Annoying, Overrated and Infuriating: Top 10 Worst TV Characters

These aren’t the characters you love. They aren’t even the characters you love to hate. These are the characters who take the shows you love and make them a chore to tune in to every week. Here are the top ten characters that are the most annoying, the most overrated, and the most infuriating on your TV screens.

10. Coach (New Girl)

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Portrayed by Damon Wayans Jr.

If you want to see the hilarious Damon Wayans Jr. at his best, watch Happy Endings, because even his natural charm and comedic ability can’t save Coach from being an awkward addition to New Girl’s core group of characters. His storylines feel forced, and his uncomfortable position in the group takes the majority of the blame for the lackluster first half of season three.

9. Duncan Kane (Veronica Mars)

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Portrayed by Teddy Dunn

Maybe it was his lack of personality, or just Teddy Dunn’s horrible acting, but there’s a reason why you won’t find very many Veronica-and-Duncan-shippers out there. Duncan’s dead eyes and lackluster attitude can stay in Mexico with Meg’s baby, because he sure isn’t missed in Neptune.

8. Bonnie Bennett (The Vampire Diaries)

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Portrayed by Kat Graham

Bonnie was dead for the first half of season five and none of the characters even noticed. If that doesn’t say something about the importance of her character, I don’t know what does. Maybe if she was actually able to learn how to do simple spells correctly she would be able to contribute a bit more to the group.

7. Meg Griffin (Family Guy)

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Voiced by Mila Kunis

Meg is the perfect example of a character that was created as a punching bag for the other characters. Viewers are constantly berated with the same lowbrow jokes about Meg’s appearance and personality, and, after twelve seasons of constant abuse, they’re starting to feel tired.

6. Aria Montgomery (Pretty Little Liars)

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Portrayed by Lucy Hale

Poor, sweet Aria and her misguided attempts at thwarting the A Team have been so uninspired and useless that some viewers think she may be working with the enemy. Until we find out whether or not Aria actually is A, though, she remains a horribly dressed, whining teenager who contributes nothing to the fairly intelligent teen drama.

5. Charlie Matheson (Revolution)

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Portrayed by Tracy Spiridakos

Originally intended to be a plucky, badass heroine, Charlie never quite fully reached her potential. Although her character has been slowly improving as the series goes on, there are still moments where her stupidity and self-indulgence make viewers want to punch their television screens.

4. Russell Hantz (Survivor)

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I didn’t like Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains— an unpopular opinion for a season that is widely regarded as the best in the reality show’s history. Still, in a season full of the crazy twists and power plays that attracted me to the show in the first place, Hantz’s cockiness and demeaning attitude towards the other contestants dominated the screen, taking away from the show’s fun center.

3. Pierce Hawthorne (Community)

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Portrayed by Chevy Chase

There’s a reason that Pierce’s death was only given a few minutes of attention in an episode that focused primarily on the Ass Crack Bandit: Pierce Hawthorne will not be missed. Throughout the show’s history, Pierce has gone from a sad, lonely old man to a struggling villain with the self esteem of a middle schooler. His degradation, combined with Chevy Chase’s off-screen antics, have ensured that Pierce will not be missed. I think Troy said it best in the season five premiere: “Do you guys feel weird doing this without … Magnitude?”

2. Jack Shephard (Lost)

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Portrayed by Matthew Fox

Season three add-ins Nikki and Paulo usually get all the hate when it comes to annoying Lost characters, but viewers only had to be aggravated by the misplaced castaways for fourteen short episodes. King of the boring back-story Jack Shephard, on the other hand, played the self-righteous hero in 113 episodes, with 22 centric episodes, the most out of any character on the series.  In his long, long time on the series, we got to see Jack ignore everyone else’s opinions, treat women horribly, stalk his ex-wife, become a whiny drunk, grow a ridiculous beard–the list goes on and on. Even Vincent was more interesting than the good doctor.

1. Dawn Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) 

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Portrayed by Michelle Trachtenberg

Raise your hand if you have any fond memories of Buffy’s magical younger sister. No one? Thought so. Dawn was dropped into the series so quickly that viewers were never able to get used to her intrusion on Buffy’s tight-knit group. Although she provided some interesting storylines in season five while serving as the magical key to Glory’s dimension, after that, she became a treasure trove of story lines about high school angst: shoplifting, crying, going on dates with cute boys who turn out to be vampires. Let’s just say, most viewers were rooting for the monsters that were trying to kill her.