My Favorite Prime Time Soap Characters [Archive]

Gideon58

08-26-15, 08:33 PM

Anyone who has followed my television lists should be well aware of my passion for the television genre affectionately known as the prime-time soap opera. For the purpose of this list and recognizing some of my favorite actors/characters that would not make the list otherwise, I will be including characters from some shows that aren't technically soaps, like Scandal and Grey's Anatomy, which aren't really soaps, but do have continuing long running storylines and consist of episodes that aren't self-contained. This is a list of my favorite prime time soap characters:

Gideon58

08-26-15, 08:44 PM

75.

Linda Fairgate

Knots Landing

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Linda Fairgate (Lar Park Lincoln) was a maneater who arrived at CBS's most famous cul-de-sac as the allegedly virginal young bride of Eric Fairgate (Steve Shea), but ended up having an affair with Eric's brother, Michael (Pat Petersen).

Gideon58

08-26-15, 08:53 PM

74.

Ray Krebbs

Dallas

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Steve Kanaly made an impression as the unassuming and quietly sexy farm hand at Southfork who was eventually revealed to be another Ewing, not before having an affair with Lucy Ewing (Charlene Tilton) though he did eventually find happiness with Donna (Susan Howard).

Gideon58

08-26-15, 08:57 PM

73.

Harrison Wright

Scandal

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Despite some questionable shirt/tie combinations, actor Columbus Short was slick and sexy as a devoted gladiator to Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) whose undying loyalty to Olivia was his eventual undoing.

Gideon58

08-26-15, 09:04 PM

72.

Matthew Blaisdel

Dynasty

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Bo Hopkins was a strong presence during the early years of the show as a business rival of Blake Carrington (John Forsythe) who, despite being married to the mentally fragile Claudia (Pamela Bellwood) could never really get Krystle (Linda Evans) out of his system.

honeykid

08-27-15, 03:06 PM

I'll be here repping the ones I know and like. :up: Being a Brit there's bound to be a good few that I won't know, so don't take that as disagreement. :D

Gideon58

08-27-15, 03:30 PM

71.

Dr. Michael Mancini

Melrose Place

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Thomas Calabro was funny and sexy as the apartment complex's resident doctor and manwhore. Despite being married to a beautiful fashion designer named Jane (Josie Bissett), Michael was probably the only male character on the show who had sex with every major female character on the show, with the exception of his sister, Jennifer (Allyssa Millano).

Gideon58

08-27-15, 03:38 PM

70.

Dr. Miranda Bailey

Grey's Anatomy

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Chandra Wilson has done Emmy-worthy work as the crusty and brilliant surgeon who has kept new residents shaking in their boots for almost a decade now. She has a wonderful bedside manner with patients but her people skills with her co-workers definitely leaves something to be desired. Bailey's obsession with her work destroyed her marriage to the father of her child (not a doctor) but she did find love with a doctor (Jason George) a season or two ago.

Gideon58

08-27-15, 03:46 PM

69.

Edie Britt

Desperate Housewives

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Nicollette Sheridan provided a seamless combination of sexual heat and comic relief on Wisteria Lane as the multi-divorced aging sex kitten who threw herself at just about anything in pants that appeared on the Lane. Her original battle with Susan Meyer (Teri Hatcher) over the attentions of Mike Delfino (James Denton) was consistent entertainment.

Gideon58

08-27-15, 03:48 PM

I'll be here repping the ones I know and like. :up: Being a Brit there's bound to be a good few that I won't know, so don't take that as disagreement. :D
I haven't observed a lot of love for this genre on this board, so yeah, there are probably going to be a lot of characters and shows mentioned here that you've never heard of.

Gideon58

08-27-15, 03:58 PM

68.

Brian Darling

Dirty Sexy Money

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Actor Glenn Fitzgerald created an explosive, funny, and unpredictable character in Brian Darling, the so-called alleged black sheep of the Darling family who was a priest and hated being a priest. Brian found his world rocked when he learned that his ex-wife (Sheryl Lee) had been keeping a son from him for years and when it was revealed that he wasn't really a Darling after all.

honeykid

08-27-15, 04:32 PM

I don't remember him being that good in DSM, though I think I might've not seen the whole run as I don't remember him not being a family member. Though maybe that's just how little impact it had on me.

I loved Dr. Michael Mancini, though. Especially once him and Kimberley got together. They were great together and, maybe, just as good once they fell apart.

I lasted about 3 episodes of Desperate Housewives before I decided against it, but Nicollette Sheridan is one of the least attractive 'hot' women I've ever seen.

Gideon58

08-27-15, 07:18 PM

67.

Sammy Jo Carrington

Dynasty

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Heather Locklear made her first major impression on prime time as Krystle Carrington's niece, a manipulative sex kitten so self-assured in her ability to use sex to get what she wanted, she managed to seduce Blake's gay son Steven and even had his baby, then proceeded to use said baby as a bargaining chip in getting what she wanted out of the Carringtons.

Gideon58

08-27-15, 07:24 PM

66.

Dr. George O'Malley

Grey's Anatomy

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TR Knight played the young idealistic resident who failed his first year but actually came back to practice with the residents he began with, nurse an unrequited crush on Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), have a toxic affair with Izzy (Katherine Heigl), and marry Callie (Sara Rodriguez) before dying tragically. Sadly, the knowledge that Knight was openly gay IRL overshadowed his work on this show, indirectly causing the termination of a cast mate (Isaiah Washington).

Gideon58

08-27-15, 07:30 PM

gbgoodies

08-27-15, 07:35 PM

65.

Aiden Mathis

Revenge

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Barry Sloane's smoldering good looks and elegant English sensibility lent itself perfectly as the agent and true love of Emily Thorne (Emily Van Camp) who did everything he could to help Emily with her mission, but didn't quite get the happy ending he and Emily wished for. I would also like to put in Sloane for your consideration as the new James Bond.

