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TV’s Morally Bankrupt Badies

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Disapprove viewers may, but there's no denying that these badies made for great TV. Here are 31 TV characters that break the rules more than they follow them.Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) would rather grow her "Weeds" than raise her two sons. The pot-peddling mom, who burned down their family home in the suburbs and has since taken over her in-laws home near the Mexican border, is now shipping off her youngest son to live with her estranged sister. She's also pregnant with the baby of her pseudo-boyfriend, who just happens to be a Mexican gangster.

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"Nurse Jackie" (Edie Falco) is a Percocet-snorting RN, who readily violates the nursing Code of Ethics, that doubles as a depressed wife and mother who is having an affair with a hospital doctor.

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"Hero" Sylar (Zachary Quinto) has a thirst for power that he quenches by slicing open the heads of other "Heroes" to steal their abilities.

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Self-destructive Det. Grace Hanadarko (Holly Hunter) is no angel - she hit and killed a pedestrian with her car - but, she is shadowed by the one perched on her shoulder.

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On the outside, ad man Don Draper (Jon Hamm) puts on his suit pants one leg at a time just like every other Scotch-drinking, extramarital-affair-having stereotypical 1960s male. But this "Mad" man harbors a secret - he was born Dick Whitman, the son of a prostitute who died during childbirth, and is now assuming the identity of Lt. Donald Draper, an officer he served under during the Korean War.

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The Rolling Stones were not talking to "Entourage's" Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven) when they sang, "You Can't Always Get What You Want." This fast-talking, jumpy agent will stop at nothing to play the part of Hollywood's most powerful agent.

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Ben Linus (Michael Emerson), who long reigned as leader of The Others and master-mind on the mysterious Island, found himself quite "Lost" after allowing his daughter to be murdered before his eyes.

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This "Gossip Girl" (Leighton Meester) stomps on underclassmen (and those without trust funds) with the heel of her Jimmy Choo, spits naive boys out like bad caviar and knows how to use her powers of persuasion like all good queens who reigned before her.

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When Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) is having a bad day, laws, ethics and human rights no longer apply. The patriotic "24" star will stop at nothing to save those he loves - followed by America.

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This plastic surgeon has "Nip/Tuck"-ed so many patients that he stopped living in a real world long ago. Pretty playboy Christian Troy (Julian McMahon)'s list of partners and sexual trysts is endless.

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Speaking of sex maniacs, "Californication's" Hank Moody (David Duchovny) slept with his ex-wife's almost-new husband's under-age daughter.

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Ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) seeks not only to beat her opponents, but to destroy them. The icy cold egomaniac will literally stop at nothing to win - she once had a dog killed in order to get it's owner to testify!

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When Dunder Mifflin Paper Company's no-nonsense salesman Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) betrayed his then-former boss and best friend Michael Scott (Steve Carell), coworkers in "Offices" everywhere felt the sting of a paper cut.

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"Dexter" (Michael C. Hall) uses his day job as a blood spatter analyst as a cover for his real profession - a serial killer who sometimes breaks his strict killing code of messily murdering only the evil. Whenever the police department where he works gets hot on his trail, someone must take the fall - RIP Sgt. James Doakes (Erik King).

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"Big Love's" second wife Nicolette Grant (Chloe Sevigny)'s shopping addiction is nothing compared to how her lineage (she is the daughter of Juniper Creek compound leader Roman Grant) causes her to act out - last season, the garb-clad and braid-wearing Nikki carried out an emotional affair that got her kicked out of her polygamist marriage.

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"Desperate" times certainly call for desperate measures when it comes to Wisteria Lane housewife Bree Van de Kamp (Marcia Cross). Bree, who's history includes a dead husband and (temporarily) abandoned son, recently robbed her own house to ensure that she remains rich after surprise-divorcing her ex-con of a husband.

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"Friday Night" is go-time for Dillon extremist Buddy Garrity (Brad Leland). Buddy, who lives and breathes for Panther football, gambled away his daughter's college fund and abandoned pal and now-former Panther coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) when he needed him most.

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Wilhelmina Slater (Vanessa Williams), the conceited, self-absorbed diva and former supermodel who now resides as MODE magazine's Creative Director, schemes, plots and tortures those on "Ugly Betty" - she one time planned to have her sister committed to an asylum to keep her away from her boyfriend.

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"One Tree Hill's" Dan Scott (Paul Johansson) is dying and his family still won't forgive him for murdering his brother.

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Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) is the "Gossip" boy to Blair Waldorf (see photo #8). The cocky, no-rules richboy, who inherited his father's fortune after he died, lives a hard-partying lifestyle way beyond his teenage years.

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Tommy Walker (Balthazar Getty) disappointed his mother (Sally Field) and "Brothers & Sisters" when he embezzled from the family company and abandoned his wife and daughter for the legal freedoms of Mexico.

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Brilliant Dr. Gregory "House" (Hugh Laurie) is as cynical as they come, which makes it easy for him to inflict pain and suffering on others while he pops Vicodin. His unorthodox diagnostic approaches, radical therapeutic motives and tendency to self-experiment only exacerbate his reputation as a cranky narcissist.

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"Family Guy's" diabolical baby Stewie (Seth MacFarlane) wants to destroy the world and kill his mother.

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As COO of Massive Dynamic, Nina Sharp (Blair Brown) erases ethical lines by experimenting with "Fringe" science.

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NYC firefighter Tommy Gavin (Denis Leary) needs to "Rescue" himself from his hypocritical, manipulative and alcoholic ways.

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King of England Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) beheads his wives when they cannot produce a male heir. The young ruler wound up dismantling the established church by setting himself up as an absolute monarch.

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Vampire sheriff Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgard), 1000 (years old), opts for human blood over the consumer product "True Blood" and uses mortal weaknesses to get what he wants.

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One of "Tara's" (Toni Colette) four multiple personalities, wild and flirty teenager T, made out with her son's boyfriend.

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Beverly Hills alum Tracy Clark (Christina Moore) bedded sister Naomi (AnnaLynne McCord)'s boyfriend. This is the second time the deceptive Tracy romped with a boyfriend of Naomi's, who is "90210's" most-popular high schooler.

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Frannie Morgan (Tiffany Dupont) bleeds "Greek" letters - the bossy bitch is the former president of the Zeta Beta Zeta sorority and founder of the new Iota Kappa Iota (IKI) sorority.

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Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) needs to constantly be in the limelight on "30 Rock." The airhead and self-centered actress lies and flirts to get her way.