{"id":91452,"date":"2025-07-25T13:16:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T13:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/91452\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T13:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T13:16:16","slug":"20-best-tv-characters-of-the-2020s-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/91452\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Best TV Characters Of The 2020s (So Far)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re only halfway through the 2020s so far, but the decade has already given us some of the greatest TV characters of all time. Television is the perfect medium to develop lovable characters. Audiences are more likely to become endeared to a character when they\u2019re a weekly staple in their homes, like Ted Lasso\u2019s Roy Kent<\/a> or Hacks\u2019 Deborah Vance.<\/p>\n

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Eddie Munson<\/p>\n

Stranger Things<\/p>\n

\"Eddie<\/p>\n

In just about every season of Stranger Things<\/a>, the show introduces a new character that fans fall in love with, then gives them an untimely death. In season 4, that character was Eddie Munson, the role that made Joseph Quinn an A-list star. Everyone knew an Eddie Munson in high school<\/strong> \u2014 the charming rebel obsessed with D&D and Metallica \u2014 and Quinn nailed it.<\/p>\n

19 <\/p>\n

The Ghoul<\/p>\n

Fallout<\/p>\n

\"Walton<\/p>\n

Walton Goggins is a veritable TV icon<\/a> who\u2019s played a bunch of memorable characters, from Shane Vendrell to Uncle Baby Billy. His most visually distinctive character is The Ghoul from Fallout. The Ghoul is a badass gunslinger in the mold of the Man with No Name<\/strong>, albeit with post-apocalyptic mutations, but before the fallout, he was a beloved Hollywood actor.<\/p>\n

18 <\/p>\n

Sal Saperstein<\/p>\n

The Studio<\/p>\n

\"Sal<\/p>\n

From Catherine O\u2019Hara\u2019s Patty Leigh to Bryan Cranston\u2019s Griffin Mill, there were a ton of hilarious supporting characters who rounded out Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg\u2019s pitch-perfect Hollywood satire The Studio. But the one who consistently stole the show was Sal Saperstein, played by Ike Barinholtz.<\/p>\n

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\"Seth<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe Studio Episode 5 Review: Quinn & Sal Go To War In One Of The Satire’s Best & Most Hilarious Episodes Yet
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Quinn wages war against Sal in another hilarious episode of The Studio that’s more interested in character hijinks than movie industry satire.<\/p>\n

Sal\u2019s coke habit makes him say wildly inappropriate things in important meetings, his middle-aged insecurities make him worry about becoming old and irrelevant<\/strong>, and his long-time friendship with Adam Scott makes him the star of the Golden Globes.<\/p>\n

17 <\/p>\n

Daemon Targaryen<\/p>\n

House of the Dragon<\/p>\n

\"Daemon<\/p>\n

Matt Smith\u2019s irresistible charms have made Daemon Targaryen the breakout character of House of the Dragon, despite the many horrible things he\u2019s done. Daemon is the poster boy for the Targaryen condition<\/strong>; he\u2019s devilishly complex, he\u2019s vicious to his enemies yet loving and supportive of his own family (in his own way), and he doesn\u2019t want the throne but he also doesn\u2019t want to serve anyone else.<\/p>\n

16 <\/p>\n

Misty Quigley<\/p>\n

Yellowjackets<\/p>\n

\"Misty<\/p>\n

Yellowjackets is a show about a girls\u2019 soccer team who regress into cannibalism while stranded in the wilderness and have to keep even darker secrets after they\u2019ve been rescued. Now, imagine how weird someone would have to be to be the outsider in that group. That\u2019s Misty Quigley, the lovable eccentric played by Sammi Hanratty as a teenager and Christina Ricci as an adult.<\/p>\n

15 <\/p>\n

Martha Scott<\/p>\n

Baby Reindeer<\/p>\n

\"Jessica<\/p>\n

Richard Gadd\u2019s semi-autobiographical horror story Baby Reindeer is a nightmarish look at what it\u2019s like to have a stalker. The stalker in question, Martha Scott, is one of the most compelling TV villains in recent memory<\/strong>. Jessica Gunning gives a spectacularly unhinged performance in the role, playing Martha at turns as innocuously jovial and terrifyingly threatening.<\/p>\n

14 <\/p>\n

Agatha Harkness<\/p>\n

WandaVision\/Agatha All Along<\/p>\n

\"Agatha<\/p>\n

Kathryn Hahn stole the show as the diabolical witch Agatha Harkness in WandaVision, but she didn\u2019t get a chance to really shine until she got her own show, Agatha All Along. Agatha has been the standout character in both of Marvel Studios\u2019 best streaming shows. She\u2019s a delightfully campy, mustache-twirling villain<\/strong>, but her spinoff also revealed a surprising amount of depth.<\/p>\n

13 <\/p>\n

Mark Scout<\/p>\n

Severance<\/p>\n

\"Mark<\/p>\n

On the surface, Adam Scott\u2019s Severance protagonist Mark Scout<\/a> seems to be a typical everyman. But that\u2019s just the way in; he\u2019s the audience\u2019s surrogate as they\u2019re introduced to this bizarre dystopian world<\/strong>. Mark has a lot more depth than it initially seems. He\u2019s so lost and devastated after losing his wife that he\u2019s willing to let a corporation meddle with his consciousness.<\/p>\n

12 <\/p>\n

Jamie Miller<\/p>\n

Adolescence<\/p>\n

\"Owen<\/p>\n

Netflix\u2019s gripping miniseries Adolescence<\/a> opens with a seemingly ordinary 13-year-old boy being arrested for murder. What follows is a harrowing character study of a wayward kid who got so corrupted by the toxic masculinity on social media that he ended up doing something unspeakable.<\/p>\n

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\"10-Short-TV-Shows-You-Can-Finish-Over-A-Long-Weekend\"<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t10 Short TV Shows You Can Finish Over A Long Weekend
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TV shows with hundreds of episodes can take months to binge, but shorter shows like Fleabag and Chernobyl can be knocked out in a long weekend.<\/p>\n

Owen Cooper gives a revelatory turn<\/strong> as Jamie Miller. He starts off pleading his innocence, but soon shows his disturbing true colors. The episode where Jamie sees a forensic psychologist at a youth detention facility powerfully highlights that those facilities can do more harm than good.<\/p>\n

11 <\/p>\n

Toda Mariko<\/p>\n

Sh\u014dgun<\/p>\n

\"Mariko<\/p>\n

Anna Sawai became the first Japanese actress to win an Emmy<\/strong> for her turn in Sh\u014dgun, and she\u2019s more than deserving of the award. Toda Mariko acts as the translator between the show\u2019s two male leads \u2014 Lord Yoshii Toranaga and Pilot Major John Blackthorne \u2014 but she\u2019s so much more than that. She\u2019s intelligent, loyal, and a devout Catholic convert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019re only halfway through the 2020s so far, but the decade has already given us some of the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":91453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[171,173,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-91452","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}