I loved Aiden on "Revenge", and I hated when they wrote him out of the show. I thought he was one of the best characters on the show, but I guess he just got in the way of Emily's true love.

I tried watching Barry Sloane in his new show "The Whispers", but I just couldn't get into the show. :shrug:

I hadn't thought about him as James Bond, but you're probably right. He would probably be great as Bond. :up:

Gideon58

08-27-15, 07:45 PM

64.

M. Patrick "Mack" Mackenzie

Knots Landing

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One of the show's most popular characters, Mack blew into the cul de sac working as a special investigator for the governor but eventually ended up opening his own law practice, but Mack definitely had no shortage of a personal life...he romanced widow Karen Fairgate (Michele Lee) into remarriage and gave us one of prime time's strongest and most romantic marriages. He welcomed a grown daughter named Paige (Nicollette Sheridan) into his life as well as her mother, Anne (Michelle Phillips). He was there for childhood pal Greg Sumner (William Devane) when his wife died and convinced Karen to take in a young teenager (Thomas Wilson Brown) who Mack suspected was being physically abused by his father.

Gideon58

08-27-15, 07:55 PM

63.

Gabrielle Solis

Desperate Housewives

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After a couple of years playing a psycho on The Young and the Restless, Eva Longoria became a star playing this deliciously entertaining character...Gabrielle was a former model who married Carlos (Ricardo Antonio Chavira) because he was rich and kept her dripping in furs and diamonds but her inner boredom with Carlos manifested itself in an affair with the 16 year old kid doing their yard work (Jesse Metcalfe).

Gideon58

08-28-15, 03:51 PM

62.

Dr. Richard Webber

Grey's Anatomy

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Dr. Webber, played by James Pickens Jr., was the Chief of Surgery for many years and the central father figure for most of the residents and was the only person who commanded any respect out of Miranda Bailey. It was revealed during the early seasons of the show that, as part of his backstory, Webber had an affair with Ellis Grey (Kate Burton), Meredith Grey's mother, a brilliant surgeon who neglected Meredith in favor of her career. I'm still hoping against hope that before this show goes off the air, we learn that Richard is really Meredith's father.

Gideon58

08-28-15, 03:56 PM

61.

Sable Colby

Dynasty/The Colbys

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Sable, played by Stephanie Beacham, arrived in Denver as the manipulative cousin of Alexis (Joan Collins) and made such an impression that Aaron Spelling decided to spin her off into her own series, The Colbys. Prior to that, scenes between Beacham and Collins were definitely appointment television.

Gideon58

08-28-15, 04:00 PM

60.

Conrad Grayson

Revenge

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Henry Czerny was commanding and surprisingly sexy as the Grayson family patriarch who had so many secrets that he really couldn't keep track of them all and, as expected, led to his eventual downfall. Czerny's onscreen chemistry with Madeleine Stowe, who played his wife Victoria, was off the charts.

Gideon58

08-29-15, 12:27 PM

59.

Nick George

Dirty Sexy Money

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Peter Krause brought sincerity and sex appeal to a rather complex character. Nick George was an idealistic young attorney who agreed to take over as family attorney to the wealthy Darling family after his father, who held the job prior to him, was fished out of the ocean in a body bag. Sometimes it seemed like this guy had the hardest job on the planet...Nick had to cover up a lot of Darling dirt, neglecting his family in the process and fighting off the constant flirting of teenage sweetheart Karen Darling (Natalie Zea), the multi-divorced Darling daughter who has never really gotten over Nick and barely acknowledged the fact that Nick is now a married man with a daughter.

Gideon58

08-29-15, 12:37 PM

58.

Miranda Hobbes Brady

Sex and the City

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Some might not have thought of this show as a prime time soap, but I did and this was my favorite character on the show...Miranda (Emmy winner Cynthia Nixon) was a brilliant attorney who often let work get in the way of her social life but never let it get in the way of being there for BFF's Carrie, Samantha, and Charlotte. Miranda spoke without filter to her girlfriends and it caused a lot of tension but their friendship always endured. Miranda also found her world turned upside down when her romance with Steve Brady (David Eisenberg) resulted in an unplanned pregnancy. Pregnancy and motherhood weren't really part of Miranda's DNA and she fought it tooth and nail, resulting in a lot of funny and memorable moments and the show's most three dimensional character.

Gideon58

08-29-15, 12:46 PM

57.

Peter Hollister

Knots Landing

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Hunt Block was sexy and charismatic as the manipulative business-savy wanna be who heated up as many bedrooms on the cul de Sac as he did board rooms at Lotus Point. The character juggled steamy affairs with Abby Ewing (Donna Mills), Paige Matheson (Nicollette Sheridan), and Abby's daughter Olivia (Tonya Crowe). Juggling these three women ended up resulting in his death and being buried under a block of cement.

Gideon58

08-29-15, 12:56 PM

56.

Kimberly Shaw

Melrose Place

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Marcia Cross should have won an Emmy for her work as this show's most fascinating character...Shaw arrived at the apartment complex as a brilliant doctor who, through some bizarre circumstances, was eventually revealed to be a full-fledged psychopath who, at one point, actually blew up the apartment complex. As crazy as she was, it didn't keep Michael Mancini (Thomas Calabro) from getting seriously involved with her.

Gideon58

08-29-15, 01:16 PM

55.

Huck

Scandal

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Guillermo Diaz has done some Emmy worthy work on this show as the tortured, conflicted member of Olivia Pope's team who has never been able to let go of his torture and training from a dangerous political organization that has actually turned him into a deadly assassin without him really realizing they were doing it. This character is explosive and unpredictable and after the recent season finale, possibly unredeem-able, but always riveting to watch.

Gideon58

08-30-15, 04:34 PM

54.

