The 35 Most Horny TV Shows Ever Made

In the sci-fi film Sense8, by the Wachowskis and J. Michael Straczynski, eight people from different parts of the world discover that they are deeply emotionally connected, able to experience each other’s lives and feelings as if they were their own. Sometimes this means being able to conveniently learn combat skills from someone from another country, but just as often it’s about forming more personal bonds, including between people of different genders and sexual identities. Notably, this led to moments where the entire group experienced sex as a kaleidoscope of different perspectives (presented a bit like an orgy; horny but impressively non-exploitative).

Where to watch: Netflix

Starz appears not for the last time on this list with this long-running adaptation of Diana Gabaldon’s novel series, which features elements of the light erotica found in the books. The most passionate scenes involve time-traveling army nurse Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan), a Jacobite-era Highland warrior in Scotland, although it’s not just the two of them desperate to stay warm in the cold Highlands. What’s great about Outlander’s sex scenes is that they’re often presented from Claire’s point of view, where she’s a full and enthusiastic participant.

Where to watch: Starz, Netflix, The Roku Channel.

Is it even a period drama if every character doesn’t have sex on their mind? A chaste setting (like a posh Regency country house) is too tempting when it comes to repressed ennui, and in Bridgerton all the characters deny themselves until they are completely overcome by lust that defies all logic and threatens their position and social standing. especially when Lady Whistledown documented every move.

Where to watch: Netflix

The Tudors may play fast and loose with history, but they remind us that the Tudors weren’t as genderless as all those archbishops would have us believe. Henry VIII’s affair with Anne Boleyn is, of course, a turning point in history, but the king had a string of mistresses at every stage of his reign, many of whom are dramatized here. The focus on Henry is a bit of a problem, especially when the show’s Jonathan Rhys Meyers is a bit hotter than the real Henry, but many of the female characters give as much as they get (both in politics and in bed), especially Natalie Dormer’s Natalie Dormer. Ann Bolein.

Where to watch: Prime Video, Paramount+, Showtime, Fubo.

P-Valley follows the lives (and drama) of the people who work at a famous strip club in the Mississippi Delta. Infused with Southern Gothic, Katori Hall’s series explores issues of race and colorism, and particularly the challenges faced by poor black people in the South, especially those who have moved beyond the confines of polite society. The show is impressively sexy and sex-positive, featuring trans and gay characters in addition to cis/straight women.

Where to watch: Starz, Prime Video, The Roku Channel.

In the spirit of the luscious style of Gossip Girl, Elite follows a group of working-class friends who end up receiving a scholarship to Las Encinas, a fictional private school that, in the series’ universe, is the most exclusive in Spain. What they find there is, of course, snobbery, but also mystery, murder and lots and lots of sex (among characters of various sexual orientations and numerical groupings). The smart but surprisingly cheesy show has been renewed for an eighth (!) and final season, and Indian and South African adaptations ( Class and Blood and Water ) are also streaming on Netflix.

Where to watch: Netflix

Girls wasn’t always about sex, but there isn’t an episode in which sex isn’t at least a topic of conversation. And it wasn’t just Blanche (although very often it was Blanche). Rose single-handedly talked his erectile dysfunction date into bed with him (and also killed at least two men in bed); Dorothy’s sex with Leslie Nielsen was so good that they gave it a name; even Sophia had far more than the average number of sexual partners for a woman in her 80s. During the Reagan era, anyone who demonstrated their sexual prowess on television was an exception. For women in late middle age, doing so was an entirely different matter.

Where to watch: Hulu

The entire inciting incident for the show (both the original 1999 UK version and this Showtime reboot) involves the very funny, very sex-positive Brian Kinney (Gale Harold) meeting his match in the much-too-young-for-him Justin Taylor (Randy Harrison). . ) who almost falls in love with him after one night. They’re some of the horniest characters on the show, but the innovation here was in portraying the gay characters (mostly cis men) as sexy, in a smart way, without shame or judgment, going beyond the type of bad decisions that the drama encourages in both weird, and in heterosexual shows.

Where to watch: Showtime, Paramount+, Fubo.

