TT Top Characters Telly Talk's Favourite TV Characters of the 1980s - The Result

[DallasFanForever]

Thanks for pointing that out to me. I was stuck in the Ewingverse.

Hey, I get it! If it were allowed all 20 on my list would’ve been from Dallas.

 

[colbyco]

1. Abby Ewing- Knots Landing
2. Pamela Ewing- Dallas
3. Krystle- Dynasty
4. Alex Keaton- Family Ties
5. Cliff Huxtable- The Cosby Show
6. Denise- A Different World
7. Sable- The Colbys
8. Carla- Cheers
9. Deacon Ernest Frye- Amen
10. Angela - Falcon Crest
11. Dorothy- The Golden Girls
12. Sandra Clarke- 227
13. Roseanne Connor- Roseanne
14.George- Seinfeld
15.Louie - Taxi
16. Cassie- It's a Living
17. Andy Travis- WKRP in Cincinnati
18. Wojo- Barney Miller
19. Benson- Benson
20. Constance- Flamingo Road

- isn´t Pamela Ewing a 70´s character?

 

[bmasters9]

- isn´t Pamela Ewing a 70´s character?

Indeed-- debuted Sun. Apr. 2, 1978 on O-R CBS Lorimar Dallas.

 

[thomaswak]

- isn´t Pamela Ewing a 70´s character?

Damn. You're right.

 

[Jimmy Todd]

- isn´t Pamela Ewing a 70´s character?

I just can't escape the Ewingverse! I'm trapped! Soon it won't be safe to take a shower!
Ok, let me see if I can get it right this time.
2. Katherine Wentworth

 

[thomaswak]

- isn´t Pamela Ewing a 70´s character?

Now that I think about it, I am French and in France, Dallas was aired for the very first time in 1981. Does that count?

 

[colbyco]

Now that I think about it, I am French and in France, Dallas was aired for the very first time in 1981. Does that count?

- Now that I think about it, I am German and in Germany, here Dynasty is called "Der Denver Clan". So can I vote one charater from Dynasty and one from Denver-Clan ?

 

[thomaswak]

- Now that I think about it, I am German and in Germany, here Dynasty is called "Der Denver Clan". So can I vote one charater from Dynasty and one from Denver-Clan ?

If i's not the Der Denver Clan from Netflix, you can.

 

[Daniel Avery]

Okay now, we can't let there be mob rule. If things get out of hand @Ome will throw us in the shower and declare the previous three pages a season-long dream.

 

[bmasters9]

Okay now, we can't let there be mob rule. If things get out of hand @Ome will throw us in the shower and declare the previous three pages a season-long dream.

Would be fitting, in salute to O-R CBS Dallas's most controversial cliffhanger (which, IIRC, is to celebrate its 35th anniversary this year): simply Patrick Duffy (as Bobby) saying, "Good morning."

 

[Seaviewer]

Would be fitting, in salute to O-R CBS Dallas's most controversial cliffhanger (which, IIRC, is to celebrate its 35th anniversary this year): simply Patrick Duffy (as Bobby) saying, "Good morning."

In the closing credits it actually said, "Patrick Duffy as ?" if I'm not mistaken. So many possibilities not taken.

 

[Seaviewer]

let me see if I can get it right this time.
2. Katherine Wentworth

Can I change my #3 to Donna Culver (Dallas), pIease?
It's what I meant to do but I think Katherine led me astray with all her sweet talk and eye shadow.

 

[Jimmy Todd]

Can I change my #3 to Donna Culver (Dallas), pIease?
It's what I meant to do but I think Katherine led me astray with all her sweet talk and eye shadow.

I was actually going to put Donna, but I believe she was introduced in 78 or 79.
Katherine debuted in 80 or 81., just under the wire. She's a sneaky rascal!

 

[Ome]

Okay now, we can't let there be mob rule.

Absa-bloody-lutely!

It's complicated enough without creating far fetched spin-offs

 

[Seaviewer]

I was actually going to put Donna, but I believe she was introduced in 78 or 79.

Darn it, you're right! IMDb shows 2 episodes in 1979. I guess you just can't beat that eye shadow.