Carlos Solis

Desperate Housewives

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Ricardo Antonio Chavira brought major sexy to Wisteria Lane as the husband of the previously mentioned Gabrielle (Eva Longoria). Carlos was a bit of a groundbreaking character on serialized television in that he was probably one of the first Latino television characters who wasn't a janitor or a busboy. Carlos was a wealthy business executive and loved sharing the wealth with his trophy bride up to a point...when Carlos went to jail for insider trading, he refused to tell Gabrielle about hidden assets until she threatened to withdraw his legal representation by sleeping with the guy. Carlos loved Gabrielle but he also was well aware that his wealth was a primary drawing card to him for her, driven home by Carlos' explosive reaction to learning that Gabrielle was having an affair with the boy (Jesse Metcalfe) who did the Solis' yard work.

Gideon58

08-30-15, 04:46 PM

53.

Adam Carrington

Dynasty

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Gordon Thomson brought a smoldering intensity to the role of the black sheep son of the Carrington family. Adam's number one agenda was getting his father's approval and really didn't care what he had to do to get it. His mother Alexis (Joan Collins) always had his back but he didn't seem to care, the approval of Blake (John Forsythe) meant more to him than anything. While seeking Daddy's approval, Adam did find time to romance Matthew Blaisdel's wife Claudia (Pamela Bellwood), Sammy Jo (Heather Locklear), and Kirby (Kathleen Beller), the daughter of the family butler.

Gideon58

08-30-15, 04:53 PM

52.

Amanda Woodward

Melrose Place

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When the initial ratings for the show were rather lackluster, Aaron Spelling decided to spice things up at the apartment complex by hiring his "good luck charm" Heather Locklear to play Amanda Woodward, the editor of a major magazine who also ended up owning the apartment complex. Amanda had a hate/hate relationship with her employee Allison (Courtney Thorne-Smith) that stemmed from Amanda sleeping with Allison's boyfriend Billy (Andrew Shue), and also had dalliances with Jake(Grant Show), Kyle (Rob Estes), and, of course, the previously mentioned Michael Mancini before eventually finding happiness with Dr. Peter Burns (Jack Wagner).

honeykid

08-31-15, 12:01 PM

The MP era of Amanda, Kimberley and Sydney was the best. Especially Kimberley and Sydney. :love:

I don't think of S&tC as a soap, but that's OK. I loved that show and, while I liked Miranda (and all the women) I think she was my least favourite. Hell, I thought she was everyone's least favourite. :D

Huck is a good character, but I'm really bored with the entire torture and B613 angle. It seemed to dull it down a little last season but we'll see. I nearly dropped this show after season 4 because of it.

Gideon58

08-31-15, 06:33 PM

Where you been Honeykid? It felt weird to go on with this list until you had checked in...I love the way we don't always agree but I look forward to your opinions always.

Gideon58

08-31-15, 09:06 PM

51.

Dex Dexter

Dynasty

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Michael Nader spiced things up in Denver as the only man who was able to wrest any kind of control over Alexis (Joan Collins).

Gideon58

08-31-15, 09:09 PM

50.

Chip Roberts

Knots Landing

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Richard Sabatino created a memorable character as a dangerous psychopath who made life a living hell for Diana Fairgate (Claudia Lonow) and Ciji Dunne (Lisa Hartman).

Gideon58

08-31-15, 09:15 PM

49.

Sue Ellen Ewing

Dallas

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Linda Gray did some very underrated work as the tortured wife of JR Ewing, who pretty much turned the woman into an alcoholic and any actress who can do scenes with Larry Hagman's JR and not be blown off the screen deserves mention here.

Gideon58

08-31-15, 09:19 PM

48.

Cyrus Beene

Scandal

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Jeff Perry has been nothing short of brilliant as the personal assistant to President Fitzgerald Grant (Tony Goldwyn) who protects the President at all costs, cleans up all presidential messes with unbelievable discretion but could not protect his husband (Dan Bucatinsky) who got caught in the middle of some of Cyrus' crossfire. Cyrus was fired from his job at the end of this season, but I'm pretty sure this is not the last we've seen of him because pretty much every scene this actor has done has been appointment television and a master course in television acting.

Gideon58

08-31-15, 09:27 PM

47.

Felicia Tillman

Desperate Housewives

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Harriet Sansom Harris was often bone-chilling as the sister of Martha Huber who arrived on the Lane for her funeral but was curiously unmoved regarding her sister's death, but eventually found herself in a battle of wills with her sister's killer, Paul Young (Mark Moses) where she was so bent on revenge that she actually cut off two of her own fingers in an attempt to frame Paul for her murder. Felicia was one of those rare soap characters whose every move and breath made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

honeykid

09-01-15, 10:37 AM

Where you been Honeykid? It felt weird to go on with this list until you had checked in...I love the way we don't always agree but I look forward to your opinions always.

Thanks. That's very kind of you. :)

I guess I've not had much to say mostly because I've not seen many of these. However, Dex I remember well as my mum had a huge crush on him. :D His scenes with Alexis were often the best part of that particular episode. Soaps are usually about the female characters, but Dex was a character in his own right. Though, obviously, without Alexis that wouldn't be the case.

I'm with you on Linda Gray, too. She was fantastic in Dallas and her reprisal of the role in the Dallas reboot was one of my favourite characters. Sue Ellen was often too whiney and pathetic for me to really like, whereas in the newer one she'd learned to be her own person. I noticed the pic you used was from the new Dallas. Should I expect to see any of the new characters appearing? I thought Josh Henderson turn as J.R.III was fantastic. Especially in that last season.

I don't know who my favourite character in Scandal is, but Cyrus Beene would be in the running and, as you said, Jeff Perry plays him wonderfully. It's the perfect blend of rat and puppy. Not an equal blend, of course, that wouldn't be perfect. You need to like him (or at least understand his motives) enough most of the time, but hate him when it all seems too much. Then he manages to win you back and redeem himself. It's a very well written and acted part.

Gideon58

09-01-15, 03:42 PM

Gideon58

09-01-15, 03:46 PM

46.

Justin Walker

Brothers and Sisters

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Dave Annable steamed up a few scenes on this soap as the youngest son of Nora Walker (Sally Field), a tortured Vietnam vet and recovering drug addict who had a serious on/off affair with the daughter of Nora's husband's mistress (Emily Van Camp).

