Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 12:20     Subject: new characters that made a TV show better

Marlo Stanfield on The Wire
Max and Billy on Stranger Things
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 12:01     Subject: Re:new characters that made a TV show better

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ben and Chris on Parks on Rec


I keep trying to watch that show from the beginning, and the first season is painful. Mostly because the love interest is freaking awful

I do like the episodes I have seen on Comedy Central of later seasons.


Do not watch season 1. Really, it gets so much better once Brendanaquits is gone.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 11:52     Subject: Re:new characters that made a TV show better

Anonymous wrote:
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.


Agreed! Other great additions to TWW: Kristin Chenowith (Annabeth Schott), Emily Proctor (Ainsley Hayes), Matthew Perry (Joe Quincy), and I'm sure there are others. Most importantly, TWW made the best decision ever when they sent Mandy to Mandyville.

Another great addition: Paul Rudd on Friends.

And, in contrast to the poster on the other thread, I'd say the female characters (Amy Farah Fowler and Bernadette) made the Big Bang Theory better.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 11:50     Subject: new characters that made a TV show better

Castiel in Supernatural. As well as Bobby/Crowley/Rowena.

Actually - I love all the characters they added. Even God/Chuck/Lucifer.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 11:44     Subject: new characters that made a TV show better

Ben Wyatt, for sure.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 11:23     Subject: new characters that made a TV show better

Anonymous wrote:No one could replace Brenda but I LOVED Valerie on 90210.


Yes! I'm still Team Brenda but Valerie was a great replacement.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 11:19     Subject: Re:new characters that made a TV show better

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.


Jimmy Smits on NYPD Blue.

Just call him the Show Saver!


I think we can just call him HOT.


True true!
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 11:12     Subject: Re:new characters that made a TV show better

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.


Jimmy Smits on NYPD Blue.

Just call him the Show Saver!


I think we can just call him HOT.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 11:07     Subject: new characters that made a TV show better

Anonymous wrote:Ben on Lost


I totally cannot remember Lost at all to know any of the characters names but ... how were there new characters???
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 11:07     Subject: Re:new characters that made a TV show better

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ben and Chris on Parks on Rec


I keep trying to watch that show from the beginning, and the first season is painful. Mostly because the love interest is freaking awful

I do like the episodes I have seen on Comedy Central of later seasons.


Yeah I think the addition of Ben and Chris combined with getting rid of whatshisface (mark?) is what really made the show work
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 11:05     Subject: new characters that made a TV show better

Ben on Lost
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 11:04     Subject: Re:new characters that made a TV show better

Anonymous wrote:Ben and Chris on Parks on Rec


I keep trying to watch that show from the beginning, and the first season is painful. Mostly because the love interest is freaking awful

I do like the episodes I have seen on Comedy Central of later seasons.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 11:04     Subject: new characters that made a TV show better

Mack on Agents of Shield. Became the heart of the show in many ways.
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 11:02     Subject: Re:new characters that made a TV show better

Ben and Chris on Parks on Rec
Anonymous
Post 11/21/2023 11:01     Subject: Re:new characters that made a TV show better

Anonymous wrote:
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.


Jimmy Smits on NYPD Blue.

Just call him the Show Saver!