11 of the most annoying main characters in TV history — sorry
Some of the most iconic main characters in TV history are also hypocritical, entitled, or just plain creepy.
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- It's a time-honored TV tradition that the best characters are usually side characters.
- That leaves some main characters that are far less popular.
- Dan Humphrey, Emily Cooper, and Will Schuester are some of TV's most annoying characters — sorry.
Often, a TV show's main character is its moral compass, but that's no fun to watch, so they are also typically messy and mistake-prone … which means they're also hypocrites.
At least that's the case for many of these characters, which we've deemed to be the most annoying main characters in TV history.
Meanwhile, anti-heroes and snarky side characters can be morally gray, get all the good one-liners, and make the difficult decisions the heroes can't.
The following TV shows all lasted for many seasons, leading to successful and lucrative careers for their stars. However, the actors may never be able to fully escape how much they annoyed some viewers.
Here are some of the most annoying main characters in TV history.