Gideon58

09-01-15, 03:52 PM

45.

Wilhemena Slater

Ugly Betty

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Vanessa Williams provoked laughs and hisses in this delicious send-up of Alexis Carrington...Wilhemena was the associate editor of a fashion magazine whose agendas all revolved around getting the editor-in-chief job away from Daniel Meade (Eric Mabius), a spoiled playboy she felt didn't deserve the job.

Gideon58

09-01-15, 03:58 PM

44.

George Williams

Desperate Housewives

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Roger Bart created another one of those characters that made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. George was a Fairview pharmacist who becomes so obsessed with Bree Van de Kamp (Marcia Cross), that he indirectly caused the death of her first husband Rex (Steven Culp).

gbgoodies

09-01-15, 04:04 PM

I never realized how many Prime Time Soaps I don't watch until I started reading this list. I'm a little bit familiar with some of the older ones because my Mom watched some of them, but I think the only one so far that I actually watched regularly was "Revenge".

Gideon58

09-01-15, 04:05 PM

43.

Laura Avery Sumner

Knots Landing

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Constance McCashin played Laura, a housewife and mother of two sons who, after dumping her cheating husband Richard (John Pleshette), found a new career as a real estate agent and even found love again with the enigmatic Greg Sumner (William Devane), with whom she had a daughter named Meg. Not long after, Laura contracted cancer and left Knots Landing to die alone. Before she left, she made a videotaped message to her friends and family (the above photo is from that videotape) to say goodbye and everyone was invited to the Sumner ranch to watch it...this all happened in my favorite single episode of the show ever called "Noises Everywhere Part II", which had me weeping buckets the first time I saw it. The videotape ended with Laura reading a story for her daughter Meg.

honeykid

09-01-15, 04:53 PM

I have to confess that I didn't realize the picture of Linda Gray I used was from the Dallas reboot, which I haven't seen. There won't be anyone else from the reboot on this list obviously, though I do remember Josh Henderson from Desperate Housewives.
I've not seen him in anything other than Dallas, so I don't really know if he's any better or worse. He was good, though, especially after JR died and his character had to kind of take on both.

I'd recommend the reboot, should you get the chance. If nothing else, it's nice to see the old gang again, as well as a few cameos here and there.

I really liked Brothers & Sisters, but I never really cared for Justin.

Gideon58

09-01-15, 05:31 PM

42.

Rowan Pope

Scandal

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After quietly toiling in this business as an actor since the 1970's, Joe Morton was finally awarded an Emmy for his bone-chilling work as the father of Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) who, on paper, has a job working at the Smithsonian, but is really the head of a deadly organization called B613 that has been responsible for more torture and death on this show than I care to mention.

Gideon58

09-01-15, 05:36 PM

41.

Dr. Mark Sloan

Grey's Anatomy

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Eric Dane brought sexual heat and comic relief to the show as the cocky plastic surgeon who thought he was God's gift to women and plastic surgery. Sloan died from injuries sustained after a plane crash.

Gideon58

09-01-15, 05:40 PM

40.

Betty Suarez

Ugly Betty

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America Ferrara created the most unique heroine for a prime time soap ever...she was not really a maneater or manipulative or evil or prone to blackmailing people to get what she wanted...Betty was hired to be the personal assistant to magazine editor Daniel Meade (Eric Mabius) and all she wanted was to be the best assistant she could be. Betty did develop feelings for her boss at one point, but the writers smartly never crossed that line.

gbgoodies

09-01-15, 05:45 PM

Gideon58

09-01-15, 05:45 PM

39.

Nora Walker

Brothers and Sisters

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Field triumphantly returned to prime time TV and won an Emmy in the process playing the recently widowed mother of four grown children trying to come to terms with the fact that her late husband was not the man she thought he was, evidenced by the arrival of his mistress (Patricia Wettig) and his daughter (Emily Van Camp) at her doorstep.

Gideon58

09-01-15, 05:46 PM

Wasn't Dr. Mark Sloan also the name of Dick Van Dyke's character on the TV show "Diagnosis Murder"?
Yes, I think it was.

Gideon58

09-01-15, 06:09 PM

38.

Andrew Van de Kamp

Desperate Housewives

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Andrew (Shawn Pyfrom) was the smart-ass son of Bree and Rex Van de Kamp who had a heated relationship with his mom, who he blamed for his dad divorcing her and for his eventual death. Andrew's relationship with Bree wasn't helped by the reveal that Andrew was gay and Bree sent him away to be "deprogrammed." In one memorable episode, Andrew tried to get a guy her mother was dating away from her by trying to seduce the guy himself.

honeykid

09-01-15, 07:47 PM

I thought Sally Field was great in B&S. Some of my favourite scenes were between her and Patricia Wettig.

Gideon58

09-02-15, 03:54 PM

37.

Karl Meyer

Desperate Housewives

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Richard Burgi was slick and sexy as the ex-husband of Susan Meyer (Teri Hatcher) and father of Julie (Andrea Bowen) who left Susan after drifting into an affair with his secretary, Liza. After Liza dumped him, he slithered back to Wisteria Lane and after unsuccessfully attempting to reconcile with Susan, had affairs with Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan) and Bree Van de Kamp (Marcia Cross). Karl was such an entertaining character and Burgi always seemed to be having a ball playing him.

Gideon58

09-02-15, 04:07 PM

36.

Kevin Walker

Brothers and SIsters

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Matthew Rhys played Nora Roberts' gay son, a hard working attorney who often put his work ahead of his love life but after a brief and steamy affair with a closeted actor (Jason Lewis) who decided his career was more important than Kevin, eventually found happiness with a gourmet chef named Scotty (Luke MacFarlane).

Gideon58

09-02-15, 04:19 PM

35.

