Michael Scott is a fictional character played by Steve Carell in NBC's The Office. Michael is the series' protagonist, and he works as the regional manager of the Dunder Mifflin Inc. branch in Scranton, Pennsylvania. However, towards the end of the fifth season, he temporarily leaves the company to form his own paper company with Pam Beesly and Ryan Howard, and he shares a co-managerial position with Jim Halpert during a sixth season arc from "The Meeting" to "The Manager and the Salesman". In "Goodbye, Michael", he proposes to HR representative Holly Flax and moves to Colorado to care for her aging parents, leaving the manager position to Deangelo Vickers. Michael's last appearance is in the finale where he is a surprise guest at Dwight’s wedding.

Michael's joking around and treating professional colleagues as personal friends is frequently inappropriate for management. However, when combined with his extensive knowledge of the paper industry, it is remarkably effective when used to sign clients. Carell received widespread critical acclaim for his performance, and he was nominated six times in a row for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, as well as winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Television Series (Musical or Comedy) in 2006.

Chandler Bing is a fictional character played by Matthew Perry on the NBC sitcom Friends. Chandler was born to Nora Tyler Bing, an erotic romance novelist, and Charles Bing, a gay female impersonator, and Helena Handbasket in the Las Vegas drag show "Viva Las Gay-gas". Chandler has Scottish and Swedish ancestors. He is an only child from an apparently prosperous family. Chandler's parents divorced him over Thanksgiving dinner when he was nine years old, causing him to refuse to celebrate the holiday in adulthood and develop his notorious sense of humor as a defense mechanism. In season one, it is revealed that he attended an all-boys high school.

Joey Tribbiani, Chandler's roommate, is his best friend. He previously shared a residence with his friend Ross Geller. He met Ross' sister, Monica Geller, and her friend, Rachel Green, at Ross' parents' house for Thanksgiving. Chandler was the first to learn of Ross' feelings for Rachel. He moved to New York City, where he lives across the hall from Monica, and meets Phoebe Buffay through her. Chandler has a great sense of humor and is known for being sarcastic. He attributes his sarcasm to a defense mechanism he developed as a child as a result of his parent's divorce. He is the highest earning member of his friends' circle due to responsible income management and learning the value of money at a young age. He suffers from commitment issues but later marries Monica at the end of season 7.

Joey Tribbiani is a fictional character who appears as one of the main characters on the NBC sitcom Friends and as the main character in the spin-off Joey. Matt LeBlanc plays him in both series. He is a struggling Italian-American actor living in New York City with his roommate and best friend, Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry). When Chandler moved out to live with Monica, he shared a house with a few other roommates. He is a Catholic from Queens, New York. He had a history of mishaps as a child.

Joey is portrayed as promiscuous and dim-witted, but also as loyal, caring, and protective of his friends. He is a womanizer who enjoys food and has had more success with dates than the other members of the group. In contrast to his image as a "ladies' man", he has a childish side. He enjoys video games and foosball, sandwiches and pizza, and watching Baywatch and Beavis & Butthead. He is constantly looking for work as a struggling actor. In "The One with the Truth About London", he was ordained as a minister and officiated at Monica and Chandler's and Phoebe and Mike's weddings. He does not like sharing food, especially when it is pizza, and has difficulty with even simple mathematics. In sports, Joey likes the New York Yankees in baseball, Los Angeles Clippers and New York Knicks in basketball, New York Giants and New York Jets in football, and the Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers in hockey. In the show, it is shown that Joey enjoys watching the television show Baywatch and pornographic films.

Dwight Schrute is a fictional character played by American actor Rainn Wilson on The Office (US). Before his promotions in later seasons, Dwight's character was a salesman and the assistant to the regional manager at the fictional paper distribution company, Dunder Mifflin. He also owned a bed and breakfast at Schrute Farms, a beet plantation, and, beginning in Season 7, the business park where Dunder Mifflin is located. He was well-known for his lack of social skills and common sense, as well as his passion for martial arts and the justice system.

Dwight repeatedly attempts to become regional manager of the Dunder Mifflin in Scranton by serving dutifully under regional manager Michael Scott throughout the series. He was occasionally promoted to acting branch manager for an episode at a time, but he was usually third-in-command behind Michael and Jim. He later becomes second-in-command after Andy Bernard is promoted to regional manager, and again in Season 9. Gareth Keenan from the original British version of the show, played by actor Mackenzie Crook, inspired the character. Notably, he is the only character who appears and speaks in every episode of the show. Dwight has been positively received, with Wilson receiving three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his portrayal of the character.

Barnabus Stinson is a fictional character created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother and portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris (2005-2014). Barney, a main character on the show, is known for his brash, manipulative, and opinionated personality. He's a womanizer who enjoys expensive suits, laser tag, and Scotch whisky. The character employs numerous 'plays' from his 'playbook' to facilitate sex with women. In later seasons, he has a few serious relationships, then marries, divorces have a child from a one-night stand with an unnamed woman, and then marries the same woman again.

Critics have praised the character and attributed much of the show's success to Harris' performance. Barney is widely regarded as the show's breakout character. Harris was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his work as Barney from 2007 to 2010.

