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.