It’s right there in the title: In the updated version of Spike Lee’s 1986 classic, DeWanda Wise plays Nola Darling, sexually active and completely shameless, but still faces some challenges keeping three very hot guys on the line at once. Writer/director Lee is no more shy about sexuality than Nola is – just one of many reasons to be angry that Netflix let it go too soon.

Where to watch: Netflix

Vampire Bill (Stephen Moyer) can’t even say “Sookie” (our show’s main character, played by Anna Paquin) without sounding like he’s out of breath—which may well be an example of art imitating life, considering that The actors began a relationship while filming the pilot, which continues to this day. However, it’s not just Bill and Sookie… it’s Sookie and Eric (Alexander Skarsgård), Sookie and Alcide, Tara and Sam, Bill and Jessica, etc. The thing is, it’s hot there in Bon Temps, and it seems that everyone really wanted to undress.

Where to watch: Max, Hulu

David Duchovny is an alcoholic writer who moves to California to overcome writer’s block; although he still loves his ex, he can’t help but get involved in everything sunny southern California has to offer in terms of drugs and sex. The comedy-drama can’t always decide whether Hank is a womanizer or just a friendly hedonist, but he’s definitely horny.

Where to watch: Paramount+, Showtime, Fubo.

A surprisingly smart but sweaty and rather gory take on the sword and sandal genre, Spartacus dealt not only with the pressures of being part of an oppressed class under an absolutist regime, but also with what sweaty, oiled gladiators do to kill. a time when they are not fighting to the death. Honestly, if it was just naked wrestling, it would still be an incredibly horny show, but there’s also a lot of pansexual coupling outside the arena.

Where to watch: Tubi, Starz, The Roku Channel.

It’s less subtle in later takes, but the chemistry between Gomez (John Astin) and Morticia (Carolyn Jones) is still palpable in the original, which feels far removed from other sitcoms of the era – none of these shows ever invite you to imagine that its The main characters may be up when the kids go to bed, but there’s no doubt that Gomez and Morticia fuck , and fuck a lot. Imagine that the parents of a friendly, loving family also lead a healthy sex life? What might have turned off television executives in the 1960s instead seems both charming and, dare I say, rewarding?

Where to watch: Roku Channel.

Two very different Mexican-American sisters return to their childhood home in Boyle Heights, Louisiana, after the death of their mother, who they soon discover was married to a woman. The show opens with an orgy and doesn’t get any less sexually charged for that. Notably, Vida explores the intersection of queer and Latinx identities from a female perspective, so the sex scenes (of which there are many ) feel both real and important.

Where to watch: Hulu, Prime Video, The Roku Channel.

Earth astronaut John Crichton (Ben Browder) is sucked through a wormhole into a distant part of space and lands on an escaped prison ship full of criminals, each with a greater penchant for thick skin than the last. His arrival begins a will-they/won’t-they relationship with Eirin Sun (Claudia Black), a soldier for a repressive government who is stuck among the fugitives. This central relationship evolves from deep lust to very sexually healthy, but there is an impressive amount of lust and subversive sexuality present among all the main characters, especially in a show populated by Jim Henson’s Muppets-style puppets. company. (It’s not for nothing that the main villain dresses like a gimp from Pulp Fiction .)

Where to watch: Peacock, The Roku Channel, Tubi, Crackle, Pluto, Shout Factory TV, Freevee

Under the watchful eye of writer and producer Bryan Fuller, the relationship between Hugh Dancy’s Will Graham and Mads Mikkelsen’s Hannibal Lecter turns into seduction as secret cannibal Lecter slowly bends a reluctant FBI profiler to his will. At first Graham is a toy; Lecter is fascinated by his empathy. However, a real connection soon begins to form, one that pushes Graham into increasingly unpleasant situations. The Doctor’s art begins to focus on Graham, and the stabbing in season two plays out as a conclusion.

