# TV crushes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 28, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245 "2005-10-28T02:15:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245/61 "2005-10-28T20:45:01Z")
> [@Maladopteryx](#): > > This might seem like an odd choice, but I love Mike Rowe from [Dirty Jobs](http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/dirtyjobs/splash.html). He’s got a great sense of humor, not to mention being _hot_! Oh hell yes! Mike Rowe is smokin’! So are Anderson Cooper, Bruce Parry from Going Tribal, and Jamie Hyneman. Top on my TV crush list is Alton Brown, though. I loves me a food geek! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245/62 "2005-10-28T20:48:01Z")
just remebered another one **Paul Rudd** ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245/63 "2005-10-28T20:49:24Z")
> [@Seeker74](#): > > \ Top on my TV crush list is Alton Brown, though. I loves me a food geek! Finally, someone else who likes someone I listed - I was beginning to think I was weird (well, weird_ **er** _) ---
**Author:** ![Sinek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Sinek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinek)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245/64 "2005-10-28T21:17:19Z")
> [@Seeker74](#): > > Oh hell yes! Mike Rowe is smokin’! So are Anderson Cooper, Bruce Parry from Going Tribal, and Jamie Hyneman. Top on my TV crush list is Alton Brown, though. I loves me a food geek! I love all these guys. I’ll add Adam Savage to the list too, I guess I like the goofy ones. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245/65 "2005-10-28T21:26:53Z")
[Justin Brown](http://gallery.unicornrose.com/displayimage.php?album=toprated&cat=0&pos=14) from the apparently-cancelled TLC series _In a Fix_. Burly, goateed and handy around the house. Just, _damn_. And I have so many wrong feelings about the guy from _Iron Chef America_ who I don’t know his name and who I have only seen in 8 second clips on _The Soup_. I know if I ever watched an entire episode of the show he would totally squick me out but the momentary glimpses of his creepy hotness screaming “pizza DOUGH!” are fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Nightingale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245/66 "2005-10-28T21:45:25Z")
George Eads and Eric Szmanda, both of CSI: Las Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245/67 "2005-10-28T21:50:34Z")
Emma Pierson. [http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=tbn:zSsaZI-2u1YJ:www.emmapiersonuk.net/gallery/albums/wpw-20050223/Emma\_Pierson-TGP-209.jpg](http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=tbn:zSsaZI-2u1YJ:www.emmapiersonuk.net/gallery/albums/wpw-20050223/Emma_Pierson-TGP-209.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![BigDummy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@BigDummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDummy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245/68 "2005-10-28T22:46:30Z")
Not real obscure or anything, but I’ve always had a thing for [Peri Gilpin](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004963/) from _Frasier_. And come to think of it, [Bebe Neuwirth](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001564/) as well. I guess a little more obscure might be [Anna Gunn](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0348152/). She’s on Deadwood now, but I liked her when she was on FOX’s short-lived _Down the Shore_. Or [Robey](http://www.louiserobey.com/index2.html) from _Friday the 13th: The Series_. > [@Otto](#): > > And I have so many wrong feelings about the guy from _Iron Chef America_ who I don’t know his name and who I have only seen in 8 second clips on _The Soup_. I know if I ever watched an entire episode of the show he would totally squick me out but the momentary glimpses of his creepy hotness screaming “pizza DOUGH!” are fantastic. Are you talking about [Mark Dacascos](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001092/)? ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245/69 "2005-10-28T23:00:52Z")
I keep thinking of more. I’ll expand to say George Eads and Gary Dourdan of CSI as well, because they are pretty frickin hot. And Zach Braff from Scrubs (also of Garden State fame). And I have a weird crush on Adam Savage from Mythbusters. I don’t find him that physically attractive (I normally dont go for balding red heads with big glasses) but I think he would be so fun. Also Jon Stewart, Steven Colbert, and Anderson Cooper. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245/70 "2005-10-28T23:48:48Z")
Hal Linden is kind of cute, if he were a few years younger. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245/71 "2005-10-29T00:04:51Z")