Ronald Swanson is a fictional character played by Nick Offerman in the NBC situation comedy Parks and Recreation, which was created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur. Ron is the director of the Parks and Recreation Department in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana, and the series protagonist Leslie Knope's their immediate superior (Amy Poehler). Knope and Swanson are polar opposites in demeanor, political philosophy, and work ethic: where Knope is sunny and outgoing, decidedly liberal, and always working, Swanson is distant, and as a staunch libertarian, is a strong advocate for small government, stating his belief that government should be privatized, and thus believes that the parks department should not even exist.

Ron, who has a deadpan and stereotypical masculine personality, actively works to reduce the effectiveness of government and despises interacting with the public. He enjoys meat, carpentry, hunting, Lagavulin whisky, breakfast foods, nautical literature, and sex. He despises and fears his ex-wives, both named Tammy and played by Megan Mullally, Offerman's real-life wife. Ron claims to be uninterested in the personal lives of those around him, but he genuinely cares about his coworkers and has a special fondness for Leslie. The portrayal of Ron Swanson by Offerman has received widespread critical acclaim. The character gained a cult following and is widely regarded as the series' breakout character.

Red Forman appears on both That '70s Show and That '90s Show. Red is a gruff veteran with a dry sense of humour who served in WWII as a US Navy sailor aboard a sunk Destroyer in the Pacific, as well as in Korea as a sailor. Red enjoys hunting and fishing as hobbies. His wife's name is Kitty Forman. He is a grumpy, tough, no-nonsense father who favors his daughter Laurie, whom he is unaware is extremely promiscuous, and is shrewd over his son Eric, whom he considers soft and wimpy, frequently calling him a dumbass.

On occasion, Red's health has been made fun of. In the third and sixth seasons, he is briefly put on a diet that requires him to cut out red meat and other foods that he generally enjoys, and he is forced to eat "healthy" food that is good for him but tastes like garbage, in stereotypical sitcom fashion. He defies the diet on both occasions by eating "real food" behind Kitty's back.

Stewart Gilligan "Stewie" Griffin is a fictional character from the animated television series Family Guy. He is said to have been born on September 11th, 1998. Seth MacFarlane voices him, and he first appeared on television, along with the rest of the Griffin family, in a 15-minute short on December 20, 1998. Stewie was created and designed by MacFarlane, who was asked to pitch a pilot to Fox Broadcasting Company based on his short films The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve, which featured a middle-aged man named Larry and an intellectual dog named Steve.

Stewie, a highly precocious toddler who speaks and acts like an adult, began the series as a megalomaniacal sociopath obsessed with violence, matricide, and world dominance. He is Peter and Lois Griffin's youngest child, Meg's younger brother, and Chris's younger brother. The violent aspects of Stewie's personality were toned down over the course of the series, particularly following the two-episode arcs "Stewie Kills Lois" and "Lois Kills Stewie", and he has evolved into an eccentric, friendly, and flamboyant scamp. He has also developed a close friendship with Brian, the family's anthropomorphic dog. Stewie is widely regarded as the show's breakout character, with numerous award nominations from writers such as Jodiss Pierre.

Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis created Mr. Bean, which was produced by Tiger Aspect and starred Atkinson as the title character. The sitcom consists of 15 episodes co-written by Atkinson, Curtis, and Robin Driscoll. The series debuted on ITV on January 1, 1990, with the pilot episode, and ended on December 15, 1995, with "The Best Bits of Mr. Bean". Based on a character created by Atkinson while pursuing his master's degree at the University of Oxford, the series follows Mr. Bean, who Atkinson describes as "a child in a grown man's body", as he solves various problems presented by everyday tasks and frequently causes disruption in the process. The series has been influenced by physical comedy actors such as Jacques Tati and those from early silent films.

Mr. Bean received widespread acclaim and drew large television audiences during its initial five-year run. The episode "The Trouble with Mr. Bean" received 18.74 million viewers and a number of international awards, including the Rose d'Or. Since then, the series has been sold in 245 countries around the world. It spawned an animated spin-off and two theatrical feature-length films, as well as Atkinson reprising his role as Mr. Bean for a performance at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Summer Olympics, television commercials, and several sketches for Comic Relief. The program carries strong appeal in hundreds of territories worldwide because, in addition to the acclaim from its original run, it uses very little intelligible dialogue, making it accessible to people who know little or no English.

Al Bundy is the fictional protagonist of the American television series Married... with Children. Bundy, played by Ed O'Neill, is a misanthropic, working-class father of two who is depicted as a tragicomedy figure. Despite being a born loser who constantly laments his lot in life, he stands by his family in times of crisis, displaying wit, self-sacrifice, and resilience.

Al Bundy was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 7, 1948. On the Polk High School football team, he was a standout running back. However, a broken leg and his marriage to his high school sweetheart (having gotten her pregnant) prevented him from attending college on a football scholarship. Al resides in a Chicago suburb and is the proud owner of a 1970s Dodge Demon. He works as a shoe salesman in the fictional New Market Mall at Gary's Shoes and Accessories for Today's Woman. Al despises his job and loses it several times throughout the series, but always returns to it. Throughout the show, there is a running gag about Al earning minimum wage. Despite Al's hatred of his job, its only redeeming feature in his opinion is the fact it gets him out of the house and away from Peggy.