Worthless TV Character Additions

childeroland · May 20, 2008

Saw an interesting article and wondered who you all thought may be the most worthless character addition to a TV show.

katiemac · May 20, 2008

I'd vote for a lot of those--Alias (but I'm okay with Lauren), Lost, Heroes and Buffy. I'll hold my judgment on 24 until I see it, although I probably won't be watching the new season at all. Last one didn't work for me on a lot of levels.

Duncan J Macdonald · May 21, 2008

I don't watch any of the shows listed, so I'll just cast a vote for Orlando Bloom.

Claudia Gray · May 21, 2008

I love Lauren, Nadia AND Rachel on "Alias." Three gorgeous, talented actresses; three interesting characters. Honestly, I liked most of these characters, save for Maya and Alejandro, who were badly cast and shoehorned into a season that had too much going on already.

Fact of life: Ongoing TV shows will eventually add characters. Original actors leave, or negotiate to work fewer hours. TV has to change, period.

Shadow_Ferret · May 21, 2008

I'd vote, unfortunately, I haven't seen any of those shows.

So I'll say, Bleep on Lost in Space. Or was his name, Bloop?

Or Chekov on Star Trek.

There's a zombie on 24? I might actually watch.

C.bronco · May 21, 2008

The only series I've seen from the list is Buffy (which was great). The whole "I suddenly have a sister, yet don't notice that she had never been there before because of magic" premise irked me.

It's difficult to add a character successfully when the reason for adding him or her has more to do with the audience demographic than moving the story forward.

Other tragic additions: Oliver in The Brady Bunch, and Seven in Married with Children.

CaroGirl · May 21, 2008

Gee, there was a time in my life when I would have watched every one of the most current tv shows. Today, I haven't watched a single episode of any of them.

Now, if you wanted to ask me about Dynasty, Dallas, The Love Boat, or Magnum PI, I'd be all over it.

Hm, maybe I finally got myself a life. Nah. Probably not.

CaroGirl · May 21, 2008

How about Mearth on Mork and Mindy? Didn't that just smell like desperation?

robeiae · May 21, 2008

Duncan J Macdonald said:
I don't watch any of the shows listed, so I'll just cast a vote for Orlando Bloom.

Ditto.

CaroGirl said:
How about Mearth on Mork and Mindy? Didn't that just smell like desperation?

Yep.

And let's not forget cousin Oliver on the Brady Bunch. There's nothing but friggin' kids on the show, already! And you add another one?!?

Straka · May 21, 2008

blast I don't watch any of these!

Shadow_Ferret · May 22, 2008

Duncan J Macdonald said:
I don't watch any of the shows listed, so I'll just cast a vote for Orlando Bloom.

Shadow_Ferret said:
I'd vote, unfortunately, I haven't seen any of those shows.

robeiae said:
Ditto.

Straka said:
blast I don't watch any of these!

We need to form a club!

CaroGirl · May 22, 2008

Shadow_Ferret said:
We need to form a club!

CaroGirl said:
I haven't watched a single episode of any of them.

Don't forget about me. You and your elitist "club".

III · May 22, 2008

Lock thread

cray · May 22, 2008

III said:
Lock thread

not so fast, tough guy,....

maestrowork · May 22, 2008

Worthless AW character:

cray · May 22, 2008

up you're's

III · May 22, 2008

Oliver wasn't really an addition, though. He was only on like 2 episodes. And in any event, I'd adopt Oliver before I watched an episode of the Flintstones with Gazoo.

ETA: Shall we all change our avatars to Cousin Oliver?

cray · May 22, 2008

III said:
ETA: Shall we all change our avatars to Cousin Oliver?

my avatar doesn't change.

there'd be a revolution

III · May 22, 2008

you're thinking of your underwear

cray · May 22, 2008

please report to post #16

maestrowork · May 22, 2008

you guys are just like the olsen twins:

Shadow_Ferret · May 22, 2008

CaroGirl said:
Don't forget about me. You and your elitist "club".

Damn, I was hoping you wouldn't notice it was a Men's Only club. :tongue

CaroGirl · May 23, 2008

Shadow_Ferret said:
Damn, I was hoping you wouldn't notice it was a Men's Only club.

::gasp:: Runs to moderators crying about injustice.

ChunkyC · May 25, 2008

Duncan J Macdonald said:
I don't watch any of the shows listed, so I'll just cast a vote for Orlando Bloom.

Ditto.

Re: post #14 -- wasn't that the same kid who played Doctor Zee in Galactica 1980? Yup, he was. Mind you, that entire series was a worthless addition to TV, let alone the character being a worthless addition to the series.

Ol' Fashioned Girl · May 25, 2008

CaroGirl said:
::gasp:: Runs to moderators crying about injustice.

There, there, Caro... I haven't watched any of those shows, either. We can have our own club.

Worthless TV Character Additions

Most worthless TV Character Addition

Lauren Reed, Nadia Santos and Rachel Gibson - Alias

Nikki & Paulo - Lost

Stosh “Piz” Piznarski - Veronica Mars

Maya & Alejandro - Heroes

Zombie Tony - 24 (season 7)

Dawn Summers - Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Oliver Trask - The O.C.

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