Vice President Sally Langston

Scandal

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Kate Burton did some Emmy worthy scenery chewing as the shady Vice President who was always plotting behind the President's back, but eventually had to give up her position after murdering her closeted homosexual husband.

honeykid

09-02-15, 04:52 PM

Two characters I liked quite a bit in their respective programmes.

Gideon58

09-02-15, 06:50 PM

34.

Cookie Lyon

Empire

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This show may have only completed its freshman season, but Oscar nominee Tariji P. Hensen has already created a classic prime time soap diva in this character. Hensen effectively chews the scenery as the ex-wife of record label owner Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) and the mother of his three sons, two of whom are artists on the label and one who works behind the scenes. Cookie has just been released from jail after 17 years on a drug-related charge, but it was drug money that helped Lucious start the record company and now Cookie has come back for her share of the pie and with Lucious being arrested for murder during the season finale, could Cookie be getting it all?

Gideon58

09-02-15, 07:01 PM

33.

Dr. Alex Karev

Grey's Anatomy

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Justin Chambers has created an explosive, unpredictable and undeniably sexy character in Alex Karev...Alex somehow survived an extremely troubled childhood to graduate medical school and has actually found a passion for pediatrics...some of Alex's most memorable moments on the show have been with characters under the age of 12. Not that he hasn't stirred things up with the grown-ups, especially ones of the female persuasion...his on again/off again romance with Izzy (Katherine Heigl) was at times maddening and I have always loved his relationship with Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) even though it has never been romantic. I'm not really feeling his current relationship with Dr. Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington), but most fans seem to like it.

Gideon58

09-02-15, 07:10 PM

32.

Holly Harper

Brothers and SIsters

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Patricia Wettig really appeared to be enjoying herself in this role as the mistress of William Walker, with whom she had a daughter named Rebecca (Emily Van Camp) who confronts William's widow, Nora (Sally Field) for her share of the Walker pie, including Walker's vineyard, where Holly quickly accepts an executive position. Every moment Wettig and Field shared the screen was appointment television.

Gideon58

09-02-15, 07:16 PM

31.

Detective Tom Ryan

Knots Landing

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Joseph Gian played the only character on the show whoever came between Paige Matheson (Nicollette Sheridan) and Greg Sumner (William Devane), a hot-blooded cop who couldn't keep things with Paige strictly business.

Gideon58

09-02-15, 07:30 PM

30.

Dominique Devereaux

Dynasty

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Diahann Carroll came to the show as the character she herself described as "TV's first black bitch"...the half sister of Blake Carrington(John Forsythe), who loved to mix it up with Alexis (Joan Collins).

honeykid

09-03-15, 02:32 PM

I completely agree with you about Patricia Wettig and Sally Field in B&S. As I said before, I really liked her in this and those scenes were often the best.

I'd forgotten all about Dominique Devereaux. I didn't watch Dynasty till the end, but I do remember her in it.

Gideon58

09-04-15, 07:04 PM

29.

Tom Scavo

Desperate Housewives

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Tom Scavo was the one husband on Wisteria Lane who pretty much let his wife be the man of the house. You could serve this guy on pie he was so whipped by his wife Lynette (Felicity Huffman), but he loved her dearly and their four children. He also stepped up when a fifth illegitimate child named Kayla came into his life; unfortunately her psycho mother (Kiersten Warren) was part of the deal. Tom was originally an advertising executive and at one point gave it up and decided to pursue his dream of opening up a pizza parlor but when that folded, he went back to advertising. At one point, Lynette was going crazy being at home and wanted to get back to work so Tom agreed, with no arm twisting, to stay home with the kids and be Mr. Mom while Lynette brought home the bacon.

Gideon58

09-04-15, 07:13 PM

28.

President Fitzgerald Grant

Scandal

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Tony Goldwyn, an actor known for playing against type (seen Ghost lately?) struck gold and so did Shonda Rhimes when she cast this seriously underrated actor as the President of the United States, who won the election through some not so kosher means but didn't learn that until years later, whose First Lady, Mellie (Bellamy Young) is jealous vindictive schemer with her own political aspirations, but is really in love with Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington), a DC "Fixer" who was originally his campaign manager and as much as neither will admit it, Fitz and Olivia are still in love with each other and always will be, despite the fact that Olivia became seriously involved with Jake Ballard (Scott Foley) this season and Fitz threw Mellie out of the White House during the season finale. This is an extremely complex character and Goldwyn makes him flawed and fascinating. As far as I know, the only fictional President of the United States who has actually committed murder.

Gideon58

09-04-15, 07:20 PM

27.

Dr. Meredith Grey

Grey's Anatomy

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Ellen Pompeo has managed to keep the central character of this show interesting for almost a decade now. Meredith is a doctor who met a man in a bar the day before she started her new job at Seattle Grey hospital and was floored when said man (Patrick Dempsey) turned out to be her new boss and the rest is history. Meredith has been at the center of this show for years and has had quite the backstory built around her, including a brilliant surgeon mother (Kate Burton) who succumbed to Alzheimer's and had a passionate affair with Dr. Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.), an alcoholic father (Jeff Perry) and two half-sisters, one of whom died in a plane crash that Meredith survived. And through it all at Meredith's side has been her "person" Dr. Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh) a cardiac surgeon who is all about her work.

Gideon58

09-04-15, 07:24 PM

26.

Bree Van de Kamp

Desperate Housewives

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See my "Favorite TV Mothers" list for details on this character.

Gideon58

09-05-15, 12:39 PM

25.

Gary Ewing

Knots Landing

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Actor Ted Shackelford played Gary Ewing, a character originally introduced on Dallas as the weak-willed youngest son of Jock Ewing (Jim Davis) who eventual left Southfork with wife Valene (Joan Van Ark), leaving their daughter Lucy (Charlene Tilton) behind and into their own spin-off. Gary was passionate and ambitious but a little naive and did the majority of his thinking below the waist...it didn't take a lot of effort for Abby Ewing (Donna Mills) or Jill Bennett (Teri Austin) to make Gary forget his marriage vows to Valene, despite the fact that they had twin babies, who in a memorable storyline, were kidnapped and returned to the couple. Gary was also a little hot-headed...when he learned that his business venture called Empire Valley, was being funded by dirty money, he blew it up.

