Steamy television has entered the mainstream after a long stay in the guilty pleasure department. For lovers of scandal and drama everywhere, Netflix has been releasing a slough of racy, exciting original series like Mindhunter and Suburra: Blood on Rome. This month, we'll see additions of much-anticipated shows like Marvel's The Punisher and Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It on the streaming service.
Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle is the highlight of season two of Netflix's Daredevil. In The Punisher, he reprises his role as the fan favorite sexy Marvel antihero who takes justice into his own hands when his family is brutally murdered.
The new Netflix original series She's Gotta Have It takes its roots from Spike Lee's breakout film about an independent young woman who struggles to choose one of her three handsome suitors.
In Being Mary Jane, Gabrielle Union plays Mary Jane, a successful TV anchor whose complicated personal life isn't as clean-cut as her career. Mary Jane has a selection of handsome men who help her blow off some steam, but they often create more drama in her life as well.
The L Word follows a group of lesbian friends in LA. Throughout the years, members of their group hook up, make up, and break up. Interwoven with racy and emotional scenes, it's hard to keep your eyes off of this television drama.
Jon Hamm has become a household name for his portrayal of the handsome, sly Don Draper in the Emmy-winning drama Mad Men. When he's not hacking the American market, Don Draper is probably involved in a sexy rendezvous.
Gossip Girl has become iconic in the teen soap genre in its portrayal of attractive, wealthy teenagers whose relationships and affairs are tracked by an anonymous blogger (who's voiced by none other than Kristen Bell).
Executive produced by Oprah Winfrey, this TV drama follows an ostensibly wholesome family that runs a megachurch in Memphis. Their sanitized image belies their troubles with greed, adultery, and other sins.
Suburra: Blood on Rome is a sultry crime drama series that portrays the morally questionable involvements of corrupt politicians, the mafia, and the Vatican in modern-day Italy.
How to Get Away With Murder stars Viola Davis as fierce law professor Annalise Keating, who enlists a group of student protégés to help her with tough crime cases. When they're not involved in a case or a murder cover-up, the Keating Five are involved in relationship drama, booty calls, and everything in between.
The CW brings a macabre and sexy twist to the Archie comics with murder, scandals, and affairs in Riverdale.
If you love The Vampire Diaries, you're in for a treat with The Originals. This spinoff of the supernatural series shares its predecessor's fantasy drama with witches, vampires, and werewolves, but also has a sexy and mature twist.
Jonathan Groff stars in Mindhunter as an FBI agent who develops the field of psychological profiling. When he's not interviewing grisly murderers, he's figuring out his relationship with his grad student girlfriend, a relationship that's not without its fair share of hot and heavy moments.
This adaptation of Stephen King's horror thriller novella is about a monster-hiding mist that encapsulates the small town of Bridgeville, ME. The mist isn't the only steamy thing in town — there are also racy scenes interlaced with the horrors of the show.