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Ask Alan: What are the best TV character names of all-time?

Plus, actors doing double-duty on comedies and dramas, and TV shows that unofficially adapt movies

Ask Alan: What are the best TV character names of all-time?
Chris Parnell as Dr. Leo Spaceman on 30 Rock

Morning, everyone! Time for another installment of my Ask Alan video mailbag. You can always send questions to me at alan@whatsalanwatching.com.

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Like the man in the self-promotional t-shirt says, this week we're talking about TV character names, actors who have pulled double-duty on comedies and dramas at the same time, and TV shows that were unofficial remakes of popular movies.

Serling
New York Times bestselling author and esteemed TV critic Alan Sepinwall delivers the definitive biography of Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone. Serl…