19 TV Antiheroes We Can't Stop Rooting For

It probably says something about the magic of television that viewers tend to find themselves drawn to—and rooting for—characters who if you came across in real life would be an asshole at best, and, well, way worse at worst. That's the art of the antihero, folks, a character type that has been around for quite a while—think about all those Clint Eastwood cops and cowboys—but really started to take off in the television world in the late '90s and early 2000s. Then the streaming era began, and these characters started popping up everywhere.

With this week's release of the third season of Ozark, where past (and future?) funnyman Jason Bateman plays a money-laundering criminal, we figured when would be better than now than to take a look at the Men's Health culture staff's greatest hits of the genre. We did our best to cover our bases here, and some inclusions might surprise you. It's OK, it's OK—a great antihero wouldn't have it any other way.