In the television world, career longevity is a rarity. Typically, if you're lucky enough to land one successful television show, your odds of landing another aren't good. Ask Jason Alexander. Ask Roseanne. Or Jenna Elfman. Or Paul Reiser. Or Bronson Pinchot. What's even more rare is not only landing two successful shows, but landing them a decade apart. Rarer still is being as crush-worthy an actor in his or her 30s and 40s as he or she was in their teens and 20s.
But it happens. Not terribly often, but it does. Here are 10 instances representing the spectrum of TV crushes that you might have had in the 90s and that, thanks to an ability to maintain a high profile -- and good looks -- over a decade or more, you may still nurse today.
Christina Applegate -- "Married with Children" (1987 - 1997) and "Up All Night" (2011 - )
Mark-Paul Gosselaar -- "Saved by the Bell" (1989 - 1993) and "Franklin & Bash" (2010 - )
Jennifer Love Hewitt -- "Party of Five" (1994 - 2000) and "Ghost Whisperer" (2005 -2010)
Josh Charles -- "Sports Night" (1998 - 2000) and "The Good Wife" (2009 - )
Claire Danes -- "My So Called Life" (1994-95) and "Homeland" (2011 -)
Alyssa Milano -- "Who's the Boss?" (1984 - 1992) and "Charmed" (1998 - 2006)
Neil Patrick Harris -- "Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989 - 1993) and "How I Met Your Mother" (2005 - )
Tiffani Thiessen -- "Saved by the Bell" (1989 - 1993) and "White Collar" (2009 - )
Connie Britton -- "Spin City" (1996 - 2002) and "Friday Night Lights" (2006 - 2011) "American Horror Story" (2011 - )
Carla Gugino -- "Spin City" (1996 - 2002) and "Justified" (2012)
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I was going to be pissed if Alyssa Milano wasn’t on this list.
No Courtney Cox, really?
I think I actually prefer Tiffini Thiessen in high waisted acid washed jeans
It’s a shame the Olsen Twins aren’t still on TV.
Also, nice work on the JLH picture.
Dustin I’d add courtney Cox for Friends and Cougartown and Julia Louise Dreyfuss for Seinfeld and New Adventures of Old Cristine
I didnt make it past Gugino before I fainted.
Has there ever been a time when she wasn’t bangable?
@thecursor… even with one arm in Sin City!
I dunno, wwtdd ruined Jennifer Love-Hewitt for me.
PACEY.
Patty read my mind.
Even before Fringe, I was rooting for Pacey to make a comeback.
Needs more Topanga
Lucy Lawless? Or is that just me?
seconded.
Thirded.
Jennifer Love Hewitt? Please TRY to respect your audience.
The Claire Danes one was the slap in the face for me.
Would. Still. Bang.
Though last week I caught the end of “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and cried a little
in my pantson the inside.SRSLY.
I still love Jennifer Love Hewitt and I don’t care who knows it.
I’m with Danger. Ballooned ass or not, I’m a fan.
Still down with the JLH
Oh, also, David Duchovny. I don’t care for Californication, but I’ll always love Fox Mulder.
Ditto
Lori Loughlin or GTFO!
For reals.
HAVE MERCY!
Carla has a nice “Come hither” look; I usually don’t get to the “hither” part.
List pretty much has it covered. Courtney Cox face was ruined by plastic surgery, I don’t think she makes the cut.
“Gilmore Girls” probably came around a little late for Lauren Graham to make this list, but she’s definitely still crush-worthy.
When did this site become a tumblr for “Marry, F*ck, Kill”?
I believe the Josh Charles crushes started with Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead. Not everyone can pull off a Clown Dog uniform.
Yes and YES.
JLH and Kristen Davis are welcome into my underpants anytime. Call me, ladies!
Do I still click on to TNT every morning to see what the Charmed Ones are wearing?
Maybe.
Katey Sagal. Married with Children, Futurama, Sons of Anarchy.
*Drops mic, steals your kid’s ice cream, exits stage.
I might be in the wrong but I didn’t find her particularly attractive in Married with Children or Sons, and as for Futurama, the less said about my feelings with missing body parts the better.
That picture of Tiffani Thiesen is over a decade old. These days she looks more like someone who ate kelly kapowski
My 9 year old self is crying inside right now.
Are you referring to her having a kid? Because for the first season of White Collar (granted, I haven’t seen any after that) she looked pretty damn good.
WTF happened to Wanda Fleming on Doogie Howser? And his hot nurse co-worker? Heck, Doogie’s mom was hot. Can you tell I was hitting puberty at the time Doogie Howser premiered?
Also, no Winnie Cooper?
Seriously, still hot as hell and a damn genius.
Man, it was all about Catherine Bell from JAG. Lt. Col McKenzie could subpoena the shit out of me.
Brittany Murphy. No? She was on the Clueless show. Is that why she’s n/a?
I assume this list is limited to people who are actually, you know, alive.
To each his own, Zack. To each his own.
No Sarah Michelle Gellar? What the hell is wrong with you?
Crying right now.
JLH does not look like that picture anymore. She grew cankles.
Claire Danes? really? If anyone had a crush on her in 1994 they knew they were gay by 1995.
I disagree, great eyes and she seamed attainable. Love the Claire Danes.
/jerked it a lot more to Kelly Kopowzki
What a track record Party of Five has: Neve Campbell hot in Scream movies. Jennifer Love Hewitt sexy as hell..always..(regardless of what WWTDD says!) and Lacey Chabert I believe I saw her in Maxim once looking hotter than the rest.
Let’s not forget Jack Shepard
Can a brother get a Stacey Dash in this Bitch
As a white man, I endorse this comment.
Judith Light? Little love for the
oldermore mature ladies?Is the 10th one missing? I only count nine.
I think Carla Gugino counts as two.
80% wrong wrong wrong
Not that I have seen her on tv or film lately but what about Nicole eggert
There’s a reason you haven’t seen her lately.
I prefer Neve Campbell to Jennifer Love Hewitt, Elizabeth Berkley to Tiffani Thiesen, Katey Sagal (and, for that matter, Amanda Bearse) to Christine Applegate (at least until she got older). What about Leah Remini?
No Topanga? No Amy Jo Johnston?
The only thing I’ve seen Pink Ranger in lately is Flash Point and she’s usually in those big ass coveralls.
Where the hell is Gillian Anderson? a whole generation of nerds wants to know!
wheres judd nelson?
I had no idea Gugino was on spin city. I used to love that show.