History ShirtlessScene / LiveActionTV

* ''KamenRiderKiva'': The opening.

** One of the notable shirtless scene is Doggie "Boss" Krueger's TransformationSequence in ''TokusouSentaiDekaranger''. His robes actually dissolve revealing his (furry) body which slowly gets covered in his Dekamaster outfit.

* ''DueSouth'': Constable Benton Fraser is shown bare-chested a few times throughout the series.

** AnthonyHead and NathanielParker have both had a chance to take their shirts off. They're significantly older than the rest of the CastFullOfPrettyBoys, but... yeah, they've still got it.

* ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'' features some truly spectacular ones.

* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'': Tons of them.

** The Ninth Doctor
** Captain Jack Harkness
** Elton
** Mickey Smith

* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': Has Puck and now Sam, who seems to have more shirtless scenes than regular ones.

* ''GreysAnatomy'': The scene where Dr Mark Sloan, AKA McSteamy, walks out of, appropriately, a cloud of steam, wearing the smallest amount of coverage possible to avoid the censors. {{Fanservice}} if ever there was one.

* ''TheHardyBoysNancyDrewMysteries'': Hoooo, brother, where to ''start''? Luckily, both male stars had great bodies for it:

* ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'': Hercules gets several of these during the series, but is exemplified in the episode "...and Fancy Free", with both the GirlOfTheWeek and a cross-dressing Iolaus (playing another character) watching the hero do some heavy lifting, then douse himself with a bucket of water, filmed in slow motion and deliberately sexy camera shots, all to a nicely-done song called "Hunk O' Herc".

* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': ''Every'' major male character has gotten at least one shirtless scene (save for the Haitian, depending on your definition of 'major'). Teasers for Season 3 that included a shot of Mohinder's bare torso were met with fangirlish screams of, "About damn time!"

* ''Series/{{Hornblower}}'': The show really takes this to new levels.

* ''Series/{{Lost}}'': Plenty of guys have gotten this: Jack, Sawyer, Sayid, Jin (who is absolutely ''ripped'' by the way!)...

* ''Series/MadTv'': The Abercrombie & Fitch employees sketch.

* ''Series/{{Merlin}}'': Still along BBC lines, this show just doesn't seem to be ''Merlin'' these days without Arthur popping up shirtless at least once every couple of episodes.

* ''Series/TheOC'': Ryan Atwood. That dude has ''big'' arms, for an [[DawsonCasting alleged 16-years-old]], so half his wardrobe is, naturally, tank tops.

* ''Series/{{Revolution}}'': Neville gets one in "Soul Train," as he and his men are in the Noblesville bar boxing. Predictably, he takes the opportunity to vent his frustrations on Danny.

* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': Turk, Dr. Cox, The Todd and JD have gotten Shirtless Scenes.

* ''{{Smallville}}'': Is there any male character on that show that ''hasn't'' had a shirtless scene?

* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'': Has a good amount of shirtless scenes in every series as well as its American counterpart Franchise/PowerRangers.

* ''Series/TeenWolf'': This series on MTV has taken shirtless-scenes past gratuitous and into pure art-form. Every episode, hell, every scene, there are better than even odds that one of the male stars (who are all ridiculously attractive) will take their shirts off. If you made it into a drinking game, you'd have alcohol poisoning by the end of the first episode. And you'd probably be paralytic before the ''first break''.

* ''Series/TenThingsIHateAboutYou'': This show is full of [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xak28y_gratuitous-shirtless-hunks-10-thing-gaylesbian gratuitous shirtless scenes]].

* Chris Meloni gets to take his shirt off as Roman.

* One might get truly nice Shirtless Scenes in [[CostumeDrama Costume]] PeriodDrama set in late Regency England/ early Victorian period. The following are courtesy of ''Series/WivesAndDaughters''.

* ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'': Hercules gets several of these during the series, but is exemplified in an episode in a later season, with both the GirlOfTheWeek and a cross-dressing Iolaus (playing another character) watching the hero do some heavy lifting, then douse himself with a bucket of water, filmed in slow motion and deliberately sexy camera shots, all to a nicely-done song called "Hunk O' Herc".

** Stiles is the only male character to have kept his shirt on for the entire first season. But the producers have promised that we'd get to see Stiles' abs in season two.

* ''MadTv'': The Abercrombie & Fitch employees sketch.

* ''{{MASH}}'': Regularly showed characters in the showers, depending on the actor this was either {{fanservice}} or {{Squick}}.

!!General Examples:

* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': The minor character Devon (better known as Captain Awesome) is regularly shirtless, apparently because that's how the character wants to dress. For Halloween, we saw him costumed as Adam, in flesh-colored briefs with a large green fig leaf. Chuck himself is rarely shirtless, which is probably because the actor is better built than the character.
** We do finally get an extended shirtless Chuck sequence in the third season.

* ''DancingWithTheStars'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPIwfU-O3xg Maskim Cherkovskiy]] when dancing the samba with Erin Andrews.
** Now has been done with both the Cherkovskiy brothers, even in the same week(the week, incidentally, when the celebrities had artistic control of the routines).

** Most notably Lee Adama's towel-dropping scene.[[note]]Apparently yet another favorite trope of actor Creator/JamieBamber, who has a handful of these sprinkled across his TV appearances as well as in a print ad for PETA.[[/note]]

* One might get truly nice Shirtless Scenes in [[CostumeDrama Costume]] PeriodDrama set in late Regency England/ early Victorian period. The following are courtesy of ''Series/WvesAndDaughters''.
** Osborne is ill and lies in bed shirtless while his wife tries to nurse him. He has an attractive CarpetOfVirility.

* ''Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares'': Strangely, there's a scene with Gordon Ramsay putting his shirt on in almost every single episode. He really doesn't have the build for it.
** MANY people harbour a PerverseSexualLust for Gordon Ramsay. You either get it or you don't.
*** It's the excessive confidence (the same excessive confidence that compels him to take his shirt off so often, as a matter of fact). Gordon Ramsay definitely calls out his own name during sex.
** The title sequence of Ramsay's ''The F Word'' is a protracted sequence of Gordon taking off his civilian shirt and putting on his chefs coat, showing off his bare chest in the progress. Ramsay's definitely a fan of this trope.

* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': Turk, Dr. Cox, and The Todd have gotten Shirtless Scenes. So has JD, but his chest isn't as delicious.
** In S8 he has a couple, in one instance repeating a fantasy with him and Turk but with the shirtlessness reversed, explicitly (when dream Turk questions this) because he has been working out a little.

* ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'': At one point, Sharpe in this British TV series attempts to improve his squad's firing rate. Not completely gratuitous because he does it to show the soldiers the whip scars on his back which attest he came up from the ranks and has no pretensions on being better than them and that he knows exactly what they are going through and isn't demanding anything he hasn't done himself.
* ''Series/{{Skins}}'': At least in the first season every guys have shirtless scene. So Yeah....
* ''{{Smallville}}'': Tom Welling has not only gotten his fair share of shirtless scenes as Clark Kent but ''wet T-shirt'' scenes.
** His shirt comes off, too, after he's so conveniently thrown in a furnace and all his clothing is burned away. There were a few shirtless scenes with Michael Rosenbaum as well, which were most definitely appreciated.
** Let's not forget about hot-Doomsday, I mean, DAVIS stabbing himself in the chest (which apparently requires shirtlessness...)
** Is there any male character on that show that ''hasn't'' had a shirtless scene?

* ''Series/StargateSG1'': Dr. Daniel Jackson winds up completely naked following de-[[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascension from a higher plane of existence]] -- not even once, but twice.
** Teal'c is also seen shirtless in later seasons once Junior (his symbiote) is gone and the freaky symbiote pouch has disappeared.
** And there was that time when Colonel Mitchell was handcuffed to a bed wearing only his boxers...
** Even Jack O'Neill managed to be shirtless once.

* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'': Archer & Tucker in the episode "Desert Crossing", but in their defense it ''was'' a desert world.

** Pretty much every decon scene deserves a mention. Except for the one in "Bounty" with Phlox. {{Squick}}.

** Also parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Where No Fan Has Gone Before", where William Shatner ''specifically tears his shirt before getting into a fight'' due to the power of the trope in ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fandom.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Had Sam show up in just a towel in "Hell House". Good times.
** Because the writers are twisted, the shapeshifter taking Dean's form in 'Skin' takes his shirt off (Fantastic!) and then takes his skin off, with his teeth falling out, turning it into FanDisservice.
** Before ''Supernatural'', Dean was on ''DarkAngel'' and had at least one of these... which got turned into a Website/YouTube montage with the Hell House scene.
** Recently, Castiel got a very quick shirtless scene. He lures four angels who are about to kill him, and opens his shirt revealing BloodMagic Angel-Be-Gone sigil, using it to banish the four angels and himself. Doubles as CMA.
*** Since Castiel will probably not ever chuck off his top again unless it's to quickly show bloody sigils that he carved into his chest, fans have to content themselves with his actor's shirtless scenes in ''Series/TwentyFour'' and ''Series/{{ER}}''.

** Another notable instance is Leo from ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'', [[BattleStrip tearing his shirt off]]...only to morph a moment later. This one is so iconic, it's included in the opening theme from the second version onward (you can see it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unvaE_5ZDrw here]] at 1:16, 2:17, ''and'' 3:14)

** Indeed, Stiles is the only male character to have kept his shirt on for the entire first season. But the producers have promised that we'd get to see Stiles' abs in season two.

* ''XenaWarriorPrincess'': Pretty much the ENTIRETY of the episode "Old Ares had a Farm". Mmmmm, yes....

** Davros, to an extent.

** Angel [[WalkingShirtlessScene didn't wear a shirt at all]] during the third season.
*** If Marti Noxon is writing the episode you can be assured that Angel will take off his shirt at some point. Or be shown [[EatingTheEyeCandy partially stripped. And dripping with sweat. During a torture scene. Whilst ''shackled to a bed''...]]

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In this new series, in order: The Ninth Doctor, Captain Jack Harkness, Elton, Mickey Smith and the Tenth Doctor have all had one.
** Lest we forget John Simm's Master in End of Time (the writers made sure to get every bit of FanService out of him as they could. Shirtless, bondage, and cross-dressing all in two episodes.)
** And Davros, to an extent.
** Heck, the Eleventh Doctor got one straight away. I'm with Amy. I sure as ''hell'' do not want to look away.
*** He also got a striptease! For charity.
** Rory got a very nice shirtless scene in "The Curse of the Black Spot"......bout time too.
** From the old series, Turlough in "Planet of Fire" ([[MsFanservice Peri's]] first appearance).
*** [[spoiler: Though he's not so much shirtless as trouserless...]]
** TelevisionWithoutPity recapper Jacob lampshades Elton's ShirtlessScene:
--->''He stands, arms akimbo, a... ''hell'' of a lot easier to take with his shirt off.''
** Heck, the Third Doctor gets a shower scene in his first episode.
** The Fourth Doctor comes very close to getting a shirtless scene in 'The Deadly Assassin'. He spends the entirety of the episode wearing a loose, low-necked, partially see-through white shirt, which gets torn, dirt-stained, blood-stained, AND soaking wet while he's in the mind matrix world. Alas, he is never seen completely without it. Not even when he's being TORTURED for Pete's sake. Geez, they passed up a lot of good oppurtunities in that episode.
** Peter Davison sort of got one in 'Mawdryn Undead'. Although it turned out it wasn't actually Fivey. It was Mawdryn, who had somehow managed to take Fivey's form.
** Eleven gets [[{{Fanservice}} another]] in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E11TheLodger The Lodger."]]
*** It's actually a ShowerScene. There were many ways they could have done the scene. They opted for the sexiest option. The Matt Smith fangirls (and pretty much everyone else) rejoiced.
** In the MadeForTVMovie, Eight has three scenes where you get to see his chest. [[EatingTheEyeCandy His smooth, pale, hairless, well-muscled chest...]] The second one is rather FanDisservice-y, though, what with involving something on the possibly milder end of BodyHorror, though. Oh, and Seven has one too, but... eh, no thank you.
* ''{{Dollhouse}}'':

** Roy loses his T-shirt because of Moss's trick (he spilled coffee on it), and he had to lend his jacket to a lady who was cold (emergency situation). He ended up running crazily in the premises. He's just an average geeky guy -- not an extremely handsome Mr Fanservice, but it's not Fan Disservice either.

* ''JustShootMe'': Parodied. Maya dated a guy who liked to take off his shirt a little too much. She finally breaks up with him when she found him shirtless in public. [[spoiler: Turns out he just saved a little girl who fell into the sewer.]]

* ''LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': Common for Chris Meloni as Elliot Stabler. Olivia Benson once walked into "the crib" as he was changing out of a ripped shirt and commented, "I like that shirt." More likely she enjoyed seeing it off.
** Naturally, he also gets to take his shirt off as Roman in ''Series/TrueBlood''.
** And ''Series/{{Oz}}'', where he's often shirtless as well (but that [[MaleFrontalNudity isn't the only clothing he takes off...]])

