Some of the shows I watch have some normal looking people, like Cold Case and 24. (Lil is pretty but not freakishly put together and Scotty is extremely good looking, but everyone else seems "normal. As an ensemble, probably the normalest on TV.) Others, like Supernatural, I’m watching for the pretty. (Oh, the show is good, too, but the pretty! It’s so… pretty!)
What I find kind of funny is that some of those “normal looking” people then end up having their own dedicated fanbases that talk about how sexy they are. Like Chloe from 24, or Charlie from NUMB3RS (NUMB3RS does the Jewish leads, btw. The brothers Eppes and their dad).
One thing that drives me crazy is how all the women aren’t just slim. Most of them look like they will break in half if you touch them; they are getting downright gaunt. I like to see a few curves every so often. Even my husband tends to yell at the TV–“Eat a sandwich, woman!”
It seems to go along with the “white professional cutie” look above, which I totally agree with. When it’s difficult to tell the difference between characters and you have to rely solely on hair color (blonde/red/brown), I think there’s a problem.
One of the new lawyers on Boston Legal has an unconventional (for TV) nose – her nose has a distinctive bump. I like it. I think it adds to her personality, not having it fixed – both the actress and the character.
On the other hand, Sarah Jessica Parker’s nose has always bugged me.
In the Back to the Future series, Marty’s in 1885 in a saloon, and some of the crowd there jeers at him, saying “I ain’t never seen teeth that white that weren’t store-bought!” A nice nod to the reality of teeth back then…
One of the major reasons I like British comedies is because it seems they focus much less on the attractiveness of actors. Was anyone on “Vicar of Dibley”, “Father Ted”, “One Foot in the Grave”, or “Waiting for God” attractive? Plus they also featured a lot of older actors who instead of being pawned off for “wise older person” roles were much fuller characters. That meant instead of a bunch of youngin’s who worry about their lighting, we had veteran actors caring about their roles.
