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Who is the best sitcom character of the 1990s?

by YPB Team

Neighbours who never knocked, teenagers who took over the show, and one bald liar. The decade's supporting parts often ran the room.

  1. Cosmo Kramer — ranked #11
    Cosmo Kramer
    Jerry's neighbour on Seinfeld, played by Michael Richards, who entered rooms door-first.
  2. Joey Tribbiani — ranked #22
    Joey Tribbiani
    The struggling actor on Friends, played by Matt LeBlanc, and the show's most quoted line.
  3. George Costanza — ranked #33
    George Costanza
    Seinfeld's short, bald liar, based partly on co-creator Larry David.
  4. Elaine Benes — ranked #44
    Elaine Benes
    The only woman in Seinfeld's four, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
  5. Chandler Bing — ranked #55
    Chandler Bing
    Friends' sarcastic data-processing manager, played by Matthew Perry.
  6. Phoebe Buffay — ranked #66
    Phoebe Buffay
    The Friends masseuse and songwriter with a street-musician past, played by Lisa Kudrow.
  7. Frasier Crane — ranked #77
    Frasier Crane
    The Seattle radio psychiatrist who carried a spinoff to eleven seasons.
  8. Niles Crane — ranked #88
    Niles Crane
    Frasier's fastidious younger brother, played by David Hyde Pierce.
  9. Will Smith — ranked #99
    Will Smith
    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's Philadelphia transplant, played by Will Smith.
  10. Uncle Phil — ranked #1010
    Uncle Phil
    Philip Banks, the Bel-Air judge and the show's moral weight, played by James Avery.
  11. Al Bundy — ranked #1111
    Al Bundy
    Married... with Children's shoe salesman and reigning anti-father of the decade.
  12. Steve Urkel — ranked #1212
    Steve Urkel
    Family Matters' neighbour, a guest part that took over the entire show.
  13. Karen Walker — ranked #1313
    Karen Walker
    Will & Grace's wealthy, unfiltered assistant, played by Megan Mullally.
  14. Jack McFarland — ranked #1414
    Jack McFarland
    Will & Grace's aspiring actor, played by Sean Hayes.
  15. Rachel Green — ranked #1515
    Rachel Green
    Friends' runaway bride turned fashion buyer, played by Jennifer Aniston.
  16. Ross Geller — ranked #1616
    Ross Geller
    Friends' palaeontologist and the show's most argued-about lead, played by David Schwimmer.
  17. Monica Geller — ranked #1717
    Monica Geller
    Friends' competitive chef, played by Courteney Cox.
  18. Newman — ranked #1818
    Newman
    Seinfeld's postal-worker nemesis, played by Wayne Knight.
  19. Daria Morgendorffer — ranked #1919
    Daria Morgendorffer
    The deadpan animated teenager who got her own series out of Beavis and Butt-Head.

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Comments

Kramer had no visible income and Joey had a two-word greeting, and ten of the nineteen names here come from their two shows. Urkel is still in the way: https://youpick.best/articles/friends-vs-seinfeld-ranked

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