Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 10:59     Subject: new characters that made a TV show better
Anonymous wrote:Tamra Judge (nee Barney) on RHOC.


Totally disagree. She led the descent into unwatchable trashiness.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 10:57     Subject: Re:new characters that made a TV show better

Woody Strode, the coroner, on "Psych." The show was and would still have been great without Woody's addition, but he was such a breath of weird fresh air whenever he appeared with his freaky quirks. And "Psych" very wisely did not overuse him; it gave us enough Woody to love him but never let him overstay his welcome. The show was good at that -- using extremely quirky characters just enough to leave us wanting more, but not overdoing them.

Hope we'll see Woody again in the fourth Psych movie that's supposed to happen (fingers crossed).

He's played by the terrific, prolific character actor Kurt Fuller, whom everyone has seen in something over the years.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 10:53     Subject: Re:new characters that made a TV show better
Anonymous wrote:Amanda on Melrose Place
Jimmy Smits on SOA mainly b/c I just love Jim Smits and he is eye candy to me


Jimmy Smits on "The West Wing." But that show was great at adding characters. Smits as Matt Santos was terrific, complex, ambitious and genuinely idealistic at the same time.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 10:47     Subject: new characters that made a TV show better
Anonymous wrote:Addison on Grey’s



Wish she'd come back for good. Love her.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 10:45     Subject: Re:new characters that made a TV show better
Lucy Lui on Ally Mc*Beal
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 10:37     Subject: new characters that made a TV show better
Anonymous wrote:Patrick on Schitt's Creek.


Yes!!!

I'll contribute "Sean" from The Good Place
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 10:32     Subject: new characters that made a TV show better
Not Cousin Oliver on the Brady Bunch
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 10:32     Subject: new characters that made a TV show better
Addison on Grey’s
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 10:32     Subject: new characters that made a TV show better
Addison Montgomery and Arizona on Grey’s Anatomy.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 10:31     Subject: new characters that made a TV show better
Tamra Judge (nee Barney) on RHOC.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 10:30     Subject: new characters that made a TV show better
Patrick on Schitt's Creek.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 10:30     Subject: Re:new characters that made a TV show better
Gus Freigh on Breaking Bad. Loved his menancing character. Show wasn't the same when they killed him off.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 10:29     Subject: new characters that made a TV show better
No one could replace Brenda but I LOVED Valerie on 90210.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 10:26     Subject: Re:new characters that made a TV show better
Amanda on Melrose Place
Jimmy Smits on SOA mainly b/c I just love Jim Smits and he is eye candy to me
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 08:32     Subject: new characters that made a TV show better
We can diss Scrappy Doo and April Nardini all day - AND WILL - but which new characters do you think made a show better?

I'll start with Tran on New Girl. A minor character, but a major presence.