12 TV Characters That Are Almost Too Annoying To Watch

We all know those TV characters that get on our nerves every time they're introduced on one of our favorite shows. Some of those characters, like Hazel Wassername in "30 Rock" or Bevers from "Broad City," were written to be annoying, and sometimes even unbearable, but they're also supposed to be funny enough to make up for the frustration they incite in the viewers. Other characters, like Tom Haverford from "Parks and Recreation," are also irritating, but their comedic value almost always makes up for whatever selfish hijinks they're inflicting on their co-workers and friends. 

On the other hand, some of the characters on this list are meant to be annoying, but they're the ones that usually just aren't funny enough to watch without feeling a little tempted to hit the mute button. Some of the other characters on this list, however, weren't created to be annoying, but are anyway. Some are unjustly hated by audiences, while fans have a lot of legitimate grievances with plenty of others. Here are 12 TV characters that are almost too annoying to watch.

Hazel Wassername, featured in the last few seasons of "30 Rock," is actually a bit of a cousin Oliver. She was clearly brought onto the show to reinvigorate the absurd humor and hijinks for which "30 Rock" was famous. It was a good idea in theory: Kristen Schaal has a history of work on off-kilter projects (like "Flight of the Conchords"), and maybe if her character had been written differently she would have been a good addition to the show. But Hazel Wassername is deeply irritating and just not funny. She takes over for Kenneth as TGS's NBC page and immediately begins driving wedges between main characters and bringing a new meaning to the word creepy. 

Obviously, every character in "30 Rock" is a bit of a disaster — Jenna is self-obsessed and psychopathic, Kenneth is a violently religious doormat, Liz thinks she's better than many but still constantly overindulges her worst impulses, etc. But they're all also hilarious. Each one of the original cast members is a comedic genius in their own right, so it was always annoying to fans (via Reddit) to have the focus taken off beloved characters and given to Hazel. Schaal's under-acted delivery of her lines was also out of step with the rest of the cast and she rarely hit her punchlines effectively.

"Broad City" is one of Comedy Central's most successful hits of the past few years. Almost every character finds a great balance between insufferable and hilarious, but the show tips the scale too far with Matty Bevers. Played by John Gemberling (who does a good job — in this character's case, the problem lies solely with the writing), Matty Bevers is the longterm boyfriend of Abbi's absent roommate. That's part of what makes it so awful to watch her deal with him; he's not actually her roommate on the lease, and yet he's at the apartment all the time! Bevers is definitely supposed to be annoying — a huge thorn in Abbi's side, to be sure — but he also plays a central role in way too many of the problems that Abbi deals with.

We're not talking about just saying annoying things or being in Abbi's apartment when she doesn't want him there. We're talking about true gross-out humor. Throughout the course of the show, Bevers poops in a shoe, regularly gets way too comfortable in Abbi's living room, and even at one point (during a heat wave) gets naked and eats ice cream in Abbi's bed. He just does not produce enough laughs to be as disgusting and irritating as he is.

As the town selectman of Stars Hollow in "Gilmore Girls," Taylor Doose (Michael Winters) is a big fish in a very small pond. He's a part of the local color, alongside other residents like Miss Patty, Babette, and Kirk. All of them have moments where they're annoying the main characters (and the viewers), but no one creates more pointless problems for Lorelai, Rory, and Luke than Taylor. In Season 4, Episode 4 ("Chicken or Beef?"), Taylor spends the entire episode terrorizing Lorelai over the permits she needs in order to begin construction on her inn. Lorelai has no idea what she did to incur his wrath (this man has way too much concentrated power) and reaches her wit's end, hysterically confronting him after yet another setback. 

It turns out that Taylor isn't even doing this to her because she did something to him; he does this because he wants something from Luke and wants Lorelai to ask for it on his behalf. But how is she supposed to know that? At another point in the series, Taylor uses photos of Rory to sell ice cream at his store and commits her to events of which she had no knowledge and no time to attend. We could list a lot more examples of Taylor abusing his power and playing mind games with the people of Stars Hollow, but the main takeaway is that Taylor Doose is the ultimate purveyor of petty annoyances.

Chris Elliott is famous for his gross-out humor in movies like "Scary Movie 2" and his absurd turns as a guest star in shows like "How I Met Your Mother." He's a gifted comedian, but he also plays Roland Schitt in "Schitt's Creek," and he's hands down the most annoying character in the show. The Roses (the show's main family of protagonists) are not perfect or even easy to deal with, but Roland's behavior toward them, especially Johnny Rose, is egregious. Roland is the mayor of Schitt's Creek, but it's more of a family legacy that got him the position, given that he's incredibly lazy and vindictive.

In the first episode of the show, Roland takes the Rose family's motel doors off their hinges because Johnny asked him to give them some privacy, having just arrived in town. Later on, after several years of creating obstacles where obstacles aren't even needed for the sake of the story, Roland manipulates Johnny into giving him a job at the motel only to refuse to do any of the work that he begged for. Bob (John Hemphill) is another character that drives Johnny similarly insane, but he's toned down and funny enough to be bearable. Roland is a main character who undergoes virtually no growth throughout the show and never stops going out of his way to get in people's way. His wife Jocelyn deserves better.

A lot of characters in "Glee" are pretty annoying from the start, and even more of them got much more irritating as the show progressed. It was hard to choose just one of them for this list, but it really has to be said that Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison) is definitely the most annoying character (via Reddit) in "Glee." Yes, it stinks that he's in a toxic marriage and that his wife tries to trap him with a fake pregnancy, but those circumstances don't last beyond Season 1. For most of the show, Mr. Schue uses his students and the Glee club to make up with multiple romantic partners, work through several midlife crises, and relive his glory days (unsurprisingly, the guy peaked in high school). 

In Season 1, Mr. Schue hears Finn singing and then claims to have found drugs in his locker so that he can essentially blackmail him into joining the Glee club. He regularly appropriates culture both as the director of the club and as an educator, and he has the kids prepare to put on "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," pressuring Sam, Finn, and Rachel to perform just short of naked onstage, despite the fact that they're all uncomfortable and literally minors. The show thankfully does not go on because it's sexually explicit and the people who are supposed to be performing the show are, once again, minors, but it's not for a lack of trying from Mr. Schuester. 

After Shannen Doherty burned all of her bridges in one of her most famous shows, "Beverly Hills, 90210," producer Aaron Spelling decided to give her one more chance with the role of Prudence Halliwell in "Charmed." Alongside Alyssa Milano and Holly Marie Combs, Doherty played one of the charmed ones: three San Francisco-based sisters who discover their witchy powers and fight evil on a daily basis while also rocking some great crop tops and leather pants. Prudence is the oldest sister, so of course she is meant to be the de facto "leader" of the three. She's overbearing and controlling, and appropriately embodies the essence of the deadly sin Pride in Season 3, Episode 18 ("Sin Francisco").

Prue is often her own worst enemy, and Doherty's performance is inconsistent at best (seriously, she started way too many sentences with "um, okay"). Add to that the fact that she fought with her "Charmed" costars just as much as she did her costars on "Beverly Hills, 90210" (via E! Online) and it's not surprising that Doherty made the decision to leave the show before she could be fired because of an ultimatum from Milano. Prue was killed off at the end of Season 3.