*** It has reached the point where ColinMorgan and Creator/BradleyJames are now mocking the gratuitousness of this on the commentaries.
** And in season 3 we met Gwaine. Wibble.

* ''Out Of The Unknown'': Anthony Ainley, better known as The Master of the show ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/80sFreakLurker/fanservice/Shirtless.jpg had a very brief one]] in this BBC series episode "Welcome Home".

* ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'': In this miniseries adaptation, Darcy has a bath. Open ''and'' wet shirt? Excessive hotness! Areas below the waist are [[CensorSuds conveniently hidden]].

* ''Series/TrueBlood'': Jason Stackhouse spends most of his onscreen time naked. Even when he wears clothes, the shirts almost never have sleeves.

** Not surprising, considering Alan Ball is openly gay.

* On the local news during a heat wave, young lean and muscular shirtless men with smooth, hairless chests are sometimes among those asked how they deal with being outside during a heatwave. Case in point: during a heatwave in the summer of 1992 during the 5:00 broadcast, Washington D.C. general news reporter Wendy Rieger did a VoxPops interview with a shirtless, twentysomething male who was playing soccer on the National Mall. He told her that the black shorts and T-shirt combo he was wearing matched perfectly but that the shirt was soaked with sweat and became unwearable, so it had to come off. Rieger ran her index finger along his near-smooth chiseled chest and told the strapping young man she thought that his black shorts-and-sweaty bare chest combination was a good style for him by saying that "It looks like you're well matched here."

* ''TheITCrowd'': In one scene, Jen tries to distract an office full of women by telling them that a builder outside the window has taken his shirt off, "just like in ads" (a reference to the Diet Coke Hunk). It's true -- but the builder is ''not'' hunky.

*** And don't forget Desmond being naked after the [[spoiler:hatch implodes]]... and who doesn't seem to know how to work his shirt buttons when he is wearing one, like Linc from ''PrisonBreak''.
* ''LostGirl'': Dyson gets this a lot.

* ''MadMen'': Has too many to count, mostly involving Don.

*** In 3x08, Arthur beats all his records, showing up shirtless at five seconds in! It's pretty much the first thing you see. He also had a shirtless scene in the previous episode.
**** It has reached the point where ColinMorgan and Creator/BradleyJames are now mocking the gratuitousness of this on the commentaries.

*** Likewise, [[EnsembleDarkhorse Leon's]] role as a series regular is cemented when he gets to go shirtless for the first time. It's like a ComingOfAge ritual on this show. Ditto for Mordred (though he's partially wrapped in torso bandages).
** Averted with Sir Percival. Those huge biceps of his and the fact that he never wears sleeves are just begging for him to take his shirt off...but they never do it.
*** This is rectified in series 5 in which Percival (and Gwaine) spend the entire first two episodes sans shirt (they were enslaved by Morgana and forced to work in a mine - naturally this involved a lot of pick-axing and heavy lifting. It was practically an ExcusePlot built solely around giving them a semi-justifiable reason to whip their shirts off).
** AnthonyHead and NathanielParker have also both had a chance to take their shirts off. They're significantly older than the rest of the CastFullOfPrettyBoys, but... yeah, they've still got it.

* ''MorkAndMindy'': Mork in the episodes "Mork's Seduction", "Mork In Wonderland", and "Putting The Ork Back In Mork". He also wore a Denver Broncos Cheerleader uniform in "Hold That Mork", which isn't totally shirtlessness, but it doesn't cover a lot of his torso....

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* One might get truly nice Shirtless Scenes in [[CostumeDrama Costume]] PeriodDrama set in late Regency England/ early Victorian period.

* ''{{Sharpe}}'': At one point, the titular character in this British TV series attempts to improve his squad's firing rate. For some reason, he removes his shirt for this.
** For some reason? He does it to show the soldiers the whip scars on his back which attest he came up from the ranks and has no pretentions on being better than them - that he knows exactly what they are going through and isn't demanding anything he hasn't done himself.

** Horatio Hornblower does it a lot. He takes off his shirt when he dives in "The Even Chance" (later walking shirtless and wet!); he runs about the ship shirtless in "The Examination for Lieutenant" when he stresses himself about being properly dressed, and he loses all clothes when he decides to get a shower on deck in "Mutiny". And we got to see him a lot in sleeping clothes.

** Mr Bush gets 'open shirt scenes' and 'shirtless scenes' in "Mutiny"/"Retribution" when he's and Hornblower trains firing cannonballs and when he gets injured and treated. The wound makes it a bit disservice-y.

* ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'': Features some truly spectacular ones, most notably Lee Adama's towel-dropping scene. Helo had a nice one late in season three.

** Apparently yet another favorite trope of actor JamieBamber, who has a handful of these sprinkled across his TV appearances as well as in a print ad for PETA.

* ''{{Dollhouse}}'': Ballard has had several quite extended such scenes (a show on the brink needs all the help it can get), including a fairly pointless scene of him sparring in a boxing ring in the re shot pilot, which did little else but show he is ripped. It is worth pointing out Ballard is played by Helo from ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}'' and really rocks the shirtless look.
** Also Victor, courtesy of the [[{{Fanservice}} community showers]] in the Dollhouse.

* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': JossWhedon points out how happy female viewers probably are about Simon Tam's shirtless scene in the commentary of the "Objects in Space" episode.
** Of course, one can't forget the time Malcolm Reynolds spends completely naked in "Trash", either.
** And Jayne Cobb is shirtless at the start of 'Jaynestown'.

* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': [[MrFanservice Peter Petrelli]] and [[DracoInLeatherPants Sylar]] are infamous for this; they've been seen without their shirts on at least once every season. They even got one together in season three (fine, so Sylar was wearing an undershirt, but close enough to count).
** ''Every'' major male character has gotten at least one shirtless scene (save for the Haitian, depending on your definition of 'major'). Teasers for Season 3 that included a shot of Mohinder's bare torso were met with fangirlish screams of, "About damn time!"

* ''Series/{{House}}'': We get at least one shot of Hugh Laurie shirtless per season.

** Foreman, too. C'mon, Wilson! What are you waiting for??

* ''VeronicaMars'': Several of the male characters get a shirtless scene: Weevil, Cassidy ("Not Pictured"), Sheriff Don Lamb,...
** Let's not forget that moment in "Welcome Wagon" when Dick Casablancas, wearing only Union Jack underwear and a balaclava, dances with a blow-up doll dressed in a French maid's uniform.