Gideon58

09-05-15, 12:58 PM

24.

Paul Young

Desperate Housewives

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Another character who made the hair on the back of my neck stand up...Paul was the husband of Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong), the character whose suicide occurred in the pilot and also served as the show's narrator. Among Paul's most memorable deeds, he kept son Zach (Cody Kasch) in the dark about his real parents and when nosy neighbor Martha Huber (Christine Estabrook) learned about it, he murdered her, which got him involved in a battle of wills with Martha's sister, Felicia, who eventually framed Paul for her murder. Mark Moses' work as this character was so creepily effective because, on the surface, the character was so quiet and unassuming, the actor rarely spoke above a stage whisper...possibly Wisteria Lane's creepiest character.

Gideon58

09-05-15, 01:11 PM

23.

Dr. Cristina Yang

Grey's Anatomy

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Sandra Oh was robbed of at least a couple of Emmys for her work as this show's most fascinating and complex characters...Cristina was a brilliant cardio surgeon who was all about her work and let absolutely nothing get in the way of being the very best she could be, including men. She left Dr. Preston Burke (Isaiah Washington) at the altar and didn't even get that far with Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd)...she broke it off with him when he wanted to have children and she didn't. Cristina had no connection with children at all...whenever her "person" Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) would ask Cristina to hold one of her babies, she always held the child like a sack of potatoes. Cristina left Seattle at the end of this season to head a new cardiac hospital in Paris run, ironically, by Preston Burke.

Gideon58

09-05-15, 04:39 PM

22.

Tripp Darling

Dirty Sexy Money

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Donald Sutherland was nominated for a Golden Globe for his portrayal of the wealthy patriarch of the Darling family, a dynasty not unlike the Kennedys with just as many secrets. In two seasons Tripp had lawyer Nick George (Peter Krause) cover up the accidental death of his eldest son Patrick's wife and then broke up his romance with a tranvestite (Candis Cayne). He pimped out his daughter Karen (Natalie Zea) to his sworn enemy Simon Elder (Blair Underwood); bought a role in a Broadway play for his daughter Juliet (Samaire Armstrong) who can't act and made her twin Jeremy (Seth Gabel) start at the bottom of his company by working as a parking valet. He also learned that son Brian (Glenn Fitzgerald) was really the product of an affair between his wife Tish (Jill Calyburgh) and Nick's father (Peter Strauss), making Brian and Nick half-brothers.

Gideon58

09-05-15, 04:49 PM

21.

Jack Porter

Revenge

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Nick Weschler oozed sex appeal as the reluctant hero of this tale...the childhood friend of Emily Thorne aka Amanda Clarke(Emily Van Camp) who found himself a casualty in Emily's plan in more ways than one. If I had one issue with Weschler, it would be that he might just be the shortest actor in Hollywood...everyone he did a scene with in this show towered over him.

Gideon58

09-05-15, 04:54 PM

20.

Mellie Grant

Scandal

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Bellamy Young has been absolutely brilliant as the cold and calculated First Lady with her own political ambitions that have often overshadowed agendas of her husband (Tony Goldwyn)...she announced on national television that her husband was having an affair with Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) and just as things started falling into place for her, her son was murdered and she went off the deep end for awhile. She bounced back temporarily but this season ended with Fitz throwing her out of the White House...I hope this isn't the last we've seen of her because Bellamy Young has made every moment she has had onscreen appointment television.

Gideon58

09-08-15, 07:35 PM

19.

Rayna James

Nashville

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Connie Britton has grown on me during the three seasons this show has been on the air as this reigning queen of country music juggling trying to save a fading career with raising two daughters, keeping a civil tongue with her ex-husband (Eric Close) and trying to reignite a relationship with former lover Deacon Clayborne (Charles Esten), who recently contracted cancer.

Gideon58

09-08-15, 07:39 PM

18.

Dr. Addison Montgomery Shepherd

Grey's Anatomy

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Kate Walsh was a lot of fun as the ex-wife of Dr. Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) who allegedly came to Seattle to take Derek away from Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) until it was revealed she was sleeping with Mark Sloan (Eric Dane). The character was so popular she was eventually spun off into her own show called Private Practice.

honeykid

09-08-15, 07:48 PM

Mellie is, probably, my favourite character in Scandal. I love her and Bellamy Young is great as well as incredibly sexy.

Gideon58

09-08-15, 07:52 PM

17.

Deacon Clayborne

Nashville

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Charles Esten made country and western sexy as the tortured country and western singer songwriter whose off and on for decades romance with Rayna James (Connie Britton) has been complicated by the revelation that he is the biological father of one of her daughters and that he has cancer.

Gideon58

09-08-15, 07:53 PM

Mellie is, probably, my favourite character in Scandal. I love her and Bellamy Young is great as well as incredibly sexy.
How Bellamy Young has not been nominated for an Emmy for Scandal is a mystery to me...Jeff Perry too.

Gideon58

09-08-15, 08:05 PM

16.

Amanda Clarke/Emily Thorne

Revenge

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After a supporting role on Brothers and Sisters, Emily Van Camp proved she had the chops to carry the lead in a prime time soap which was pretty much centered around one storyline for her character. Amanda Clarke is a woman who, after years of training, preparation, and research, comes to the Hamptons and assumes the identity of a girl she was in juvenile detention with the intention of clearing her deceased father's name by getting revenge on the power couple, Conrad and Victoria Grayson (Henry Czerny, Madeleine Stowe), who Amanda believes set up her father as being responsible for the death of hundreds of people in a plane crash and had a role in his death. This character was too cool and re-defined the word "bad-ass"...she had what seemed like unlimited capital to support her mission with a help of a young millionaire computer hacker named Nolan Ross (Gabriel Mann) and really didn't care who she hurt in pursuit of her mission (or so it seemed), but no matter what happened, Emily never took her eye off the prize.

