Paste Magazine's 20 Best TV Character of the Past 20 Years [October 2008]

Entertainment: TV Critics

* 20. Niles Crane (David Hyde Pierce) - Frasier, NBC, 1993-2004 * 19. Angela Chase (Claire Danes) - My So-Called Life, ABC, 1994-1995 * 18. Buffy (Sarah Michelle-Gellar) - Buffy The Vampire Slayer, WB (1997-2001), UPN (2001-2003) * 17. Andy Botwin (Justin Kirk) - Weeds, Showtime, 2005-present * 16. Kara “Starbuck” Thrace (Katee Sackhoff) - Battlestar Galactica, SCI-FI, 2004-Present * 15. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) - House, FOX, 2004-present * 14. Carmela Soprano (Edie Falco) - The Sopranos, HBO, 1999 - 2007 * 13. Eric Cartman (Voiced by Trey Parker) - South Park, Comedy Central, 1997 - present * 12. President Josiah Bartlet (Martin Sheen) - The West Wing, NBC 1999-2006 * 11. Omar Little (Michael K. Williams) - The Wire, HBO, 2002 - 2008 * 10. Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) - Gilmore Girls, The WB, 2000-06, The CW 2006-07 * 9. Stewie Griffin (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) - Family Guy, Fox 1999-present (with two cancellations) * 8. Benjamin Linus (Michael Emerson) - Lost, FOX 2004-Present * 7. David Brent (Ricky Gervais) - The Office (U.K. version), BBC 2001-2003 * 6. Karen Walker (Megan Mullally) - Will & Grace, NBC 1998-2006 * 5. Homer Simpson (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) - The Simpsons, FOX 1989-Present * 4. Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards) - Seinfeld, NBC, 1989-1998 * 3. Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven) - Entourage, HBO 2004 - present * 2. Dwight K. Schrute (Rainn Wilson) - The Office, NBC 2005 - present * 1. George Oscar GOB Bluth II (Will Arnett) - Arrested Development, FOX, 2003-2006 Missing: * Michael K. Williams (11) * Katee Sackhoff (16)

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