* ''TheWestWing'': The teaser of the episode "The Crackpots and These Women" features a handful of sweaty male staffers playing basketball with the President. It's notable that while Toby and Bartlet are dressed in humorous alumni sweatshirts to underline their interactions in the scene, Charlie happens to be in a nearly transparent t-shirt, and Josh in a ratty wife beater which reveals the most PerverseSexualLust-inducing arms ever sported by an overworked political operative.
* ''WhiteCollar'': Neal gets one of these every few episodes. Peter got one in the pilot episode, and didn't get another one until the fourth season, where he got two shirtless scenes in the space of three episodes.

* ''Series/{{The X-Files}}'': Agent Fox Mulder was shirtless fairly often, [[MrFanservice among other things]].
** AD Skinner had several glorious Shirtless Scenes as well.

* ''Series/TheDailyShow'': [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=108740&title=Moment-of-Zen---Shirtless This Moment of Zen]] has Jon Stewart, Steve Carell and Creator/StephenColbert all posing shirtless for the (imaginary) new reality show ''Temptation Pitch''. Colbert has also done multiple shirtless scenes on ''Series/TheColbertReport'' and appeared totally naked in ''Series/StrangersWithCandy''.

* ''WhiteCollar'': Neal gets one of these every few episodes. Peter got one in the pilot episode, and didn't get another one until the fourth season, where he got two shirtless scenes in the space of three episodes.
** Mozzie also got one in season three, but...[[FanDisservice eh, no.]]
* ''LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': Common for Chris Meloni as Elliot Stabler. Olivia Benson once walked into "the crib" as he was changing out of a ripped shirt and commented, "I like that shirt." More likely she enjoyed seeing it off.
** Naturally, he also gets to take his shirt off as Roman in ''Series/TrueBlood''.
** And ''Series/{{Oz}}'', where he's often shirtless as well (but that [[MaleFrontalNudity isn't the only clothing he takes off...]])
* ''{{Smallville}}'': Tom Welling has not only gotten his fair share of shirtless scenes as Clark Kent but ''wet T-shirt'' scenes.
** His shirt comes off, too, after he's so conveniently thrown in a furnace and all his clothing is burned away. There were a few shirtless scenes with Michael Rosenbaum as well, which were most definitely appreciated.
** Let's not forget about hot-Doomsday, I mean, DAVIS stabbing himself in the chest (which apparently requires shirtlessness...)
** Is there any male character on that show that ''hasn't'' had a shirtless scene?
* ''{{Hex}}'': Quite a bit, apparently. Some of the male cast members manage to take them on and off every other scene.
* ''DesperateHousewives'': Jesse Metcalfe as John Rowland.
* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'': Has a good amount of shirtless scenes in every series as well as its American counterpart Franchise/PowerRangers.
** One of the notable shirtless scene is Doggie "Boss" Krueger's TransformationSequence in ''TokusouSentaiDekaranger''. His robes actually dissolve revealing his (furry) body which slowly gets covered in his Dekamaster outfit.
** Another notable instance is Leo from ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'', [[BattleStrip tearing his shirt off]]...only to morph a moment later. This one is so iconic, it's included in the opening theme from the second version onward (you can see it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unvaE_5ZDrw here]] at 1:16, 2:17, ''and'' 3:14)
** Cole from ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' got a couple as well, ripping off his shirt Leo-style during the final episode's BattleInTheRain.
* ''Mortal Kombat Conquest'': While this show focuses mostly on female-based fanservice, there are a number of shirtless male scenes. Shang Tsung doesn't even wear a shirt, he just goes around in a vest most of the time.
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': [[MrFanservice Peter Petrelli]] and [[DracoInLeatherPants Sylar]] are infamous for this; they've been seen without their shirts on at least once every season. They even got one together in season three (fine, so Sylar was wearing an undershirt, but close enough to count).
** ''Every'' major male character has gotten at least one shirtless scene (save for the Haitian, depending on your definition of 'major'). Teasers for Season 3 that included a shot of Mohinder's bare torso were met with fangirlish screams of, "About damn time!"
** Hiro gets a shirtless scene in season four when he steals a t-shirt in order to cover up the hospital robe.
* ''{{Sharpe}}'': At one point, the titular character in this British TV series attempts to improve his squad's firing rate. For some reason, he removes his shirt for this.
** For some reason? He does it to show the soldiers the whip scars on his back which attest he came up from the ranks and has no pretentions on being better than them - that he knows exactly what they are going through and isn't demanding anything he hasn't done himself.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** Spike during the last two seasons. Sometimes even his pants came off. James Marsters has, in fact, referred to his costume in season six as "pretty much a sock." Lampshaded by the First Evil (using Buffy's appearance) when she uses Spike's blood to open the Seal. "She" mentions that the original plan was to use Andrew, "but you look better with your shirt off."
** Angel [[WalkingShirtlessScene didn't wear a shirt at all]] during the third season.
*** If Marti Noxon is writing the episode you can be assured that Angel will take off his shirt at some point. Or be shown [[EatingTheEyeCandy partially stripped. And dripping with sweat. During a torture scene. Whilst ''shackled to a bed''...]]
** In "First Date" Xander gets a shirtless scene. And he wears nothing but a red speedo in "Go Fish".
** Oz is shirtless for a good amount of time in "Wild at Heart".

