# Hottest cast on television **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464 "2009-07-27T19:03:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464/1 "2009-07-27T19:03:16Z")
Inspired by the following aside: > [@Hung: Does Anyone Like This Show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hung-does-anyone-like-this-show/502939/39): > > Not every show can have the cast of True Blood which is IMO by far the hottest cast on television. Particularly since the hotness of the cast is more quirky good looks than it is model gorgeous. I might have to agree with True Blood. Maybe Lost is up there, but that’s more of a conventional, maybe even plastic beauty compared to the well-described “quirky” good looks of the True Blood cast. I know I’m blanking on other candidates, though, so what show do you think has the hottest cast? ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464/2 "2009-07-27T19:10:11Z")
Heh, I think Kate and Claire would look downright plain next to Jessica and Sarah who are just smoldering. And damn MaryAnn is just fucking sexy as hell, but I LOVE that strong fierce middle-aged sex goddess look. That’s totally my type. Hell the dudes in True Blood are hotter than the girls in Lost. 😉 Except Sun, and that one Mercenary chick, they are both smokin. I think Battlestar Galactica would probably be second place for me. I’ll take a Tricia/Lucy sandwich please. 😉 It has the added bonus of also having [Michelle Forbes](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2871565568/nm0000405) get it on with Tricia Helfer. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464/3 "2009-07-27T19:12:03Z")
Supernatural. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464/4 "2009-07-27T20:07:09Z")
**Buffy**. Especially if you can pick and choose seasons. Season 1 Buffy was hawt, back when she still had some meat on her. Add latter-seasons Willow, Cordy, Anya, Faith, Harmony and it just gets better. For those otherly inclined, nothing matches Giles, Xander in a Speedo, Angel all broody and Spike any time. Hands-down the winner. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464/5 "2009-07-27T20:30:48Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > **Buffy**. Especially if you can pick and choose seasons. Season 1 Buffy was hawt, back when she still had some meat on her. Add latter-seasons Willow, Cordy, Anya, Faith, Harmony and it just gets better. For those otherly inclined, nothing matches Giles, Xander in a Speedo, Angel all broody and Spike any time. Hands-down the winner. Throw Jenny Calendar, Tara and Kendra the Vampire Slayer in there too. They were all exceedingly pleasant to look at. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464/6 "2009-07-27T20:44:21Z")
> [@](#): > > I think Battlestar Galactica would probably be second place for me. I’ll take a Tricia/Lucy sandwich please. The female cast of _Galactica_ certainly appeals to a wide variety of tastes. Myself, I’m more partial to Callie or Sharon (Nikki Clyne and Grace Park). But even the middle-aged schoolteacher-turned-President (Mary McDonnell) is pretty nice, for her age. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464/7 "2009-07-27T20:56:02Z")
NCIS has an attractive person for every taste. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464/8 "2009-07-27T20:59:42Z")
I though _Rome_ had the best male hottie cast- even Caesar was good looking (especially if you remembered him as Captain Wentworth). James Purefoy alone…smokin’ hot!! Titus Pullo & Vorenus had their moments, Niobe & Eirene were beautiful as was that horrible bitch that killed Pullo’s wife. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464/9 "2009-07-27T21:28:15Z")
Torchwood is right up there, too. I’d bone any of the main characters. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464/10 "2009-07-27T21:30:05Z")
> [@Smokinjbc](#): > > I though _Rome_ had the best male hottie cast- even Caesar was good looking (especially if you remembered him as Captain Wentworth). James Purefoy alone..smokin’ hot!! Titus Pullo & Vorenus had their moments, Niobe & Eirene were beautiful as was that horrible bitch that killed Pullo’s wife. Yeah, I really liked Caesar’s Mistress, and his Atia as well. Octavia was smoking too. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464/11 "2009-07-27T21:43:44Z")
Gotta go with _House_. With the exception, IMO, of Taub and Chase, pretty much all of the main characters are smokin’ hot. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464/12 "2009-07-27T22:05:28Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > NCIS has an attractive person for every taste. I came in to post this show. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464/13 "2009-07-27T22:09:15Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > **Buffy**. Especially if you can pick and choose seasons. Season 1 Buffy was hawt, back when she still had some meat on her. Add latter-seasons Willow, Cordy, Anya, Faith, Harmony and it just gets better. For those otherly inclined, nothing matches Giles, Xander in a Speedo, Angel all broody and Spike any time. Hands-down the winner. Concur. I’ll take a season-one-Buff, a pre-vagitarian Willow, and an Anya of any mortal vintage. If it weren’t for the [neckless wonder](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Boreanaz), I’d say that show was batting 1.000. I mean, how do you even _become_ a vampire without a neck? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464/14 "2009-07-27T22:17:53Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > Supernatural. Yup. It’s almost comical. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464/15 "2009-07-27T22:26:15Z")
**Dollhouse** has a lot of hotties–it’s actually part of the show’s premise. But even many of the non-Doll characters are hot (Amy Acker, Olivia Williams) and there are rumors that Summer Glau might have a part on the show next season. ---
**Author:** ![Troubles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Troubles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troubles)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464/16 "2009-07-27T23:23:00Z")
Agree, for the most part, with **Stauderhorse** on _House_ - 'cept for Chase, who I think is very good looking. Even the least attractive members of the cast (Tuab and Kutner) aren’t bad looking. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464/17 "2009-07-27T23:24:34Z")
Reading this thread I can’t say that any of these shows tops True Blood for me. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464/18 "2009-07-27T23:31:16Z")
> [@Smokinjbc](#): > > I though _Rome_ had the best male hottie cast- even Caesar was good looking (especially if you remembered him as Captain Wentworth). James Purefoy alone..smokin’ hot!! Titus Pullo & Vorenus had their moments, Niobe & Eirene were beautiful as was that horrible bitch that killed Pullo’s wife. Good call. Mmmm, naked Antony! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464/19 "2009-07-28T00:32:18Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > Reading this thread I can’t say that any of these shows tops True Blood for me. Yeah, on reflection I’d have to agree. I was watching G4’s coverage of Comic Con and they had a brief interview with the actors who play Eric and Jessica: They mentioned that Alexander Skarsgård (Eric) has been voted sexiest man in Sweden something like five times. And Deborah Ann Woll (Jessica) looked even more beautiful “live” than she does on the show. [She is damn gorgeous](http://static.hometheaterforum.com/imgrepo/c/c4/htf_imgcache_36495.jpeg)! (Looking at her IMDB page, I _knew_ I’d seen her somewhere before _True Blood_. She was the Camdenite (religious sect) girl from _My Name Is Earl_!) I also have the hots for Daphne (waitress), Sarah (preacher’s wife), MaryAnn (Michelle Forbes keeps gettting sexier with age), and Sookie (love the tooth gap). And I wouldn’t kick Tara out of bed. Plus they killed off two or three hotties in season 1. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464/20 "2009-07-28T00:39:58Z")
How about _Firefly_? I can’t speak for the male cast members but Morena Baccarin, Summer Glau, Jewel Staite, and Gina Torres - that’s a hot-looking group of women. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-cast-on-television/504464.md?page=2)