Alongside all the Walter Whites and Michael Scotts…right next to the Jerry Seinfelds and the Tony Sopranos…there are the secondary and tertiary characters of the TV world. And its these characters that take a television show to the next level. A show goes from good to great when the supporting cast is on point. It can be a person who eventually grows into a main character, a la Darryl from The Office. It can be someone who literally only says one word. Annyong! But in some cases those characters, regardless of how big or small, become more important and more lovable than the major protagonists of the story.

The seeding was difficult. Deciding who is secondary is obviously subjective. For example some people recommended Jesse Pinkman. I suppose technically in some definitions of the word, Walter was the primary star and Jesse was secondary. But I think of Jesse as an absolutely major, pivotal, primary character. I basically defined secondary, tertiary, and whatever comes after that, as characters that could be removed from the show without the entire plot falling apart. The goal of this year’s bracket was to highlight the actors and characters portraying the greatest bit roles that boosted their respective shows into the next stratosphere.

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