* ''TrailerParkBoys'': Parodied, where Randy is always shirtless, despite being [[FanDisservice hairy and overweight]].
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': JossWhedon points out how happy female viewers probably are about Simon Tam's shirtless scene in the commentary of the "Objects in Space" episode.
** Of course, one can't forget the time Malcolm Reynolds spends completely naked in "Trash", either.
** And Jayne Cobb is shirtless at the start of 'Jaynestown'.
** In commentary for TheMovie, meanwhile, he apologizes for having Mal only shirtless in one scene and then only showing him from his neck up for most of it.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Had Sam show up in just a towel in "Hell House". Good times.
** Because the writers are twisted, the shapeshifter taking Dean's form in 'Skin' takes his shirt off (Fantastic!) and then takes his skin off, with his teeth falling out, turning it into FanDisservice.
** Before ''Supernatural'', Dean was on ''DarkAngel'' and had at least one of these... which got turned into a Website/YouTube montage with the Hell House scene.
** Recently, Castiel got a very quick shirtless scene. He lures four angels who are about to kill him, and opens his shirt revealing BloodMagic Angel-Be-Gone sigil, using it to banish the four angels and himself. Doubles as CMA.
*** Since Castiel will probably not ever chuck off his top again unless it's to quickly show bloody sigils that he carved into his chest, fans have to content themselves with his actor's shirtless scenes in ''Series/TwentyFour'' and ''Series/{{ER}}''.
** The third episode of season six opens with Sam working out with no shirt on. It's so distracting that the prostitute he just slept with nearly walks off without him paying.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': Turk, Dr. Cox, and The Todd have gotten Shirtless Scenes. So has JD, but his chest isn't as delicious.
** In S8 he has a couple, in one instance repeating a fantasy with him and Turk but with the shirtlessness reversed, explicitly (when dream Turk questions this) because he has been working out a little.
** Cox's case is {{lampshaded}} by Jordan:
--->'''Jordan:''' We all got it, you love your body. Now put a shirt on.
* ''Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares'': Strangely, there's a scene with Gordon Ramsay putting his shirt on in almost every single episode. He really doesn't have the build for it.
** MANY people harbour a PerverseSexualLust for Gordon Ramsay. You either get it or you don't.
*** It's the excessive confidence (the same excessive confidence that compels him to take his shirt off so often, as a matter of fact). Gordon Ramsay definitely calls out his own name during sex.
** The title sequence of Ramsay's ''The F Word'' is a protracted sequence of Gordon taking off his civilian shirt and putting on his chefs coat, showing off his bare chest in the progress. Ramsay's definitely a fan of this trope.
* ''MorkAndMindy'': Mork in the episodes "Mork's Seduction", "Mork In Wonderland", and "Putting The Ork Back In Mork". He also wore a Denver Broncos Cheerleader uniform in "Hold That Mork", which isn't totally shirtlessness, but it doesn't cover a lot of his torso...
* ''Series/TheOC'': Ryan Atwood. That dude has ''big'' arms, for an [[DawsonCasting alleged 16-years-old]], so half his wardrobe is, naturally, tank tops.
** Also done in the second season with DJ the pool boy. And then in season three with all of those surfer guys. Okay, pretty much anyone [[TheScrappy Marissa]] was ever involved with, except (fortunately) Oliver and (unfortunately) [[SuddenlySexuality Alex]].

* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'': Captain Jack Harkness again, along with Ianto: Jack in both "Small Worlds" and "Adrift," Ianto in "Adrift." Technically, both are naked in "Adrift," but there are some conveniently placed plants.
* ''Series/{{Merlin}}'': Still along BBC lines, this show just doesn't seem to be ''Merlin'' these days without Arthur popping up shirtless at least once every couple of episodes.
** Case in point: "The Lady of the Lake" in season 2, where the future king is quite stunningly naked, save a towel, for the sake of a bath which he never takes and which serves the plot in no very obvious way.
** Arthur can't seem to lock/unlock his dresser drawer with a shirt on.
*** In 3x08, Arthur beats all his records, showing up shirtless at five seconds in! It's pretty much the first thing you see. He also had a shirtless scene in the previous episode.
**** It has reached the point where ColinMorgan and Creator/BradleyJames are now mocking the gratuitousness of this on the commentaries.
** And in season 3 we met Gwaine. Wibble.
** As of ''Lancelot du Lac'', Lancelot has one too.
** How do we know Merlin's the main character? He was the first one to get a ShirtlessScene.
*** Likewise, [[EnsembleDarkhorse Leon's]] role as a series regular is cemented when he gets to go shirtless for the first time. It's like a ComingOfAge ritual on this show. Ditto for Mordred (though he's partially wrapped in torso bandages).
** Averted with Sir Percival. Those huge biceps of his and the fact that he never wears sleeves are just begging for him to take his shirt off...but they never do it.
*** This is rectified in series 5 in which Percival (and Gwaine) spend the entire first two episodes sans shirt (they were enslaved by Morgana and forced to work in a mine - naturally this involved a lot of pick-axing and heavy lifting. It was practically an ExcusePlot built solely around giving them a semi-justifiable reason to whip their shirts off).
** AnthonyHead and NathanielParker have also both had a chance to take their shirts off. They're significantly older than the rest of the CastFullOfPrettyBoys, but... yeah, they've still got it.

* ''Series/{{Lost}}'': Plenty of guys have gotten this: Jack, Sawyer, Sayid, Jin (who is absolutely ''ripped'' by the way!)...
** An excellent example from the ''Lost'' season 4 finale: [[spoiler:jumping out of the helicopter and swimming to shore apparently knocks Sawyer's shirt right off.]]
*** And don't forget Desmond being naked after the [[spoiler:hatch implodes]]... and who doesn't seem to know how to work his shirt buttons when he is wearing one, like Linc from ''PrisonBreak''.
* ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'': Features some truly spectacular ones, most notably Lee Adama's towel-dropping scene. Helo had a nice one late in season three.
** [[FanDisservice Subverted]] in the season 3 opener "Occupation". Though Fat Apollo does seem to have a [[http://t-shirts.cafepress.com/item/i-heart-fat-apollo-tshirt/80629039 few]] [[http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2007/01/bring_back_fat_.html fans]].
** Apparently yet another favorite trope of actor JamieBamber, who has a handful of these sprinkled across his TV appearances as well as in a print ad for PETA.
** Used dramatically in other as the elder Adama studies his surgical scar and (now healed) bullet wounds in the mirror.

* ''Series/RedDwarf'': Chris Barrie went to the gym for his two shirtless scenes in series 5. Craig Charles also gets a few, which are definitely FanDisservice.
* ''TheMiddleman'': When Sensei Ping prepares for battle, his shirt ''spontaneously flies away from his body'', apparently propelled by sheer badassery. The fact that the Middleman himself is in a bicep-baring tank top by that point just makes the scene all that more delightful.
* ''Series/StargateSG1'': Dr. Daniel Jackson winds up completely naked following de-[[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascension from a higher plane of existence]] -- not even once, but twice.
** Teal'c is also seen shirtless in later seasons once Junior (his symbiote) is gone and the freaky symbiote pouch has disappeared.
** And there was that time when Colonel Mitchell was handcuffed to a bed wearing only his boxers...
** Even Jack O'Neill managed to be shirtless once.
* ''TheSarahConnorChronicles'': In the episode "Vick's Chip", the ladies are treated to resident Derek Reese having a shower scene.
* ''Series/{{House}}'': We get at least one shot of Hugh Laurie shirtless per season.
** Chase also had one.
** Foreman, too. C'mon, Wilson! What are you waiting for??
* ''Series/TrueBlood'': Jason Stackhouse spends most of his onscreen time naked. Even when he wears clothes, the shirts almost never have sleeves.
** There's also Bill, Eric, and Sam, who have all gone butt-naked at some point in the series.
** Not surprising, considering Alan Ball is openly gay.

