# Who is the best TV neighbor of all time?

> Across the hall, over the fence or next door: the people who walked in without knocking and stole the scene anyway.

*By YPB Team · Published October 9, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-best-tv-neighbor-of-all-time*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Winnie Cooper** — score 1000/1000
   Danica McKellar's girl next door on The Wonder Years.
2. **Cosmo Kramer** — score 999/1000
   Jerry's across-the-hall neighbor on Seinfeld, famous for his door entrances.
3. **Steve Urkel** — score 800/1000
   Jaleel White's suspender-wearing next-door nerd on Family Matters.
4. **Newman** — score 708/1000
   Wayne Knight's scheming mailman and Jerry's nemesis down the hall on Seinfeld.
5. **Glenn Quagmire** — score 599/1000
   Peter Griffin's airline-pilot neighbor on Spooner Street in Family Guy.
6. **Kimmy Gibbler** — score 466/1000
   Andrea Barber's loud, oversharing neighbor on Full House.
7. **Ethel Mertz** — score 466/1000
   Vivian Vance's landlady and best friend on I Love Lucy.
8. **Gladys Kravitz** — score 466/1000
   The nosy neighbor of Bewitched, always on the verge of exposing Samantha.
9. **Ned Flanders** — score 0/1000
   The relentlessly cheerful, mustachioed next-door neighbor of the Simpsons.
10. **Penny** — score 0/1000
   Kaley Cuoco's across-the-hall neighbor on The Big Bang Theory.
11. **George Feeny** — score 0/1000
   William Daniels' teacher and over-the-fence mentor on Boy Meets World.
12. **Dale Gribble** — score 0/1000
   Hank Hill's conspiracy-minded neighbor on King of the Hill.

Tags: tv shows, characters, sitcoms, neighbors