Veep

3. Michael J. Fox as Mike Flaherty on "Spin City"

For four years, as the running gag on this sitcom went, New York was run by its deputy mayor. As the quick-thinking Flaherty, Fox -- seemingly patterning his character after Clinton adviser George Stephanopoulos -- single-handedly ... more managed daily city crises while spinning inconceivable gaffes committed by the mayor (Barry Bostwick), a dim-witted loose cannon who, when once asked if he would march in the gay-pride parade, replied: "What are you, drunk?"

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