* ''{{Spooks}}'': Lucas North in first episode of season 7.
* ''VeronicaMars'': Several of the male characters get a shirtless scene: Weevil, Cassidy ("Not Pictured"), Sheriff Don Lamb,...
** Let's not forget that moment in "Welcome Wagon" when Dick Casablancas, wearing only Union Jack underwear and a balaclava, dances with a blow-up doll dressed in a French maid's uniform.
* ''{{Sanctuary}}'': Had a very nice one with the male scientist protagonist, Will, where he strips to his skivvies so the Invisible Girl won't feel self-conscious when she has to take off her clothes to become invisible and complete a task. [[FridgeLogic "Why would a scientist be that ripped?"]]

* ''Seize The Day'': Robin Williams in the Creator/{{PBS}} ''Great Performances'' production of this show. Probably not intended as {{Fanservice}}, but compared to shirtless [[FanDisservice Jerry]] [[{{Squick}} Stiller]]...
* ''Literature/TheFrogPrince'': RobinWilliams in the ''Faerie Tale Theatre'' production of...''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Frog Prince]]'' is naked when he transforms back into a man, covered only by a ModestyBedsheet.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Thanks to his [[TheCasanova womanizing ways]], Barney Stinson gets his fair share of these scenes. Hell, one episode (episode 10 of season 4, for those of you taking notes) is all about getting naked. (Since he's played by Neil Patrick Harris, it's very much appreciated.)
* ''TheElectricCompany'': All of the adult male cast members appeared shirtless at one point or another. [[FanDisservice Even Bill Cosby]].




































* ''Series/AccidentallyOnPurpose'': Zack has a few.
* ''Average Joe'': Shirts vs. Skins basketball and dodgeball were played. The Joes were always the Shirts team and the Hunks were the Skins team.
* ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic'': The original series: Starbuck and Boomer each have one shirtless scene (in "The Young Lords" and "The Hand of God", respectively).
* ''Series/BritainsGotTalent'': Featured a martial arts duo called Strike in its second series, who took their shirts off during their audition and went rippy in their semi-final and final performances. Amanda Holden got reduced to fangirl level.
* ''Series/{{Californication}}'': It would be quicker to list the episodes where David Duchovny's character Hank Moody ''doesn't'' take his shirt off.
* ''CharliesAngels'': The "Toni's Boys" episode features a feminist commentary about shirtless scenes. [[http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/253/1250738191_10.jpg In one scene set at a male strip club, male Angel Bob Sorenson is asked by Jade Allen, the owner of the strip club to take his shirt off. Which he does while Kris Munroe eyes him like a hungry lioness.]] While watching a male stripper rehearse, she asks Kris "I think it's time for us ladies to have something yummy to look at. Don't you think?" "Mmmm!" was Kris' answer.
* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'': Tons of them.
* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': The minor character Devon (better known as Captain Awesome) is regularly shirtless, apparently because that's how the character wants to dress. For Halloween, we saw him costumed as Adam, in flesh-colored briefs with a large green fig leaf. Chuck himself is rarely shirtless, which is probably because the actor is better built than the character.
** We do finally get an extended shirtless Chuck sequence in the third season.
** Every spy love interest for Sarah goes shirtless at some point: Bryce and Cole at least have the injury excuse. Shaw walks around in a towel just because.
* ''Series/{{Community}}'': Jeff, and to a lesser extent the rest of the study group, have found themselves stripping down in some rather bizarre situations. Possibly the weirdest was being involved in a game of pool that to prove a point was being played naked.
* ''Series/{{Cops}}'': Watch any episode. Chances are at least one of the suspects will be shirtless.
* ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'': The men tend to get shirtless: Warrick Brown, Nick Stokes in the wedding episode, and Greg Sanders in the shower scene....
* ''DancingWithTheStars'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPIwfU-O3xg Maskim Cherkovskiy]] when dancing the samba with Erin Andrews.
** Now has been done with both the Cherkovskiy brothers, even in the same week(the week, incidentally, when the celebrities had artistic control of the routines).
* ''Series/TheDailyShow'': [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=108740&title=Moment-of-Zen---Shirtless This Moment of Zen]] has Jon Stewart, Steve Carell and Creator/StephenColbert all posing shirtless for the (imaginary) new reality show ''Temptation Pitch''. Colbert has also done multiple shirtless scenes on ''Series/TheColbertReport'' and appeared totally naked in ''Series/StrangersWithCandy''.
* ''DantesCove'': Very frequent. Even when people aren't having sex, they have a tendency to leave their shirts unbuttoned or off altogether (possibly [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the tropical setting), and Adam only actually seems to wear a shirt three times, twice unbuttoned. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Grace once.
---> '''Grace''': Aren't you with that other one, now? The one that says "dude" and appears not to own a shirt?
* ''DavyCrockett'': Georgie gets one in this mini-series, when [[NobleSavage Indians]] capture him.
* ''{{Dollhouse}}'': Ballard has had several quite extended such scenes (a show on the brink needs all the help it can get), including a fairly pointless scene of him sparring in a boxing ring in the re shot pilot, which did little else but show he is ripped. It is worth pointing out Ballard is played by Helo from ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}'' and really rocks the shirtless look.
** Also Victor, courtesy of the [[{{Fanservice}} community showers]] in the Dollhouse.
* ''TheDukesOfHazzard'': Bo and Luke Duke often appeared with their shirts off.
* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'': Has Sherlock Holmes shirtless in his very first scene. He's shirtless again two episodes later while looking through a case file. In the latter case, he remembers wearing a shirt when he started, but can't remember ''why'' he took it off.
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': John appears shirtless a few times to the delight of fangirls.
* ''FlashForward2009'': Both Demetri and Mark have gotten shirtless scenes. The fangirls are not complaining one bit.
* ''Series/FlashGordon1954'' (1950s TV series): Steve Holland (as the title character) always had a mandatory scene every episode where he'd enter the cabin of his rocketship while still changing his shirt, revealing a well-muscled chest.
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': Has Puck and now Sam, who seems to have more shirtless scenes than regular ones.
** Not that anyone minds seeing Sam shirtless in [[FanService nearly every scene]]. Though the director seems to tone his shirtless=ness down in recent episodes.
** Finn and Will also had shirtless scences in the Rocky Horror Glee Show. Curiously, Kurt has yet to have one.
** And now we also have Blaine, taking a shower after boxing.
* ''Series/GreenWing'': Has one with Mac and Guy wrestling shirtless in front of a large fireplace in one of Mac's dream sequences.
* ''Series/{{Grimm}}'': Renard has had shirtless scenes in at least two episodes, much to the pleasure of fans oriented toward being attracted to men.
* ''TheHardyBoysNancyDrewMysteries'': Hoooo, brother, where to ''start''? Luckily, both male stars had great bodies for it:
** ''Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom'': Frank Hardy (aka Parker Stevenson) walks into the room fresh from the shower, [[ModestyTowel clad only in a towel.]]
** ''Life on the Line'': Frank strips off his shirt inside his trailer.
** ''Sole Survivor'': [[PrettyBoy Joe Hardy]] (aka [[TeenIdol Shaun Cassidy]]) spends most of the episode in a sweat-jacket unzipped halfway down.
* ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'': Hercules gets several of these during the series, but is exemplified in an episode in a later season, with both the GirlOfTheWeek and a cross-dressing Iolaus (playing another character) watching the hero do some heavy lifting, then douse himself with a bucket of water, filmed in slow motion and deliberately sexy camera shots, all to a nicely-done song called "Hunk O' Herc".
** Even as [[Series/YoungHercules a teenager]], Hercules got one shirtless scene. And he wasn't the only one. Iolaus (played by the lovely and talented Dean O'Gorman) had at least three, and Jason (played by the equally-if-not-moreso lovely and talented Chris Conrad)...well, it's easier to find episodes where he isn't shirtless, really.
* ''{{Hustle}}'': Danny Blue used to appear shirtless on a pretty regular basis (as well as going completely nude a few times). It also happened a couple of times with Mickey Stone, [[spoiler: including a scene in season 3 which featured both boys being dropped off in the middle of London completely naked - perhaps unsurprisingly given their respective track records of onscreen nudity, Mickey was the first one to find himself something to wear]].
* ''Series/ICarly'': [[RuleOfFunny Gibby]]. He shows up without a shirt, or removes in his scenes more than he ends up with it still on. It does not matter where it is. School. A party. A restaurant. On a live webshow. The shirt comes off. Rawr. Played straight with some of the guys Carly dates, such as Griffin in one of the extended episodes, using a motorcycle accident as an excuse.
* ''TheInspectorLynleyMysteries'': This show wasn't exactly known for its fanservice, but even then Nathaniel Parker (yes, the same one from ''Series/{{Merlin}}''), playing the title character, got a chance to whip his shirt off a few times. The most notable was in "One Guilty Deed", in which he was dripping wet and wearing nothing but a ''towel''. It was precisely as glorious as you would expect.
* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': Harmon Rabb got quite a few in earlier seasons.
* ''JustShootMe'': Parodied. Maya dated a guy who liked to take off his shirt a little too much. She finally breaks up with him when she found him shirtless in public. [[spoiler: Turns out he just saved a little girl who fell into the sewer.]]
* ''KamenRiderKiva'': The opening.
* ''LegendOfTheSeeker'': Craig Horner gets into a lot of shirtless action (well, not like ''that'') as Richard Rahl in this TV series. Probably for good reason.
* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'': Eliot goes shirtless in the boxing episode. TNT.com, while listing their top 10 Leverage episodes, includes the shirtlessness as a reason for "The Tap-Out Job" making it.
* ''LifeAsWeKnowIt'': All of the 3 male leads get one at some point.
* ''LoisAndClark'': Had a few through the series. Clark once answered the door of his apartment wearing nothing but a [[ModestyTowel towel]].
* ''LostGirl'': Dyson gets this a lot.
** In the episode with the lich, Hale ends up getting vomit onto the front of his shirt from the girl he's supposed to watch, forcing Kenzi to take it off. Straight women and gay men were never more grateful for vomit.
* ''MadMen'': Has too many to count, mostly involving Don.
* ''MadTv'': The Abercrombie & Fitch employees sketch.
** Also from ''Mad TV'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP7JHo-pX28 Eddie Thundercloud]].
* ''TheManShow'': Also parodied. [[WalkingShirtlessScene The no shirt guy ''Needusattention Showumnipplus'']].
* ''{{MASH}}'': Regularly showed characters in the showers, depending on the actor this was either {{fanservice}} or {{Squick}}.
* ''MatchGame '73'': In one episode, [=McLean=] Stevenson [[WalkingShirtlessScene didn't wear a shirt]].
* ''MelrosePlace'': In the premiere episode, the first thing Billy does after moving in is to take his shirt off and Allison likes it.
* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'': Some of the guests got a chance. The late Rudolf Nureyev would be the standout here, performing a duet with Miss Piggy clad in only a towel.

* ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'': In this miniseries adaptation, Darcy has a bath. Open ''and'' wet shirt? Excessive hotness! Areas below the waist are [[CensorSuds conveniently hidden]].
* ''Series/TheSecretCircle'': Nick. Lampshaded by Cassie when she wonders if he even owns a shirt.
* ''XenaWarriorPrincess'': Pretty much the ENTIRETY of the episode "Old Ares had a Farm". Mmmmm, yes...
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'':
** A classic TV example is WilliamShatner as Captain Kirk. This was so common an occurrence in the series that the spin-off trading card game actually included an official "Shirtless Kirk" card.
** Spock got one, too, in "Patterns of Force". And he never, ever got one again.
** Sulu got one in "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E4TheNakedTime The Naked Time]]".
** Poked fun of in ''Film/GalaxyQuest'' when Jason, an obvious stand-in for Kirk, manages to lose his shirt during a battle, leading to a LampshadeHanging where Alexander snidely tells him, "I see you managed to get your shirt off."
** Also parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Where No Fan Has Gone Before", where William Shatner ''specifically tears his shirt before getting into a fight'' due to the power of the trope in ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fandom.

* ''{{Hustle}}'': Danny Blue used to appear shirtless on a pretty regular basis (as well as going completely nude a few times). It also happened a couple of times with Mickey Stone, [[spoiler: including a scene in season 3 which featured both boys being dropped off in the middle of London completely naked - perhaps unsurprisingly given their respective track records of onscreen nudity, Mickey was the first one to find himself something to wear]]

* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'': Archer & Tucker in the episode "Desert Crossing", but in their defense it ''was'' a desert world.
** Archer, Tucker, Reed, and Mayweather run around in their skivvies on that show A LOT.
** Pretty much every decon scene deserves a mention. Except for the one in "Bounty" with Phlox. {{Squick}}.
** Bakula loses his shirt on a very, very regular basis. Liquification of those attracted to the male gender occurs.
* ''Series/QuantumLeap'': Has Scott Bakula shirtless in every other episode, as well.
* ''KamenRiderKiva'': The opening.
* ''LegendOfTheSeeker'': Craig Horner gets into a lot of shirtless action (well, not like ''that'') as Richard Rahl in this TV series. Probably for good reason.
* ''Series/ICarly'': [[RuleOfFunny Gibby]]. He shows up without a shirt, or removes in his scenes more than he ends up with it still on. It does not matter where it is. School. A party. A restaurant. On a live webshow. The shirt comes off. Rawr. Played straight with some of the guys Carly dates, such as Griffin in one of the extended episodes, using a motorcycle accident as an excuse.
* ''Series/{{Cops}}'': Watch any episode. Chances are at least one of the suspects will be shirtless.
* Many home improvement shows where the carpenter works without his shirt on.
* ''Out Of The Unknown'': Anthony Ainley, better known as The Master of the show ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/80sFreakLurker/fanservice/Shirtless.jpg had a very brief one]] in this BBC series episode "Welcome Home".

