There are a few TV series characters that I look forward to seeing each week (or daily if the series has gone into syndication) because I love to hate them. Which, if you think about it, is an indication of the good actor/tress they are.

My first choice comes from "Law and Order" and is Tovah Feldshuh (Danielle Melnick) who, if you're lucky, will play the defense attorney. She gives the DA's office a run for their money with her snide and sarcastic comments; you can almost hear her filing her incisors during the opening credits.

My second choice comes from "NYPD Blue," and is Dennis Franz (Detective Sipowicz). He strikes me as an intelligent Archie Bunker. Let's face it, Archie was the way he was because he didn't have the intelligence or sophistication; he didn't know any better. Sipowicz knows better but is still intolerant, prejudiced and self-absorbed. I don't laugh at Sipowicz like I used to laugh at Archie. But I can't help but like the guy; he's a work in progress.

Any others?

Ooooh, how I hated Alexis Carrington (played by Joan Collins) of the show Dynasty. My girlfriends and I wouldn't miss an episode in hopes that Alexis and Krystle Carrington (Linda Evans) would end up in a punching and hair-pulling match. I was just reading the other day an interview with Joan Collins where she said that her and Linda Evans' characters were so popular when they fought that the script writers wrote at least one claw-fest a season. Alexis was such an evil person, you just had to hate her.

Frank Burns from M*A*S*H (i don't know who played him though) he was so annoying but it was great to watch him get so wound up when Hawkeye played a prank on him! and he and Hotlips were hilarious together!

Frank Burns was played by Larry Linville.

Thank you skunkee

You're welcome!

Let's not forget that the guy didn't have any lips.

I think Newman off "Seinfeld" is a classic character you love to hate as is Julie Cooper-Nichol (soon-to-be Roberts) off "The O.C.".

Watching ER last night, I was reminded of Dr. Romano. You know, the one who got smooshed by the helicopter.
Now there was one vile person! But he sure was fun to watch.

Vic Mackey from the Shield pops into my head. Also, Sawyer from LOST seems like a good choice as well.

Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) on "Mary Tyler Moore" was enough to make me annoyed to the ozone layer! What a self-propelled bonehead.
But, without fail, he'd turn it around and make himself seem completely likable as he went. Or maybe we just felt sorry for him? Either way, it worked.

Urkle

Sue Anne was just as annoying and shifty as Ted Baxter, Gats! You never knew what low down trick she would orchestrate next to make Mary look bad.