cleaner still

src/app/search/search.component.ts

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class SearchComponent implements OnInit {
             .debounceTime(300)
             .distinctUntilChanged()
             .switchMap(name => this.characterSearchService.createAPIObservable(name)).subscribe(results => {
-                this.results = results.json().results;
+                this.results = results;
             });
     }
 

src/app/search/search.service.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export class SearchService {
 
     createAPIObservable(name){
         return this.http
-            .get('http://swapi.co/api/people/?search=' + name);
+            .get('http://swapi.co/api/people/?search=' + name)
+            .map(results => results.json().results);
     }
 }