Top 50 Greatest Tv Heroes.

Kendall Rivers
3 min readFeb 29, 2024
Keifer Sutherland’s Jack Bauer from 24-Image Source: Imagine Television; Real Time Productions; Teakwood Lane Productions; 20th Century Fox Television.

Television and film has given us many iconic and beloved heroes who bust the bad guys and (usually) save the day. From the boy scoutish do gooders in capes to the men and women in what we call “essential work”, and even the more hardcore anti-heroes who walk a fine line between hero and villain with a good cause. Anybody who fights for the right thing, (as debatable as that is) solves the problem with skill and badassery, and makes sacrifices for the good of others and not just themselves deserves the mantle of hero. Here are my top 50 choices for television’s greatest heroes across the decades.

50. Adrian Monk. Monk.

49. Perry Mason. Perry Mason.

48. Angel. Angel.

47. Lt. Columbo. Columbo.

46. Alison DuBois. Medium.

45. Oliver Queen. Arrow.

44. Luke Cage. Luke Cage.

43. Hawk. Spenser For Hire & A Man Called Hawk.

42. Batman & Robin. 60's Batman Series.

41. Black Lightning, Thunder and Lightning. Black Lightning.

40. Brenda Leigh Johnson. The Closer.

39. Spenser. Spenser For Hire.

38. Crockett & Tubbs. Miami Vice.

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Kendall Rivers

Kendall is a screenwriter who’s a huge fan of classic tv and movies. He enjoys creating good stories and characters. https://www.facebook.com/kendall.rivers.3