Where to watch: Prime Video, Shudder, Tubi

It’s hard to say for sure whether the original Star Trek imagined a new era of sexual liberation or a version of the future for straight, horny middle-aged men, in which the space is literally filled with willing women in see-through dresses, ready to throw themselves down. at the slightest breeze. It’s probably both; However, on the original USS Enterprise, sex was on everyone’s mind almost all the time—and not just Kirk. In the first episode that aired, Dr. McCoy spent time with a green monster with a suction cup for a mouth. In perhaps the best episode of the series, Spock becomes so crazy with literal excitement that he nearly kills Captain Kirk. Modern Trek has sex, but it’s not as exciting, and Star Wars doesn’t care about sex at all. Here? There is no doubt that shore leave was for the sake of fucking.

Where to watch: Paramount+

The title isn’t actually a euphemism: the dark comedy series is literally about a family flower shop, but the Dynasty -style drama, which ran for three seasons, a special, and two spinoffs, was groundbreaking for Mexican television. due to the impressive level of sexuality, but not everything is straightforward – the family’s bisexual son and his relationship with his accountant are a major thread throughout the series, as is the relationship between Paulina, the family’s eldest daughter, and Maria José, a trans woman.

Where to watch: Netflix

The first major television series to feature exclusively queer and all-female characters, The L Word was groundbreaking in its representation, but also in its depiction of lesbian sex: it came on the heels of Queer as Folk , which focused primarily on male body characters, L Word’s creative team was primarily made up of women. The show’s gay, bisexual and questioning characters had a lot of hot sex, but without the inevitable male gaze of many shows. The continuation of the series ” Generation Q ” lasted three seasons and is available for rental/purchase in digital format.

Where to watch: Hulu, Paramount+, Fubo, Showtime.

Over the course of seven seasons , Orange Is the New Black was both a compelling soap opera and a series that deftly explored issues of race, sexuality, and gender identity while humanizing prisoners and offering well-deserved jabs at our American prison-industrial complex. It’s also a show about people at different levels of the sexual spectrum locked together in a women’s prison, and it doesn’t shy away from the (fairly understandable) degree of sexuality inherent in the production.

Where to watch: Netflix

Like many CW shows aimed at young people, The Vampire Diaries is about will-they/won’t-they lust among very (relatively speaking, anyway) pretty people. It’s high school and it’s vampires… so of course everyone is constantly horny… eight seasons and two spin-offs.

Where to watch: Max, Peacock

The new take on the Anne Rice classic, in addition to other innovations that update and flesh out the story, completely removes the weird overtones of the earlier Brad Pitt/Tom Cruise take – or rather, makes it explicit (in every sense). . Here, Lestat and Louis are clearly an odd couple (and also an interracial one, which is especially important given the southern setting of the series). This is a fiery, troubled romance, but incredibly passionate.

Where to watch: Prime Video

The plot of Three’s Company involves John Ritter’s Jack Tripper pretending to be gay so he can move in with two women (Joyce DeWitt’s Janet and, for the first few seasons, Suzanne Somers’ Chrissie) without offending the landlord. This is the setup of the central, slightly problematic joke: Jack is not gay and spends a lot of time stalking his roommates. But that’s not all: most jokes involve some kind of misunderstanding or sexual innuendo. Two characters will talk about how to screw in a light bulb in one room, while the other character will only hear a snippet about how to screw in a light bulb. It’s not exactly intelligent, but it works. Sex is almost always on everyone’s mind, with the possible exception of level-headed Janet, who handles all the shenanigans much better than I do.

Where to watch: Pluto.

This is a network show, so the sex scenes aren’t as explicit as what you might see on streaming or cable; however, if Shonda Rhimes doesn’t get away with murder, her success and popularity as a writer/producer/showrunner means she can get away with a lot. One of Rhimes’ raciest shows, The Killing has won a number of awards for pushing the boundaries of sex, both gay and straight, on network television.

Where to watch: Netflix

Issa Rae’s series, in which she stars alongside Yvonne Orji, takes a funny and real look at the (often incredibly awkward) careers and dating of two twenty-something black women. Sexual shenanigans abound, but Ray and company understand that sex can be awkward, weird and funny at least as often as it can be hot. Insecure has been compared to Sex and the City , but for all its frank talk about blowjobs, with the exception of Samantha, the show was about a bunch of prudish prudes.

