TV Characters with Initals For Names

[Markxxx]

I was watching reruns of "Reba," and I noticed in the first season of "Reba" the other characters would refer to Barbara Jean as BJ. Probably sort of an inside joke as she broke up Reba's marriage. But it quickly died, I don't think it went on a whole season till they quit calling her BJ and went to Barbara Jean.

But it got me to thinking, what other TV characters have been referred to by initials.

I know the most famous probably is JR Ewing of "Dallas." Then there is BJ Hunnicutt of "M*A*S*H." There was also a BJ on the last year of "Designing Women," played by Judith Ivey. And there was DJ of "Rosanne," and JR of "Just The Ten Of Us."

Any more?

 

[Toledo Eleven]

Another B.J.: Billie Joe McCay of B.J. and the Bear played by Greg Evigan. Also, B.L. Stryker, the short-lived Burt Reynolds series from 1989-90.

 

[Toledo Eleven]

...and a few more that I just thought of: J.J. Starbuck (Dale Robertson), T.J. Hooker (William Shatner) and one of Rocky's friends on The Rockford Files was named T.J. (Al Stevenson).

 

[James Pagan]

Don't forget T.H.E. Cat.

 

[Joey1986]

D.J. Tanner (Candace Cameron) on Full House. (Not sure if this one counts because the character's full name was Donna Jo Margaret Tanner, but was always referred to and addressed as D.J.)

J. B. King, Esquire (Matt Hulswit) on Shining Time Station.

 

[FreddyE1977]

TC, the chopper pilot on Magnum P.I.

 

[KeithE4]

I pity the fool that forgets BA Baracus of The A Team. ;D

 

[onairb]

And of course, Top Cat's 'intellectual close friends got to call him TC, providing it was with dignity...' ;D In fact, I think everyone except Officer Dibble, the other cops, and whoever else TC was aggravating that week, just used his initials.

 

[Markxxx]

I thought of another AJ, (Andrew Jackson) Simon of "Simon & Simon"

 

[bpatrick]

This one goes back a long way: J.B. Hafter, the
head of the studio on the 1950s sitcom "Mr. Adams and
Eve," with Howard Duff and Ida Lupino essentially playing
themselves: a married couple of film stars who played a
married couple of film stars. BTW, Hafter was played by
Alan Reed who, three years after this show ended, became
the original voice of Fred Flintstone.

 

[firepoint525]

Jedidiah on Barnaby Jones, also known as "JR."

 

[Obtuse1]

Can't forget H.R. Puffnstuf.

 

[bpatrick]

On the short-lived (two months) 1977 ABC series "Dog And Cat"
Kim Basinger got her break as rookie police officer J.Z. Kane.

 

[firepoint525]

Any characters with initials in which it was never revealed what the initials stood for?

 

[Corky Marlowe]

Any characters with initials in which it was never revealed what the initials stood for?

Not sure, but there was a "M*A*S*H" where Hawkeye tried to get BJ to reveal what BJ stood for...He finally told Hawkeye that BJ was his legal name, and it stood for his mom's name, Bea, and his dad's name, Jay.