Television's Greatest Characters Reviews

Those us of us who fall into Generation X grew up with television as a staple. Sad to say, but I remember a lot more about television shows from the 70s than I remember about the things I learned in grammar school.

There have been some awful programming, but television has also featured some really great entertainment and memorable characters. Here, in no particular order, is my list of great television characters - the ones that captured the imagination, made me love to hate them, made me laugh, scared me, and generally kept things interesting.

J.R. Ewing, Dallas - No list would have any credibility...

Sydney Bristow, college student by day, superspy by night, is one of the greatest characters in television history.  The central character on ABC's "ALIAS" had a dysfunctional family life (to say the least) when growing up.  Her mother died when she was young, or so she was led to believe, and her father, Jack, a CIA double agent under the guise of an airplane parts salesman, was mostly absent....at least emotionally.   Sydney was recruited into the spy game to work for a covert branch of the CIA...but she found out that was all a ruse, once her fiance was brutally murdered by Arvin Sloane...