 

[Victoriafan3]

Please May I change my #2 vote to Patricia Hamilton? It would be great to have a Sons and Daughters character go through. Thank you.

 

[thomaswak]

Dallas embodies the 80's, not the 70's. That's why we made that mistake.
Ok, so Pam Ewing being technically a 70's character, I need to change my vote too... so : Alf - Alf

 

[Ome]

Our mission has the potential of becoming epic according to telly talkers. ​

Here is the story so far.
1950 (and before) – 9 members vote on 68 characters
1960 – 16 members voted on 148 characters
1970 – 21 members voted on 211 characters

Our fourth mission saw 22 members voting on 252 characters






Here is our fourth result.

1. Abby Cunningham – KNOTS LANDING = 163
2. Katherine Wentworth – DALLAS = 130
3. Alexis Colby – DYNASTY = 113
4. Dorothy Zbornak - GOLDEN GIRLS = 104
5. Sable Colby – THE COLBYS = 99
6. Sheila Grant – BROOKSIDE / Alex Keaton - FAMILY TIES = 72
7. Patricia Hamilton – SONS AND DAUGHTERS = 69
8. Mary Beth Lacey – CAGNEY & LACEY = 58
9. Alf – ALF
10. Angela Channing – FALCON CREST = 50
11. Lydia Grant – FAME = 47
12. Fallon Carrington – DYNASTY = 45
13. Peg Bundy - MARRIED ... WITH CHILDREN = 44
14. Dr Beatrice Mason – TENKO = 39
15. Jessica Fletcher – MURDER SHE WROTE = 38
16. Sandra Clark – 227 Homer Simpson – THE SIMPSONS / Lance Cumson / FALCON CREST = 37
17. Diana ‘V’ / Stephanie Harper – RETURN TO EDEN = 36
18. Norm – CHEERS = 33
19. Stephanie Forrester – THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL / Icky – ONE SUMMER = 32
20. Capt. Frank Furrillo = HILL STREET BLUES = 31
21. Jonathan Smith – HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN / Sophia Petrillo – THE GOLDEN GIRLS = 30
22. Al Bundy - MARRIED ... WITH CHILDREN / Roseanne Connor – ROSEANNE = 29
23. Blanche Devereaux – THE GOLDEN GIRLS / George Costanza – SEINFELD = 28
24. Jane Marple – MRS MARPLE = 27
25. Morag Bellingham – HOME AND AWAY / Amanda King – SCARECROW AND MRS KING / Tegan Jovanka – DOCTOR WHO = 26
26. Suzanne Sugarbaker - DESIGNING WOMEN = 25
27. Diane Chambers – CHEERS / Sunny Crocket – MIAMI VICE = 24
28. David Addison – MOONLIGHTING / Christine Cagney – CAGNEY AND LACEY / Claire Huxtable – THE COSBY SHOW / Murphy Brown – MURPHY BROWN = 23
29. Poirot – POIROT / Sir Humphrey – YES, PRIME MINISTER / Magnum – MAGNUM P.I. / Yosser Hughes – BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF = 22
30. Heathcliff Huxtable – THE COSBY SHOW / Jim Bergerac – BERGERAC / Timothy Lumsden – SORRY / Vanessa Chamberlain – GUIDING LIGHT / Ashley Abbott – THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS / Baby Piggy – MUPPER BABIES / Donna Love – ANOTHER WORLD / Tom Callaghan - THE FLYING DOCTORS / Pamela Barnes – DALLAS = 20

Thank you for voting and sharing some of your favourite characters from the 1980s, let’s get on with the 1990s. ​

 

[Willie Oleson]

1. Abby Cunningham – KNOTS LANDING = 163

This is just so typical. Katherine and Alexis got all the attention because of their public, mud-slinging battle and then Abby quietly walks away with the #1 trophy.
It's as character-driven as KNOTS LANDING itself, and therefore the most deserving winner.

 

[Victoriafan3]

And interesting for the entire 1980s, even though Dallas was most renowned in the 80s, other than Katherine there isn’t one other character introduced in the 80s even mentioned (Pamela was 1970s).