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62 of TV’s Sexiest Shows
New Starz series Dangerous Liaisons offers a new look at the characters in Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ ridicule of pre-French Revolution Parisian aristocracy, Les Liaisons dangereuses. The show is an origin story to the characters made famous to modern audiences through the 1988 film adaptation of the book or the campy 1999 teen-focused Cruel Intentions. And this bodice-ripping period drama wouldn’t live up to its predecessors if it didn’t have some steamy scenes beneath the sheets.
It’s the latest example of a show that requires intimacy coordinators, creative camera angles, and pasties.
We’ve compiled a list of shows past and present, TV and streaming that turn up the heat. Some, like Hulu’s Normal People or Apple TV+’s Dickinson were infamous for their sensual sex scenes. Others, like Netflix’s Bridgerton and HBO’s Game of Thrones, walked the line between sexy sex scenes and more controversial ones (while Kit Harington’s Jon Snow did know at least one thing, not every character on that show was a compassionate lover). There are also series — like classic broadcast fare Moonlighting or teen-targeted Riverdale — that are sexy thanks to the on-screen energy of their characters even if the actual love-making isn’t explicit (or there at all).
We’ll update this list as more series become available. In the meantime, if you’re hot and bothered that your favorite isn’t on our list, recommend your picks in the comments section.
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