😡 Most Hated TV Characters

Our ranking of the most hated tv characters, aggregated from dozens of published critic lists and fan votes — a show climbs by appearing across many sources, not on any one opinion. Here are the top 25, each with its IMDb score, critic and audience ratings, and how far those two disagree. Click any title for full details and similar shows, or get recommendations tailored to your taste.

1
Game of Thrones2011
9.2 IMDb85% TMDB89% RT critics85% RT audience💎 Unanimous acclaim89·85
Joffrey Baratheon
2
Breaking Bad2008
9.5 IMDb89% TMDB96% RT critics97% RT audience💎 Unanimous acclaim96·97
Todd Alquist
3
The Walking Dead2010
8.1 IMDb81% TMDB79% RT critics78% RT audience💎 Unanimous acclaim79·78
Negan
4
Better Call Saul2015
9.0 IMDb87% TMDB98% RT critics96% RT audience💎 Unanimous acclaim98·96
Chuck McGill
5
The Sopranos1999
9.2 IMDb87% TMDB92% RT critics96% RT audience💎 Unanimous acclaim92·96
Livia Soprano
6
Friends1994
8.8 IMDb84% TMDB78% RT critics93% RT audience🍿 Crowd-pleaser78·93
Ross's worst moments
7
Mad Men2007
8.7 IMDb81% TMDB94% RT critics95% RT audience💎 Unanimous acclaim94·95
Pete Campbell
8
The Office2005
9.0 IMDb86% TMDB81% RT critics89% RT audience💎 Unanimous acclaim81·89
Jan Levinson
9
Euphoria2019
8.1 IMDb83% TMDB79% RT critics74% RT audience
Nate Jacobs
10
Lost2004
8.3 IMDb80% TMDB86% RT critics89% RT audience💎 Unanimous acclaim86·89
Nikki & Paulo
11
Dexter2006
8.6 IMDb82% TMDB71% RT critics81% RT audience
Lila West
12
13 Reasons Why2017
7.4 IMDb75% TMDB35% RT critics56% RT audience⚡ Polarizing35·56
Bryce Walker
13
Succession2018
8.8 IMDb83% TMDB95% RT critics88% RT audience💎 Unanimous acclaim95·88
Tom Wambsgans (love-to-hate)
14
The Boys2019
8.5 IMDb84% TMDB93% RT critics70% RT audience🎓 Critics' darling93·70
Homelander
15
Grey's Anatomy2005
7.6 IMDb82% TMDB84% RT critics72% RT audience
April Kepner
16
Stranger Things2016
8.6 IMDb86% TMDB90% RT critics83% RT audience💎 Unanimous acclaim90·83
Billy Hargrove
17
How I Met Your Mother2005
8.3 IMDb81% TMDB84% RT critics85% RT audience💎 Unanimous acclaim84·85
Ted Mosby
18
Riverdale2017
6.4 IMDb84% TMDB81% RT critics49% RT audience🎓 Critics' darling81·49
Hiram Lodge
19
The Wire2002
9.3 IMDb86% TMDB94% RT critics96% RT audience💎 Unanimous acclaim94·96
Marlo Stanfield
20
Gossip Girl2007
7.5 IMDb82% TMDB84% RT critics80% RT audience💎 Unanimous acclaim84·80
Georgina Sparks
21
House of Cards2013
8.6 IMDb80% TMDB77% RT critics76% RT audience💎 Unanimous acclaim77·76
Frank Underwood
22
Veep2012
8.4 IMDb93% RT critics90% RT audience75% TMDB
Jonah Ryan (love-to-hate)
23
The O.C.2003
7.6 IMDb68% RT critics73% RT audience77% TMDB
Oliver Trask
24
Pretty Little Liars2010
7.3 IMDb80% TMDB81% RT critics81% RT audience
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Downton Abbey2010
8.7 IMDb81% TMDB92% RT critics94% RT audience💎 Unanimous acclaim92·94
Thomas Barrow

How this ranking is made

Every show on this page earns its place by consensus, not by star rating. We collect dozens of published rankings — critics' lists, magazine round-ups, fan polls and community votes — and merge them with reciprocal rank fusion, which rewards a show for appearing near the top of many independent lists rather than at the very top of one. That makes the order hard to skew: a single outlet's idiosyncratic favourite can't buy its way up, and a show everyone quietly agrees on rises even where no one called it number one. AI-generated lists are down-weighted.

The ratings beside each entry come from a different place entirely — IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes critics and audience, and Metacritic — and are shown so you can see where the crowd and the critics part company. A Critics' darling badge means reviewers scored it at least 15 points above the audience; Crowd-pleaser is the reverse; Unanimous acclaim means every source agrees it is very good. Those badges are not part of the ranking — they describe it.

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