Are there any TV shows that suffered by NOT introducing a romantic plot between its two main characters? Watching Ted Lasso has truly reminded me of how much I appreciate friendships depicted in media, and particularly TV, that never go the romantic route. There always seems to be an eagerness towards introducing a romantic component in every relationship between a male and a female character in a TV show at one point or another, which only makes m…

Who are the greatest television characters of all time? Any characters that had great performances behind them, with stellar writing and character development, ones that had an impact on the entire medium. Which television characters are the greatest of all time? submitted by /u/mrnicegy26

Which one of these characters deserves the longest prison sentence? submitted by /u/Dwaynedanger2

Glenn Howerton Still Finds His Work on ‘It’s Always Sunny’ Interesting, Even After 16 Seasons: “There’s so much dynamism inside of all of these characters and within the show itself” submitted by /u/MarvelsGrantMan136