Gideon58

09-08-15, 08:07 PM

15.

Jill Bennett

Knots Landing

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See my favorite recurring characters list for details on this character.

Gideon58

09-08-15, 08:15 PM

14.

Victoria Grayson

Revenge

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Actress Madeleine Stowe created a classic prime time soap diva in this deliciously over the top character. Victoria Grayson was the powerful matriarch who found herself trapped in a loveless marriage with Conrad (Henry Czerny), involved in a battle of wills with Emily Thorne (Emily Van Camp) over the death of her father. who was revealed to be the biological father of Victoria's daughter, Charlotte and over Victoria's son, Daniel (Joshua Bowman), who Emily actually married as part of her plan and actually lost his life because of her.

Gideon58

09-08-15, 08:27 PM

13.

Juliette Barnes

Nashville

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Hayden Pannetiere has proven herself to be an actress of substance with this over the top character. a rising country and western star who has been trying to become the new Rayna James (Connie Britton) but has been sidetracked by sex scandals and an unexpected pregnancy. Pannetiere has been a revelation in this role, a character who provides the same kinds of laughs and hisses that we got from characters like Alexis Carrington, Wilhemena Slater, and Victoria Grayson.

Gideon58

09-08-15, 08:30 PM

12.

Jeremy Darling

Dirty Sexy Money

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Seth Gabel was funny and sexy as the youngest Darling son and twin of Juliet (Samaire Armstrong), the typical spoiled rich kid who had affairs with his twin's sworn enemy as well as a sexy attorney (Lucy Liu) and Nick George's wife (Zoe McLellan).

honeykid

09-08-15, 08:36 PM

Revenge is another one I don't watch. :(

Did you ever see RInger with Sarah Michelle Gellar? I wouldn't consider that a soap, but you might so I was just wondering.

Gideon58

09-08-15, 08:37 PM

Revenge is another one I don't watch. :(

Did you ever see RInger with Sarah Michelle Gellar? I wouldn't consider that a soap, but you might so I was just wondering.
Never seen Ringer, sorry.

honeykid

09-08-15, 08:37 PM

I don't remember much of Dirty Sexy Money as I think I only saw the first 5 or 6 episodes, but Seth Gabel character always bugged me.

honeykid

09-08-15, 08:39 PM

Never seen Ringer, sorry.

I really liked Ringer. I wished they'd just set out to make one season rather than have a cliffhanger/loophole for another season, but it was mental. Sometimes there were as many plot twists and revelations in one episode as you'd seen in months of other soaps.

Gideon58

09-08-15, 08:42 PM

11.

Lynette Scavo

Desperate Housewives

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See my Favorite TV Moms list for details on this character.

Gideon58

09-08-15, 08:57 PM

10.

Paige Matheson

Knots Landing

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I noticed there isn't a lot of love for this actress on these boards, but it's not the first time I've posted something people disagree with. I first fell for Nicollette Sheridan when she arrived on the cul de sac as the illegitimate daughter of Mack Mackenzie, who went into business with Mack's wife, Karen (Michele Lee) and had affairs with Karen's son Michael (Pat Petersen), explorer Johnny Rourke (Peter Reckell) and police officer Tom Ryan (Joseph Gian), but it was her steamy on/off affair with Gregory Sumner (William Devane) that really heated up things. The chemistry between these two actors was off the charts...a certain skinny-dipping episode and a game of strip croquet come to mind.

Gideon58

09-09-15, 07:38 PM

Mellie is, probably, my favourite character in Scandal. I love her and Bellamy Young is great as well as incredibly sexy.
Mellie is a fascinating character and Bellamy Young NAILS every moment she has onscreen, the woman deserves an Emmy for this role.

gbgoodies

09-09-15, 07:41 PM

gbgoodies

09-09-15, 07:43 PM

Gideon58

09-09-15, 07:43 PM

9.

Jake Ballard

Scandal

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The undeniably sexy Scott Foley found a perfect role on this show as the soldier for B613 and old military buddy of President Grant (Tony Goldwyn), who Grant originally brought to DC to keep an eye on his mistress, Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) but fell for her himself, triggering one of the messiest triangles on prime time television.

gbgoodies

09-09-15, 07:45 PM

Gideon58

09-09-15, 07:46 PM

8.

Valene Ewing

Knots Landing

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See my Favorite TV Mothers list for details on this character.

Gideon58

09-09-15, 07:49 PM

7.

Nolan Ross

Revenge

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Actor Gabriel Mann created one of television's most likable and entertaining characters. Nolan Ross is a bisexual self-made millionaire and computer hacker-extraordinaire who became the number one friend and ally of Emily Thorne (Emily Van Camp) in her mission to bring down the Graysons. Nolan also gets my vote for one of television's best dressed characters.

Gideon58

09-09-15, 07:54 PM

6.

Olivia Pope

Scandal

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Kerry Washington officially became a star with this groundbreaking character...Olivia Pope is a DC "fixer" with her own team of gladiators whose specialty is "cleaning up" political scandals for public consumption. Prior to having her own organization, she was the campaign manager of presidential candidate Fitzgerald Grant (Tony Goldwyn) and, during the process, drifted into an affair with the man, which continued even after the First Lady (Bellamy Young) found out about it. Olivia is outspoken, sophisticated, and undeniably brave...the bravest thing about Olivia is that she has no qualms about drinking red wine while wearing a white pantsuit.

Gideon58

09-09-15, 08:08 PM

5.

