# Who's your tv boyfriend (or girlfriend)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 14, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717 "2010-07-14T21:32:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/21 "2010-07-14T22:47:08Z")
_“Stephen, Stephen, he’s a handsome man his name is Stephen…”_ Colbert, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Alan\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Bird)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/22 "2010-07-14T22:49:48Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Erin, the redhead on The Office and I are deeply in love (she just doesn’t know it yet). And she won’t ever, being as she’ll be my future wife. Mygawd, she’s cute. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/23 "2010-07-14T22:50:21Z")
Cory Monteith as Finn Hudson on Glee. It gives me a terrible robbin’ the cradle feeling (yeah I know he’s actually roughly my age), but goddamn he is a good looking man. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/24 "2010-07-14T22:50:33Z")
There are two: Patrick Jane on The Mentalist and Neal Caffrey on White Collar. I cheat on them with Dr. Hank on Royal Pains, though. Don’t tell. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/25 "2010-07-14T23:00:09Z")
At one time I had the most intense TV crush of all time on Claire Danes, back in her “My So-Called Life” days. To this day I can’t stand that awful Jared Leto, and I actually kvelled a bit when Ed Norton smashed his face into pulp in “Fight Club”. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/26 "2010-07-14T23:10:24Z")
Connor Temple is the one I can bring home to Mom and Dad, and Eric Northman is the one I can’t 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/27 "2010-07-14T23:12:47Z")
I’ve had an ongoing crush on Anthony Bourdain for several years now… Tall, dark, snarky, and profane? And he can cook? Score! (I don’t know whether I should admit to my other TV crush: Cpt. Sig Hansen of the Northwestern, from Deadliest Catch. He’d drive me nuts in real life, and he’s not traditionally all that good-looking, but I find him fascinating.) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/28 "2010-07-14T23:18:36Z")
The fact that they’re gay disqualifies Anderson Cooper and Tim Gunn, so I’ll go with John Slattery of _Mad Men_. Who knew I had such a thing for the silver-haired crew? ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/29 "2010-07-14T23:23:20Z")
I might briefly trade for a little quality time with Denis Leary, but the Scottish accent will draw me back to Gordon. _sigh_ Guess I like the profane blondes more than I thought. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/30 "2010-07-14T23:26:29Z")
Shemar Moore from _Criminal Minds_. My sister and I have nick-named him Hot Chocolate. I want him for Christmas. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/31 "2010-07-14T23:35:03Z")
I don’t know if she’s ever appeared on series TV, but… .Julia Styles. More appropriate to my actual age, Valerie Bertinelli. God, I loved her, back in the day. ---
**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 14, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/32 "2010-07-14T23:51:10Z")
Sarah Lancaster, who plays Chuck’s sister, Ellie, on _Chuck_. I love Yvonne Strahovski, too, and they are both ridiculously gorgeous and they both seem really sweet, but Miss Lancaster wins my heart. In addition to looking like a goddess, there’s something about her voice and her nurturing nature that really gets me. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/33 "2010-07-14T23:53:25Z")
Matthew Fox. A Wyoming born-and-bred man who’s good looking, can ride a horse, AND act. Oh, and he loves his wife and children. If he could learn to play the guitar and sing, he might be the perfect man. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/34 "2010-07-14T23:59:43Z")
I want to marry John Krasinski, stupid Emily Blunt. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/35 "2010-07-15T00:11:20Z")
Alyssa Milano. Even if she becomes a huge slut someday, she’ll always be my teen heartthrob from “Who’s the Boss.” But, if I’m in the mood for something a little dirtier, I would go with Christina Applegate from Married with Children. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/36 "2010-07-15T00:23:52Z")
Kirsten Vangsness on Criminal Minds. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/37 "2010-07-15T00:30:22Z")
Used to be Cat Deeley. Not watching a lot of TV right now. In fact, am missing SYTYCD **right now.** ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/38 "2010-07-15T00:31:30Z")
My tv boyfriend is a local news anchor, so I actually get to look at him every day. I know him in real life, and he is so nice and so funny, in addition to being very attractive. Once I asked his wife if he really is that nice all the time, and she said yes- she came from a big scrapping family and it took her a long time to get used to him, because he really is just that nice, all the time. Sigh. He’s so awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/39 "2010-07-15T02:43:58Z")
Is Don Draper too much of a cliche? Because he’s a horrible person but I would do him so fast it would confuse him. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/40 "2010-07-15T03:18:49Z")
I’m sorry, but I HAVE to choose two. For amusement and intellectual purposes - Sheldon Cooper. I would totally not understand 90% of what he said, but I could hang out with the rest of the guys and be entertained and educated at the same time. For physical attraction - Josh Harris, who I think is insanely cute, but FARFARFAR too young for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717.md?page=3)