10 TV Grandmothers Who Rule

10 TV Grandmothers Who Rule
LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 16: 'Nangnangnangnang' - Alan is shocked when Charlie's long-lost illegitimate 25-year-old daughter, Jenny, shows up at Walden's beach house to connect with what's left of her family, and who happens to like everything her dad liked, including women, on the 11th season premiere of TWO AND A HALF MEN, Thursday, September 26 (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Left: Jon Cryer (Alan Harper), Right: Holland Taylor (Evelyn Harper). (Photo by Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 16: 'Nangnangnangnang' - Alan is shocked when Charlie's long-lost illegitimate 25-year-old daughter, Jenny, shows up at Walden's beach house to connect with what's left of her family, and who happens to like everything her dad liked, including women, on the 11th season premiere of TWO AND A HALF MEN, Thursday, September 26 (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Left: Jon Cryer (Alan Harper), Right: Holland Taylor (Evelyn Harper). (Photo by Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty Images)

Grandmothers have been calling the shots for centuries. And television hasn’t lost sight of that fact. This season, no one’s got more granny power than Downton Abbey. Can you name our top television grandmothers and their popular shows?

1. Violet Crawley, Downton Abbey

Like many grandmothers, the Dowager (Maggie Smith) is dignified, opinionated, and fiercely loyal. This season she proclaimed, “It’s the job of grandmothers to interfere.”

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