13 Greatest TV Devils of All Time

Yes, we know Fox's new series "Lucifer" (debuting Jan. 24) has a lofty pedigree, with Tom Ellis's bored Beelzebub having originated as a character in Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" comic series. But still, you have the ruler of Hell on your show, and the best you can think of to keep him occupied is to have him hang out in Los Angeles and solve crimes? Isn't that Chris O'Donnell's job?

Besides, TV has a long history of handling the Devil with wit and creativity, as this list of our 13 favorite TV Devils shows.

Article by Gary Susman

Freelance Writer

Gary Susman has been covering movies and TV for more than 25 years and has been a Moviefone columnist since 2009. He is a former senior writer at Entertainment Weekly, where he helped launch the award-winning PopWatch blog. He has written about entertainment for such outlets as Time, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, People, CNN, MSNBC, Life, The Village Voice, The Guardian, The Chicago Sun-Times, and The Boston Phoenix. He has been a member of the Boston Society of Film Critics since 1993. He is one of the authors of the 2011 book "LIFE 75 Years: The Very Best of LIFE."