Let's start off by saying that I really don't watch a lot of television, but the shows I do watch I watch religiously. Now I'm a pretty easy going guy, so it takes an awful lot to annoy the hell out of me. So you know you're in trouble when you're on one of my favorite shows and I can't wait for you to get off the screen so someone more interesting can do and say something more exciting. These are the five most personally irritating TV characters who I could easily live without.
Ana Lucia - Lost 
In
my last post about my Lost-induced insomnia, I discussed how addicted I am to the show. I'm currently a little more than halfway through season two, and though the excitement had waned for a while, things started picking back up again with the Lockdown episode. Anyway, one of the reasons why I'm not so into season two is Ana Lucia. She's just irritating, and I'm not exactly sure why - though it might have something to do with the fact that she's a grumpy, bossy, gun-loving bitch who killed Shannon. I have no idea if she dies later on (please don't ruin it for me), but it would be a death that I certainly looked forward to.
Jenna - 30 Rock 
There is a limited number of television programs that I consider good enough to dedicate the time and energy it takes to watch every single episode. 30 Rock is one of those programs. Unfortunately, Jenna is one of the main characters on that program and has been in most of those episodes. Sure she has her moments, and watching her and Tracy compete over everything can be fun, but generally I consider her a giant waste of time. It doesn't help that there's another naive and incompetent character on the show (Kenneth) who is actually a whole lot funnier than Jenna. In fact, I think the show would be better if they just dressed him up in a blonde wig and had him play Jenna.
Kelly - The Office 
It started as a pretty good gag, but now Kelly just gets on my nerves. Sure it used to be funny that she hit on everything and got used by Ryan twice, etc, etc...but at this point Kelly just seems useless. I guess it's not so much what she does that's irritating (although she does talk incessantly), but how she sounds that makes it so awful. Her voice is so grating that listening to her does for your ears what smoking does for your lungs. I'm pretty sure that by the the time The Office is off the air I'll be deaf just from listening to Kelly speak. I actually had a similar problem with an English teacher in high school. Her class was fine, but I had to drop it because her voice was causing my ear drums to decay at an alarming rate. I even had a doctors note to prove it.
The Guests - The Daily Show/Colbert Report 
I won't go out of my way to watch The Daily Show or the Colbert Report, but if I'm not doing anything else and I'm near a TV I'll definitely sit and watch them. The first part of the show is always hilarious and that's actually how I get a lot of my news, but I hate when they bring guests on. Granted, they aren't really characters, but remember that I don't watch a lot of television so I needed something to fill out the list. The problem with the guest portion of the show is that Jon and Stephen spend the entire show making fun of everyone, and then the guest comes on and all of a sudden they're Mr. Nicey Nice Guy (well, not so much Stephen). The guests are never anyone interesting either. It's always some sort of hippie or aspiring tire salesmen who doesn't have anything interesting to say. The only reason why I watch these shows is to see them make fun of everyone, which for some reason doesn't happen when the guests are on.
Everyone - Every Reality Show Ever 
I hate reality television and everyone on it. Everyone. If you were on a reality show I'd hate you. If I were on a reality show I'd hate me. If Ghandi were on a reality show I'd be worried because Ghandi's dead. I'm sure there are many people who share my sentiments toward all the Speidis and the Daisys out there. But the worst and most irritating of them all is little miss New York. We first discovered her when she pretended to fall in love with an oversized pug* and now we watch her make $10,000 being and idiot and screwing up every job she's given while the hardworking and competent regular employees make minimum wage. Just out of curiosity I did a Google Image search for "New York" to see how early this lovely creature showed up. Dissapointingly, the answer is the second row of page three. Doesn't that seem kind of ridiculous? You'd think there'd be enough pictures of the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty to fill a whole three pages, but I guess not.
*Little-known fact: Flavor Flav actually left "Flavor of Love" after three episodes. An oversized pug named Crinkles was brought on to complete the season as well as two others.
What TV characters irritate you the most?
Comments (56)
Jenna is painfully annoying
Can you believe after all this time, I am possibly the only 20 year old guy who has never seen Lost?
haha I can't stand New York..
How about the whole cast of The Secret Life of the American Teenager? For anyone who's ever seen the show, they probably know what I mean, especially with the recent episodes from the second season.
i hate reality shows
Ana Lucia-that chick was in Resident Evil. I don't like her face. there's something about her face that makes me mad. Idk why. I don't watch any of these shows...I don't like Jenna's face either, idk why. It's something about it, maybe she's just that good at getting into character.
I hated Ana Lucia. She annoyed the piss outta me when I watched that show.
@n1colee@xanga - I refuse to let that show even pop up on my TV Guide in my presence. XD
lol haha I know what happens in Lost so i dont wanna say but Ana Lucia wont be a problem haha :D
your viewing of Lost will be more enjoyable. lol
I hate all female characters.
They are annoying and unnecessary.
'nuff said.
If Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert bashed their guests like they bash politicians in the earlier portions of their show, nobody would go on anymore!
Enough people decline as it is... ;P
- John
@n1colee@xanga - I just watched that show for the first time yesterday and I know exactly what you mean. The acting is bad and everyone seems so selfish like "wah wah wah I don't care about anyone else's problems because I have a baby or my dad just died because I had sex and liked it or I can't go to a funeral because I chose to have unprotected sex and get pregnant - who knew that could even happen?"
Tyra Banks. Sorry, but you will never be Oprah.
I agree with you about Ana Lucia.... I also hate her because that actress is ALWAYS the same obnoxious character.
As for reality TV, I also agree. The one getting on my nerves right now is the current advert for Big Brother House, with the jock, the ditz, and the gay guy who says "and I'm FAAABULOUUUUUSSS!!!!" can you say stereotype??
grace from the secret life of the american teenager.
I also hate reality shows. It's because of them that so many great shows got canceled.
Reality shows just make me wanna clean myself. They're either entirely faked or all about these random annoying uninteresting sluts.
And not all of Stephen's guests are annoying- I'm sure you saw that epic episode with Bill O'Reilly? I don't know what he was thinking..
The show Gilmore Girls annoys me.
kate gosselin, even though she's not technically a character hahaha
I agree. All reality shows ever (except for Dog).
Kate from Jon and Kate plus eight.. hahaha.
Shes a controlling, fun-ruining, attitudey bitch who gets mad at jon for everything. Im prettty sure theyre separating cuz of her attitude and bossing him around all dayy, than him having some fun with a younger woman.
Rachel Green, a.k.a. Jennifer Aniston's character on Friends. Dumb bitch.
I want to shoot that new york chick. what a slut.
The Paul McCartney interview was pretty good.