History JerksAreWorseThanVillains / LiveActionTV

** The Cat King and The Night Nurse are antagonistic forces to the detective agency but combined with them having [[EvenEvilHasStandards redeeming qualities]] and being so [[EvilIsCool entertaining or interesting]] makes it impossible for fans to truly hate them. In contrast are the [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters human characters]] of episode 5, [[JerkJock Brad and Hunter]] were so horrible that they ruined the lives of two good-hearted girls (driving one of them to ''suicide'') and [[StalkerWithACrush Maxine]] is a stalker obsessed with Jenny who ultimately tries to kill her.

** JerksAreWorseThanVillains/ColdCase

** Nevertheless, the hate that Brent receives is tame compared to Tahani's parents, at the point that a local joke in the fandom is that they're worse than the demons, who torture people for eternity. If you don't believe this, Brent at least has some fans, but nobody in the fandom finds Tahani's parents likeable, and all unanimously hate them for being abusive parents to Tahani and Kamila who left both women with plenty of psychological scars, pitted them against each other, and never cared about their well being.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Catelyn Stark is often hated by fans for being mean to [[AffairBlameTheBastard Jon]], her husband's (supposedly) bastard son. While she doesn't treat him like a son and is quite cold to him, she ''does'' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone feel very bad about it]], most of her children grow up with a close relationship with Jon, and Catelyn is also a loving mother to all her other children. Compare her to Tywin, a much more antagonistic ArchnemesisDad who also hates his son Tyrion for an unfair reason (being a dwarf and MaternalDeathBlameTheChild), treats Tyrion much worse than Catelyn treats Jon, feels no remorse over it at all, and is a terrible father to his other children as well. Unlike Catelyn, Tywin is a fan favorite.

** Nevertheless the hate that Brent receives is tame compared to Tahani's parents, at the point that a local joke in the fandom is that they're worse than the demons, who torture people for eternity. If you don't believe this, Brent at least have some fans, but nobody in the fandom finds Tahani's parents likeable, and all unanimously hate them for being abusive parents to Tahani and Kamila and left both women with plenty of psychological scars, above never caring about them.

* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': Of the many characters in the show, who are ''all over'' the morality spectrum, the most hated character is Criston Cole. He hasn't done anything especially villainous (contrast his rival Daemon, who [[spoiler:[[TilMurderDoUsPart murdered his own wife so he could wed Rhaenyra]]]]), and has legitimate gripes against Rhaenyra, but his bullying of her children just for ''existing'' has eroded much of fans' support for him.
* ''Series/JessicaJones2015'': Kilgrave is a sadist and a rapist. Yet he's not as disliked as Robyn, a shrill, rude, selfish, and stupid character, whose hatred of Jessica [[SpannerInTheWorks eventually leads Robyn to save Kilgrave from Jessica's captivity]], causing much pain and suffering.

** Libby the ultimate AlphaBitch and main antagonist is quite [[LoveToHate beloved]] by the fan base since she's so comically mean and gets no end of slapsticky comeuppance. Ditto for the SadistTeacher Mr Kraft. Libby's replacement Brad is much more hated, despite being less of a bully than her; he's Harvey's friend from nowhere who's mistrustful of Sabrina because he was born with a witch hunter gene he doesn't know about - and he's never more than just casually rude to her.
** There's also Sabrina's next boyfriend Josh - one of the most despised characters in the show. Some of this is admittedly due to him not aging well (particularly the fact that he's a college student pursuing a high schooler) but he's rather unpleasant in a lot of situations; sending Sabrina secret admirer cards when he knows she has a boyfriend, intending to move to Prague without considering her feelings, often assuming she's cheating on him over misunderstandings (which is hypocritical of him considering how easily Sabrina's EvilTwin got him to cheat on ''his'' girlfriend, and how he tried to get Sabrina to cheat on Harvey). This puts him in contrast to the aforementioned evil twin and other antagonists like Sabrina's BrattyHalfPint of a cousin Amanda (who does at least mellow out as she gets older) - who caused far more intentional trouble for the characters.
* ''Series/Stargirl2020'': It's understandable for Yolanda's parents to be angry and [[DisappointedInYou disappointed]] in her for that "nude selfie" incident, but to continue to be ashamed of her for months [[HateSink makes them more detestable]] than the Injustice Society of America, especially since the latter's master plan was to [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood brainwash a third of the country for the greater good]]. They may be supervillains willing to murder people, but they're much more [[GoodParents caring and supportive parents]] to [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes their own children]] than [[AbusiveParents Yolanda's parents]], who refuse to even try to forgive Yolanda despite her heartfelt apology.

