The website Redeye (an offshoot of the Chicago Trib) is holding it’s second annual Best Character on TV contest. My inner-Whedon is tickled that one “region” of voting is named after Buffy 
Here are my votes:
In the George Costanza Region, I”m going to go with Samantha Newley (Christina Applegate, ‘Samantha Who?”) to show some love for Kelly Bundy, Olive Snook (Kristin Chenoweth, “Pushing Daisies”) because I enjoyed Pushing Daisies and I don’t know the other guy, Sir Guy of Gisborne (Richard Armitage, “Robin Hood”) based solely on hotness of the actor because I don’t know either show, and Larry David (”Curb Your Enthusiasm”) because my dad loves him so much.
This is much how I vote in the annual March Madness basketball tournaments btw. I always go with Gonzaga because I like saying ‘GONZAGA!’ very loudly.
In the Carmela Soprano Region, it’s Michael Scott (Steve Carell, “The Office”) because, well, it’s Steve Carell, Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris, “How I Met Your Mother”) because Barney is a source of constant amusement in my household (hypothetical 5 - yeah!!), Joy Turner (Jaime Pressly, ‘My Name is Earl”) because I love her character, and I got nuthin’ for the last vote.
In The Smoking Man Region, I also have nada. I refuse to watch Desperate Housewives, Ben from “Lost” grates my nerves, and I am unfamiliar with the last two characters.
In the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Region though, I’ll go with The Devil (Ray Wise, “Reaper”) because he does smarmy oh so well, and he rocked on “24″, Dr. Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson, “Grey’s Anatomy”) because the image the site uses for her looks like she could knock you into next week, Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman, “Torchwood” - duh, eh?) because the Captain Jack is such an interesting character on a show that takes a lot of chances, and Dahlia Malloy (Minnie Driver, “The Riches”) because I *heart* Minnie Driver in anything she does.
So there you go, a seemingly random choosing of the best characters on TV by someone who has a bunch of shows she needs to check out.
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