The Nightstalker guy's name was Darrin McGavin. 

The most influential characters as far as our daily lives go, because they invented a whole lexicon of shorthand phrases...

1. Detective Joe Friday..."Just the facts, ma'am."
2. John Boy Walton...Goodnight John Boy!"
3. The Soup Nazi...."No soup for you!!"
4. Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli..."Ay!!"
5. Arnold Drummond..."Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis!?"
6. J.J...."Dyn-o-MITE!"
7. Desi Arnaz..."Ju got some 'splainin' t' do, Lucy!"
8. Barney Fife..."Nip it!  Nip it in the bud!"
9. James T. Kirk..."Beam me up, Scotty!"
10. Spock..."That is totally illogical."

And one honorable mention,

11.  Not a show character but a character none-the-less, the old lady in the Wendy's commercial... "Where's the beef."

Ok......

Lucas Buck - American Gothic (creepy!!!)
Fox Mulder - X-Files
The Lone Gunmen - X-Files
Special Agent Dale Cooper - Twin Peaks (damn good coffee!)
The Log Lady - Twin Peaks (someday my log will have something to say)
Homey The Clown - In Living Color
Darrin McGavin - The Nightstalker (can't recall his character's name)
Festus - Gunsmoke

How about the best looking television characters?

Best TV characters? Hrm..
1)Adrian Monk- "Monk"
2)Loreli Gilmore- "Gilmore Girls"
3)Phil Seben- "Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law"
4)J.T.- "Scrubs"
5)Kurt- "Gilmore Girls"
6)Homer Simpson- "The Simpsons"
7)Chow- "Off Centre"
8)Cheri Oteri as Collette Reardon- "Saturday Night Live"

Kit Kat,Nov 6 2005, 05:02 PM wrote:

Hands down....it's Tony Dow. If I really think about it, it's pretty creepy having the hots for a fella at least half my age!!! Hey...but in reality he's really a lot older than me!

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Alright KK...now I'm worried about you. Are we talking when you were a kid or now?

I've had more than a few tv boyfriends...and movie boyfriends...and actual boyfriends...ahhhh, I love men...but Tony Dow??? No thank you.

One of my favorite tv characters is/was Alice Kramden from The Honeymooners. Too bad it's no longer on TVLand. 

Well, they had to make room for "McGyver" and "What's Happening".

Apparently so. 

1: Happy Hapgood, Flash - Flash Gordon
2: Dr Who, K9 - Dr Who
3: Jean Luc Picard - Star Trek
4: Mr Benn
5: Paddington Bear.

Has anyone seen the new show on CBS titled "How I Met Your Mother"?  Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser all grown up) plays a hysterical character named Barney who leaves me in stitches every Monday!

"Suit up"

John Steed (Avengers)

Doctor Who (Tom Baker of course, but liking David Tennant)

Sue White in the Green Wing (Michelle Gomez)

Agent Cooper