** From Season 1, The Demogorgon is merely a predator looking to survive, and [[spoiler:only a pawn of the Mind Flayer and Vecna]]. Troy Walsh, on the other hand, is a [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain racist, homophobic]] bully who tries to [[DisproportionateRetribution make Mike commit suicide]] out of a [[EvilIsPetty petty desire]] for revenge after being humiliated.
** From Season 2, The Mind Flayer is a giant EldritchAbomination, so there's a chance it may not be able to be [[BlueAndOrangeMorality judged by human standards.]] On the other hand, Neil Hargrove is nothing more than an [[AbusiveParents abusive,]] [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain homophobic, misogynistic]] father to Billy and the cause of his actions.

** From Season 4, there's AlphaBitch Angela, who's cruel even by school bully standards and is quite possibly the most hated character in the ''entire series''. She's definitely more hated than Vecna, the BigBad [[spoiler:(of the entire show, in fact, since he's the one behind the aforementioned Demogorgon and Mind Flayer)]] and a prime example of EvilIsCool, as well as the AntiVillain Jason and Sullivan (who is at the very least a WellIntentionedExtremist).

* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''. [[InvertedTrope Inverted with]] [[ThoseTwoGuys Bulk and Skull]] who are bullies but such ineffectual goofballs, it's easy to mistake them for ClassClown characters, and they're often fan-favorites, especially for their many PetTheDog moments (including a few BigDamnHeroes moments). The villains, on the other hand, while popular, have their KickTheDog moments that get them more ire than their regular world domination plans, such as when Rita [[EvilIsPetty wrecked Kimberly's float]] just to be a jerk. Played straight with some of the one-shot bully characters who don't have the charm of Bulk and Skull.

** Fans have little love for the Watchers Council due to them being ArmchairMilitary {{Obstructive Bureaucrat}}s whose treatment of Slayers ranges from apathetic to irresponsible and abusive. One of their traditions is the Tento di Cruciamentum, a RiteOfPassage which involves drugging the Slayer to weaken her powers and turning a vampire loose on her. This is done to any Slayer who lives past the age of 18 and their Watchers are instructed not to tell them about the test, likely because they would object to it. The Watchers Council are also disliked for the role they played in Faith's FaceHeelTurn by trying to arrest her for the accidental death of Mayor Wilkins's assistant, which broke her trust in Buffy and her friends because she thought they were in on it. Some fans have also pointed out that the Watchers drafting young girls into a war against evil that will likely kill them at a young age without even financially compensating them is pretty messed up, especially when a Slayer's Watcher is given a salary. The only Watchers who aren't hated worse than most of the villains by fans are Giles and Wesley, the latter initially being hated for being just as stuffy and insufferable as most other Watchers before being RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap on ''Series/{{Angel}}''.

** The Sheriff of Nottingham, Prince John, and Guy and Isabella of Gisborne each have a pretty extensive body count, and during their lifetimes uphold a tyrannical and unjust social regime that raises taxes, outlaws poaching, and leaves the poor to starve. At least one of them left a baby in the forest to die of exposure and lied to the mother about its whereabouts. Yet they were all popular characters due to their [[FreudianExcuse complexity]], [[LargeHam entertainment value]], [[StartOfDarkness tragic backstories]] and/or [[EvilIsSexy obvious attractiveness]].

* ''Series/{{Camelot}}'' has a pretty extreme case; Arthur - the ''main protagonist'' - is [[TheScrappy hated]] by a large chunk of the fandom due to being perceived as a hedonistic spoiled manchild who does little to earn the throne and sleeps with women who he knows are already in committed relationships (including his brother's girlfriend and the bride-to-be of one of his knights). That being said, his actions pale in comparison to [[BigBad Morgan]]'s, who is willing to commit multiple murders and rapes (including [[spoiler:raping her own brother]]) to gain the throne, yet she's easily one of the show's most popular characters. To make matters worse, [[spoiler:the Jerk (Arthur) is the ''rape victim'' of the Villain (Morgan)]], but most viewers tend to [[DracoInLeatherPants brush that aside]]. This is likely due to Creator/EvaGreen's charismatic and nuanced portrayal of Morgan, while Creator/JamieCampbellBower is widely seen as [[WTHCastingAgency miscast]] as Arthur and makes him a [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic very difficult protagonist to root for]], but the dissonant fan reception can still seem a tad extreme.

* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': Of the many characters in the show, who are ''all over'' the morality spectrum, the most hated character is Criston Cole. He hasn't done anything especially villainous (contrast his rival Daemon, who [[spoiler:[[TilMurderDoUsPart murdered his own wife so he could wed Rhaenyra]]]]), and has legitimate gripes against Rhaenyra ([[spoiler:she effectively raped him in a case of RetargetedLust for Daemon]]), but his bullying of her children just for ''existing'' has eroded much of fans' support for him.