# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/41 "2010-07-15T03:29:33Z")
Keen Eddie. Oh I miss him so. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/42 "2010-07-15T04:03:55Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > The fact that they’re gay disqualifies Anderson Cooper and Tim Gunn . . . Well, that’s silly. Am I not allowed to have a crush on straight guys? In fact I’ve got two: Hugh Laurie (_House_) and John Oliver (_The Daily Show_). ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/43 "2010-07-15T04:13:36Z")
I’m in a long-term relationship with MSNBC’s [Chris Jansing](http://i46.tinypic.com/nbayaa.jpg). Unfortunately, she’s not in one with me. ---
**Author:** ![Acantha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@Acantha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acantha)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/44 "2010-07-15T04:29:19Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > 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.) Yeah, I would do nasty nasty things to Bourdain. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/45 "2010-07-15T04:39:05Z")
[Rory](http://images.digitalspy.co.uk/10/10/550w_doctor_who_0501_2.jpg), [Rory](http://www.majhost.com/gallery/curlybeach/arthur-spam/scruffy_adorable_arthur_darvill.gif), [Rory Williams](http://www.majhost.com/gallery/curlybeach/arthur-spam/faces.jpg). From Doctor Who. Played by Arthur Darvill. He is very much in love with a lovely lady on the show so I can’t actually have him, but that is what a TV boyfriend is all about, I do believe. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/46 "2010-07-15T11:56:18Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > …Leonard (Johnny Galecki) on BIG BANG THEORY who’s very cerebral but not particularly who you’d want to see naked (though I wouldn’t mind). Good. You distract Leonard, and I’ll sweep in and put my own geeky moves on the lovely Penny. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/47 "2010-07-15T12:12:46Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Well, that’s silly. Am I not allowed to have a crush on straight guys? > > In fact I’ve got two: Hugh Laurie (_House_) and John Oliver (_The Daily Show_). For a crush, wrong sexual orientation is fine – but for a boyfriend, I want a little more wink wink nudge nudge. And I’m sure my husband, Derek Trucks, won’t have a problem with me having John Slattery as a boyfriend. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/48 "2010-07-15T12:18:51Z")
Chiara Mastalli as Eirene and Zuleikha Robinson as Gaia from the television series _Rome_. What can I say? I identify with Titus Pullo. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/49 "2010-07-15T12:26:19Z")
I watch a lot more of the Weather Network than I really need to. [These two ladies](http://www.theweathernetwork.com/tv/npafternoons) are my favourites. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/50 "2010-07-15T12:27:29Z")
Gibbs. I love a man in uniform 😃 and that sort of carries over to guys that still keep short hair and a neat appearance. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/51 "2010-07-15T12:35:31Z")
> [@moejoe](#): > > Keen Eddie. Oh I miss him so. Eddie’s New York is no more. :: sob :: ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/52 "2010-07-15T12:46:10Z")
I actually tend to like girls like Annie on Community–insecure on the outside (which is endearing), but, when push comes to shove, they can handle themselves well. And I like the goody two-shoes type. This is why I was so disappointed when I found out the actress is closer to her character on Mad Men. I also oddly find Ellen crushable. I don’t know what’s up with that. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/53 "2010-07-15T13:05:20Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I’d definitely do Sheldon. Once.😃 (I think the actor’s super cute but the character would drive you nuts.) Me too, but I’d have to duct tape his mouth. I do like Leonard’s eyebrows though. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/54 "2010-07-15T13:08:24Z")
Jamie Buchman, unfortunately already married to the insufferable Paul Buchman in “Mad About You.” Yum. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/55 "2010-07-15T13:26:56Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > I’m in a long-term relationship with MSNBC’s [Chris Jansing](http://i46.tinypic.com/nbayaa.jpg). > > Unfortunately, she’s not in one with me. That shows good taste. Unfortunately for you, she’s been my news babe ever since she was Chris Kapostasy on WNYT in Albany, NY. That was close to 30 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/56 "2010-07-15T14:26:44Z")
Craig Ferrrrrrrrrguson. Handsome, clever and funny as hell. Oh lordy, I’m gettin’ the vaporrrrrrs. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/57 "2010-07-15T15:44:55Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Eddie’s New York is no more. :: sob :: You do know that he left London, became a bodyguard for hire, and became a bodyguard for hire on “Human Target,” right? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/58 "2010-07-15T15:54:17Z")
I’m thinking of quitting this office job and finding some nasty work in hopes of getting [Mike Rowe](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1875610368/nm1192046) close to me. I don’t even care if he doesn’t shower. ---
**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, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/59 "2010-07-15T16:07:24Z")
I forgot about Mike Rowe. Yes, please. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717/60 "2010-07-15T16:15:51Z")
Amongst the current TV shows, I would go for the following (I cannot limit myself to just one; it is just not in my nature – Ha!): Yvonne Strahovski from “Chuck”. Lovely, leggy spy chick with a heart of gold; what’s not to like? Anna Torv from “Fringe”. Gorgeous, perhaps slightly “unconventionally-attractive”, government agent; Cool and professional! Sofia Vergara from"Modern Family" Beautiful, hot, fiery Latina! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-tv-boyfriend-or-girlfriend/546717.md?page=4)