Counting Down the Sexiest Women on TV
Picking the 50 sexiest women in primetime history wasn't easy. But it sure was fun.
We waded through dozens of contenders -- from vixens to vamps, from girls next door to blonde bombshells -- before making our final list.
Now it's your turn do the work, click through our beauties to see our top picks. It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it.
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50. Sarah Michelle Gellar
Show We Loved Her On:
· 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' (1997-2003)
Heat Index: As Buffy Summers, athletic beauty Sarah Michelle Gellar had plenty of weapons in her arsenal -- a sharp stake, a killer wardrobe, an endless supply of quick-witted quips -- and she used them all to great effect, on vamps and viewers alike.
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49. Teri Hatcher
Shows We Loved Her On:
· 'Lois & Clark' (1997-2003)
· 'Desperate Housewives' (2004-present)
Heat Index: For starters, there's never been a hotter Lois Lane, in any medium. Then there's that head-turning 'Desperate Housewives' gig. But Teri Hatcher's finest moment truly came during a 'Seinfeld' guest stint. Yes Jerry, "They're real -- and they're spectacular!"
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48. Loni Anderson
Show We Loved Her On:
· 'WKRP in Cincinatti' (1978-1982)
Heat Index: In an era when dumb blonde cliché filled the airwaves, Loni Anderson's Jennifer Marlowe served as an intriguing counterpoint. A buxom beauty with brains to match, she kept the 'WKRP' staff on their guard and her fans on their toes.
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47. Sophia Bush
Show We Loved Her On:
· 'One Tree Hill' (2003-present)
Heat Index: As Brooke, a flirtatious and fiesty cheerleader with a winning smile, the sultry Sophia Bush almost makes us want to go back to high school. What was her real-life hubby/co-star Chad Michael Murray thinking when he let her get away?
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46. Grace Park
Show We Loved Her On:
· 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004-present)
Heat Index: What's the only thing better than watching the smoky-eyed Grace Park heat up the best sci-fi show on television? Watching multiple versions of Park -- aka Boomer, aka Athena -- light up both sides of this human/cylon small screen drama.
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45. Carmen Electra
Show We Loved Her On:
· 'Baywatch' (1997-1998)
Heat Index: There wasn't a whole lot of depth to Carmen Electra's character, Lani McKenzie. But did it really matter? When this former Playboy pinup hit the sand in that red lifeguard suit, all the bouys and gulls sat up and took notice.
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44. Kate Jackson
Show We Loved Her On:
· 'Charlie's Angels' (1976-1979)
Heat Index: Who says smart isn't sexy? Kate Jackson's Sabrina more than held her own alongside some of the hottest babes to ever hit primetime, and proved it was possible to simultaneously strike a pose and strike a blow for the good guys.
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43. Pat Priest
Show We Loved Her On:
· 'The Munsters' (1964-1966)
Heat Index: Herman and Lilly and Grandpa may have considered Marilyn Munster the family's ugly duckling, but for those who lived outside 1313 Mockingbird Lane, there was plenty of classic '60s beauty on display in Pat Priest.
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42. Ali Larter
Show We Loved Her On:
· 'Heroes' (2006-present)
Heat Index: If you're looking for a girl who can be very, very good and very, very bad, then it doesn't get much better than Ali Larter's dual personality character. Niki and Jessica -- they're two treats in one.
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Reader Comments (75)
Peltmonster at 1:38PM on Aug 6th 2008
I can't believe Nikki Cox is listed so far down in this list. She is funny and hot.
Peltmonster at 1:38PM on Aug 6th 2008
I am tired of people listing this women as hot. She has just average looks and she is too short to be considered hot.
Peltmonster at 1:39PM on Aug 6th 2008
Kids these days have no idea how hot Julie was in her time. Tall, thin and stunning was her calling card. If you go back and view older Batman shows, their was no one hotter the Julie, well maybe Eartha Kitt.
Avis at 2:39PM on Aug 6th 2008
How in the world could you forget Robert Wagner and Stephanie Powers
Peltmonster at 1:39PM on Aug 6th 2008
This women is so overrated. She kept moving through men and could not calm down. I would rather see someone such as Dawn Wells moved to the top rather then this punch board skank.
Jamie Crowley at 6:57PM on Aug 8th 2008
I'd like to add 4 names: Sara Rue, Marissa Jaret-Winokour, Patrika D'abo, and Conchatta Ferrel.
They were purposely omitted in order to continue the myth that you have to be an underweight, plastic, stick-figure to be beautiful in America.
"I'm sorry Susie, you're you're over 130 lbs so you're a fat pig and no one will want you." Good message AOL, keep putting that crap out.
Capri at 11:25PM on Aug 8th 2008
Where is Candice Bergen?? Mary Tyler Moore?? SUSAN LUCCI???
Josh at 8:40PM on Aug 22nd 2008
Kristen Bell anyone? She's definitely one, if not the most, sexiest woman on television ever.
Dee at 6:33PM on Sep 6th 2008
Gillian Anderson??
How could you forget TV's most beautiful red-head?? She even looked gorgeous in those scrubs whenever Mulder wanted her to do an autopsy.
mthiker235 at 9:07PM on Oct 29th 2008
GIVE ME A BREAK WHAT ABOUT SHANNON DOHERTY AND GOOD LIST BUT THE ORDER IS WHACK. KATIE HOLMES? AND WE ALL KNOW MARY ANN BURIED GINGER! JESSICA ALBA AHEAD OF ALYSSA MILANO, AND JESSICA BIEL? TERRI HATCHER AND BATTLESTAR BABES SHOULD MOVE WAY UP