My 25 Favorite TV Characters From The Last Ten Years

In the spirit of the lists I've seen recently (the AFI's latest "bless them they're trying" disaster and Entertainment Weekly's "top 100 of everything in the last 25 years where we try and convince you that "Purple Rain", of all things, is the best album of my lifetime- and I say this with no disrespect to "Purple Rain"), I present this, apropos of nothing.

(Only one character per show, and in no real order)

Omar Little- The Wire

Tony Soprano- The Sopranos

Hank Hill- King of the Hill

The Monarch- The Venture Bros.

Pam Beesly- The Office (US)

David Brent- The Office (UK)

G.O.B. Bluth- Arrested Development

David Fisher- Six Feet Under

John Munch- Law and Order SVU, Homicide: Life on the Street

Lisa Simpson- The Simpsons

Eric Cartman- South Park

Dexter Morgan- Dexter

Chloe O'Brian- 24

Gregory House- House

Ben Linus- Lost

Kara Thrace- Battlestar Galactica

Dan Rydell- Sports Night

Adrian Monk- Monk

Liz Lemon- 30 Rock

Maggie Jacobs- Extras

Bender Bending Rodriguez- Futurama

Dana Scully- The X-Files

George Costanza- Seinfeld

Ari Gold- Entourage

Al Swearengen- Deadwood