Where to watch: Max, Netflix

Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey provide a real spark in this miniseries, spanning decades of the closeted couple’s lives, from the McCarthy era and the Lavender Scare of the 1950s to the 1980s. Painting a vivid portrait of the challenges facing gay men in a particularly difficult era, the series also offers some intense and explicit (if not entirely graphic) sex scenes with moments that are much more specific about the ins and outs. sex between men than is typical on television.

Where to watch: Paramount+, Showtime.

There’s more than just sex going on over the course of Shameless’s 11 (!) seasons, but sex is always in the background, even if it’s not directly on screen. But… often it’s right on the screen. In the very first episode, co-host Fiona (Emmy Rossum) brings a guy home for sex on the kitchen floor; in the second, Joan Cusack demonstrates some rather exotic sex toys to William H. Macy. From this point on, things get even wilder, and clips from the series often appear on porn sites (I’ve heard).

Where to watch: Netflix

Henry Cavill (replaced by Liam Hemsworth in the upcoming fourth season) plays magically enhanced monster hunter Geralt of Rivia, and he certainly takes a lot of baths, at least in the first season. And that’s enough, honestly, the show’s bathhouses do have precedent in the source material. But our Witcher also finds himself involved in a number of romantic situations and even a magical orgy or two. So toss me a coin, will you?

Where to watch: Netflix

Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult star in this strange but highly successful political satire about the rise of Catherine the Great of Russia. Hoult plays Emperor Peter III, the husband whom Catherine ultimately overthrew (and likely killed), and the series plays on the sexual tension (and sometimes outright lust) between this married couple, who become political rivals always on the verge of murder each other. different or damn.

Where to watch: Hulu

Credit this Bridgertons spin-off for brilliantly crafting the passionate, tormented romance between the show’s queen, Charlotte (played here as a young woman by India Amarteifio) and King George III (Corey Milchrist). The pressures of royal life and the king’s growing mental illness create a rocky road for the young couple, but their passion is palpable.

Where to watch: Netflix

Typically a gripping mix of clever plotting, sinister sex and violence, Banshee stars Antony Starr as Sheriff Lucas Hood… sort of. A man recently released from prison takes on this identity when the new sheriff in the small town of Banshee is murdered. It’s all part of a complex plan to recover $15 million in diamonds he lost when he went to prison. Even with, or perhaps because of, all the violence in this small town, everyone seems to have plenty of time for sweaty sex.

Where to stream: Max

The popular and controversial British series gave us names like Nicholas Hoult and Dev Patel, and also tackled hot-button issues like mental illness, substance abuse and bullying. The show also never forgets—not in a single episode—that it’s about teenagers, and there’s no audience more excited. The show isn’t exactly prurient in this regard, but it never shies away from the sex lives of its large (and ever-changing) cast.

Where to watch: Hulu

Many shows explore the general horniness of youth, but there’s more to be said about the topic of midlife passion than television tends to delve into. Toni Collette and Steven Mackintosh star in this British miniseries as a married couple experiencing difficulties in their marriage (and fidelity in general) who mutually agree to give an open marriage a chance. Ultimately, this is not an entirely optimistic view of polyamory, but the performances here are a major selling point.

Where to watch: Netflix

Lexx is as deranged as sci-fi gets: think Farscape , but without the filter. That’s not exactly a compliment: the Canadian-German co-production is extremely ambitious, with sequences parodying films like The Wizard of Oz and Brigadoon , but it never settles on tone, and there’s a nastiness to it that sometimes sounds like a very dark comedy, and sometimes downright mean. The story takes place in the aftermath of a war between humans and insects involving the powerful titular ship and its crew. There’s no actual sex in the show, but most of the crew are constantly horny, with sexual overtones evident in almost every scene.

Where to watch: Freevee, The Roku Channel, Vudu.

Creator Shonda Rhimes has earned herself a few spots on this list by bringing everyone’s sweaty attitude to television in our increasingly prudish era. The highlight here is the forbidden romance between series lead Liv Pope (Kerry Washington) and the President of the United States, played by Tony Goldwyn. She’s as professional as can be, but she just can’t keep her hands off that sweet, sweet presidential ponytail.

Where to watch: Hulu, Tubi