I thought at some point in my life I would get over my crush on **William Shatner** , but it has never waned. LOVE HIM!!! Plus I still have a crush on **Captain Kirk** , too. My favorite TOS episodes are when he gets his shirt ripped!!! ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245/72 "2005-10-29T00:06:02Z")
Oh, and currently I have the hots for “storm tracker” Jim Cantore from the Weather Channel. He’s a hottie!!! And so brave to be in the middle of all those nasty storms. ::swoons:: ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245/73 "2005-10-29T00:37:29Z")
> [@myskepticsight](#): > > I keep thinking of more. > > I’ll expand to say George Eads and Gary Dourdan of CSI as well, because they are pretty frickin hot. > > And Zach Braff from Scrubs (also of Garden State fame). > > And I have a weird crush on Adam Savage from Mythbusters. I don’t find him that physically attractive (I normally dont go for balding red heads with big glasses) but I think he would be so fun. > > Also Jon Stewart, Steven Colbert, and Anderson Cooper. yes on Jon Stewart & Zack Braff also add Adam Baldwin (as Jayne - not as creepy evil Senior Partner Liaison from AngeltS) ---
**Author:** ![Lilacs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245/74 "2005-10-29T00:40:44Z")
Mal “Captain Tight Pants” Reynolds, from Firefly. Nathan Fillion is _hot_. As others have posted: Gil Grissom, CSI, post beard…actually, Greg, Nick and Warrick are pretty hot too… I didn’t see these two yet: Jamie and Adam, from Mythbusters. For different reasons, but I adore them both. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245/75 "2005-10-29T00:50:57Z")
**Geordi La Forge** , Star Trek TNG. He really filled out that uniform… Ohhhh, LeVar Burton (makes Homer Simpson drooling noises) ---
**Author:** ![Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meaty_Beaty_Big_and_Bouncy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245/76 "2005-10-29T01:02:57Z")
When I was in my early teens I had a crush on [Suzanne Pleshette](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0687189/) when she was on \* The Bob Newhart Show\* Now, I think [Mariska Hargitay (Detective Olivia Benson)](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002127/) from\* L&O SVU\*,[Elisabeth Röhm (Asst. Dist. Atty. Serena Southerlyn )](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0737533/) from _Law & Order_, and _Fox & Friends_ Juliet Huddy & Lauren Green are smokin’ hot. I think this thread should be declared NSFK (not safe for kittens) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Thalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@Thalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thalion)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245/77 "2005-10-29T07:46:22Z")
> [@Squee](#): > > I must have a thing for Indian women… they are very beautiful and have great accents. I totally agree. But for beautiful women from India, you can’t top [Aishwarya](http://sapatosvermelhos.no.sapo.pt/Aishwarya%20Rai.JPG) [Rai](http://fanclub.aishwaryaworld.com/images/wallpapers/wp-1.jpg). However, the all-time top on my list is [Helen Hunt](http://www.hissandpop.com/celebrities/h/helenhunt/photos/helen-hunt-020.jpg), especially as her character on _Mad About You_. No woman has ever looked better in a simple white t-shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245/78 "2005-10-29T10:19:33Z")
> [@chaoticbear](#): > > Well, the only ones that I’ve ever seen he just provided voices for. [_Cheers_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083399/) was only on for a decade, I can undertsand how you missed it 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245/79 "2005-10-29T11:56:51Z")
Let’s see… there’s [Kari Byron](http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/meet/meet_04.html), from Mythbusters. Geeks with senses of humor are HOT. I’m blocking on an old one: A PBS show, nominally about a Outward Bound style trip on a schooner or sloop. I think it was “The Voyage of the…” And can’t recall the name, nor the actress’ name. So… just the young woman on that show. Whom, while she played a minor was at least 19-21 at the time, so it wasn’t as skeevy as it might sound. :smack: If we start allowing animated characters… I’m doomed. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245/80 "2005-10-29T12:15:34Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > For me, it’s all about Buffy’s Willow Rosenberg, the cute, brainy, redheaded, bisexual Jewish Wiccan played by Alyson Hannigan. I also dig Winifred “Fred” Burkle from Angel, played by Amy Acker. Oh my gosh, yes with the Amy Acker. They tried to mess her up at first, but you couldn’t hide that face with anything less than a full bag over the head. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-crushes/328245.md?page=5)