Gregory Sumner

Knots Landing

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The amazing William Devane created one of prime time television's most complex and enigmatic characters. Gregory Sumner was a wealthy industrialist with his own company called The Sumner Group, but he wanted much more. An old college chum of Mack Mackenzie (Kevin Dobson), we learned that they were both seeing Anne Matheson (Michelle Phillips) and that the paternity of Paige (Nicollette Sheridan) was in question for awhile. Sumner was a shark in business and had no mercy on anyone in that department and rarely spoke with any kind of filter. Greg was sort of a social hermit though, not allowing anyone to get close to him, until he met Laura Avery (Constance McCashin), a divorced real estate agent who somehow was able to break down the wall between Greg and the rest of society. Greg and Laura had a baby girl together named Meg and shortly after, Laura contracted cancer and, not wanting to die a vegetable in front of her family, she chose to leave town and die, leaving a videotaped message to Greg and the rest of the cul de sac. After watching the section of the tape Laura made for him, tears streamed down his cheeks and he stopped the tape and told Laura, "You left me in a bad spot, Red." Greg had a built a giant dollhouse for Meg which he set on fire a week later and eventually decided he didn't even want to raise Meg and agreed to let Karen and Mack Mackenzie raise her. Greg remained alone until he met Paige Matheson who somehow got through to him and sparked one of prime time's sexiest relationships. How Devane or anyone else on this show never won an Emmy or never even received a nomination is such a mystery to me.

Gideon58

09-10-15, 07:31 PM

4.

JR Ewing

Dallas

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Leaving this character off this list would have just been wrong and I'm sure there are those out there who might have placed him at #1, but we'll just have to agree to disagree. What can I say about JR Ewing that hasn't already been said? After five years of playing good guy Tony Nelson on I Dream of Jeannie, Larry Hagman completely reinvented himself as an actor with this character, who, after being shot during one season finale, became an official television icon.

Gideon58

09-10-15, 07:33 PM

3.

Karen Mackenzie

Knots Landing

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See my "Favorite TV Moms" list for details on this character.

Gideon58

09-10-15, 07:48 PM

2.

Alexis Carrington Colby Dexter

Dynasty

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OK, admit it, there are a few of you out there who thought this character was going to be number one, but number 2 is pretty damn good. Alexis originally arrived in Denver to testify at the murder trial of ex-husband Blake (John Forsythe). The character appeared at the end of the first season finale wearing a huge hate and veil because the role hadn't been cast yet. One of the show's creators, Esther Shapiro was actually under that hat and veil. Sophia Loren was originally approached to play the role but turned it down. The powers-to-be turned to B-movie queen Joan Collins, who accepted the role and the rest is history. When the term prime-time soap is mentioned, this is usually the first character that people think of...Alexis was larger than life and consistently entertaining.

This list was harder than I thought it was going to be, there are so many great characters to choose from. Here are some honorable mentions:

Dr. Calliope Torres, Grey's Anatomy
Daniel Grayson, Revenge
Michael Fairgate, Knots Landing
Karen Darling, Dirty Sexy Money
Dr. Owen Hunt Grey's Anatomy
Quinn Perkins, Scandal
Joshua Rush, Knots Landing
Steven Carrington Dynasty
Sydney Andrews, Melrose Place
Lisa George, Dirty Sexy Money
Ellis Grey, Grey's Anatomy
Dr. Derek Shepherd, Grey's Anatomy
Lilliemae Clements, Knots Landing
Tish Darling, Dirty Sexy Money
Abby Whelan, Scandal

And now my # 1 Prime Time Soap Character:

gbgoodies

09-10-15, 07:51 PM

4.

Dr. Derek Shepherd

Grey's Anatomy

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Patrick Dempsey reignited a dead career when he accepted the role of a brilliant surgeon whose ego sometimes overshadowed his skill who met a girl (Ellen Pompeo) in a bar one night and it began a relationship that lasted almost a decade. Dempsey received so much attention from females on both sides of the screen that the character was nicknamed "McDreamy."

Didn't I see Dr. McDreamy already listed yesterday? :confused:
And I don't remember seeing Nolan Ross from "Revenge" on your list yesterday. :confused:

Did you change some posts? :confused:

Gideon58

09-10-15, 08:03 PM

Didn't I see Dr. McDreamy already listed yesterday? :confused:
And I don't remember seeing Nolan Ross from "Revenge" on your list yesterday. :confused:

Did you change some posts? :confused:
Yes, I did, I had to include JR Ewing and I had to lose Derek Shepherd...including Nolan Ross was also a must.

gbgoodies

09-10-15, 08:11 PM

Yes, I did, I had to include JR Ewing and I had to lose Derek Shepherd...including Nolan Ross was also a must.

I'm glad you included Nolan Ross. I couldn't imagine this list without him. :up:

Gideon58

09-10-15, 08:19 PM

1.

Abby Ewing

Knots Landing

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Those big blue eyes, that gorgeous blonde hair, the flawless figure, the endless sexual heat and unabashed bitchines this character provided made her my favorite prime time soap character. Abby was the cul de sac's answer to Alexis Carrington, she arrived as the sister of Sid Fairgate (Don Murray) and within a couple of seasons, got both Richard Avery (John Pleshette) and Gary Ewing (Ted Shackelford) to cheat on their respective spouses...hell, Abby even got JR Ewing into bed. I think Abby can best be summed up by one memorable scene she had with Valene Ewing (Joan Ark Van Ark). Valene confronted Abby to ask her if she was having an affair with her husband, Gary to which Abby replied, "I'm not saying that I am and I'm not saying that I'm not, but I will say that I could have Gary anytime I want to." Abby's only vulnerability was with her children, details of which can be found on "My Favorite TV Moms" list.

Hope you enjoyed the list.

gbgoodies

09-10-15, 08:23 PM

I don't watch a lot of Prime Time Soap Operas, but I always enjoy reading your lists. :up:

honeykid

09-11-15, 11:54 AM

Congrats on finishing your list, Gideon. JR, Alexis and Olivia Pope are all great choices. Kerry Washington was the reason I started watching Scandal. I've just always found her so attractive, but now she's getting older she's absolutely gorgeous. JR and Alexis really are soap legends, so there's little more I can add there.

I still don't really care about Jake Ballard. I like what his character does insofar as getting between Olivia and Fitz, but I can't say I'm a fan.

Gideon58

09-13-15, 04:39 PM