* ''PushingDaisies'': In one episode, Ned is shown shirtless, with the justification being that he and Chuck are bringing Chuck's bees back to life and it's efficient to just [[{{Squick}} pour the dead bees on him]].

* ''Average Joe'': Shirts vs. Skins basketball and dodgeball were played. The Joes were always the Shirts team and the Hunks were the Skins team.
* On the local news during a heat wave, young lean and muscular shirtless men with smooth, hairless chests are sometimes among those asked how they deal with being outside during a heatwave. Case in point: during a heatwave in the summer of 1992 during the 5:00 broadcast, Washington D.C. general news reporter Wendy Rieger did a VoxPops interview with a shirtless, twentysomething male who was playing soccer on the National Mall. He told her that the black shorts and T-shirt combo he was wearing matched perfectly but that the shirt was soaked with sweat and became unwearable, so it had to come off. Rieger ran her index finger along his near-smooth chiseled chest and told the strapping young man she thought that his black shorts-and-sweaty bare chest combination was a good style for him by saying that "It looks like you're well matched here."
* ''CharliesAngels'': The "Toni's Boys" episode features a feminist commentary about shirtless scenes. [[http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/253/1250738191_10.jpg In one scene set at a male strip club, male Angel Bob Sorenson is asked by Jade Allen, the owner of the strip club to take his shirt off. Which he does while Kris Munroe eyes him like a hungry lioness.]] While watching a male stripper rehearse, she asks Kris "I think it's time for us ladies to have something yummy to look at. Don't you think?" "Mmmm!" was Kris' answer.
* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'': Eliot goes shirtless in the boxing episode. TNT.com, while listing their top 10 Leverage episodes, includes the shirtlessness as a reason for "The Tap-Out Job" making it.
* ''JustShootMe'': Parodied. Maya dated a guy who liked to take off his shirt a little too much. She finally breaks up with him when she found him shirtless in public. [[spoiler: Turns out he just saved a little girl who fell into the sewer.]]
* ''TheManShow'': Also parodied. [[WalkingShirtlessScene The no shirt guy ''Needusattention Showumnipplus'']]
* ''{{Passions}}'': Every episode of this SoapOpera was full of shirtless scenes.
* ''Series/RobinHood'': Became something of an art-form. Every single male cast member (except, tragically, Will Scarlett) had a shirtless scene. Of course, this was a double-edged sword: although [[FanService Robin, Guy and Allan]] had their shirts off, so did [[FanDisservice the Sheriff, Little John and Tuck]]; as did Much. Equally artistic were the reasons for their shirtlessness: most of the time it was because the men were [[FetishFuel getting tortured or tied up in some way]], though there is a priceless scene in which Guy is putting on armour ''over his bare skin.''
* ''Series/QueenOfSwords'': Captain Grisham got several shirtless scenes, one of which was used in the opening credits montage.
* ''TheDukesOfHazzard'': Bo and Luke Duke often appeared with their shirts off.
* ''QueerAsFolk'': Brian Kinney adores the living hell out of this trope. He goes shirtless and pours a whole bottle of water on himself ''in slow motion'' twenty minutes into the pilot episode. In fact, there doesn't seem to be a single character on the show who hasn't gone shirtless, or even full frontal, at some point - including Emmett's 70-something-year-old boyfriend.
* ''MatchGame '73'': In one episode, [=McLean=] Stevenson [[WalkingShirtlessScene didn't wear a shirt]].
* ''MadTv'': The Abercrombie & Fitch employees sketch.
** Also from ''Mad TV'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP7JHo-pX28 Eddie Thundercloud]]
* ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'': Hercules gets several of these during the series, but is exemplified in an episode in a later season, with both the GirlOfTheWeek and a cross-dressing Iolaus (playing another character) watching the hero do some heavy lifting, then douse himself with a bucket of water, filmed in slow motion and deliberately sexy camera shots, all to a nicely-done song called "Hunk O' Herc".
** Even as [[Series/YoungHercules a teenager]], Hercules got one shirtless scene. And he wasn't the only one. Iolaus (played by the lovely and talented Dean O'Gorman) had at least three, and Jason (played by the equally-if-not-moreso lovely and talented Chris Conrad)...well, it's easier to find episodes where he isn't shirtless, really.
* ''Series/{{Skins}}'': At least in the first season every guys have shirtless scene. So Yeah....
* ''WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'': Justin Russo gets one in the ''[[WizardsOfWaverlyPlace Wizards]] [[TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody On Deck]] with HannahMontana'' crossover.
* ''DantesCove'': Very frequent. Even when people aren't having sex, they have a tendency to leave their shirts unbuttoned or off altogether (possibly [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the tropical setting), and Adam only actually seems to wear a shirt three times, twice unbuttoned. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Grace once.
---> '''Grace''': Aren't you with that other one, now? The one that says "dude" and appears not to own a shirt?

* ''TheVampireDiaries'': This show must have a "one shirtless scene per episode" clause in, um, all of its male actor's contracts. Because the two male leads are played by the gorgeous, hunky, and ''ripped'' Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder, this is very much appreciated by the large female fanbase. Damon and Stefan aren't the only ones running around sans shirt on the show either; Elena's younger brother Jeremy (who is suspiciously ripped for a [[DawsonCasting ostensible sixteen-year-old]]) is frequently shown shirtless, as is her good friend Matt. And most male characters run around in tank tops when not completely shirtless. This troper is grateful for the scenes, as they kept her watching until the show [[GrowingTheBeard grew its beard]] and became more than just eye-candy and melodrama.
* ''DavyCrockett'': Georgie gets one in this mini-series, when [[NobleSavage Indians]] capture him.
* ''SoYouThinkYouCanDance'': Began to embrace this trope with Season 3 contestant Pasha and it has since become a staple in subsequent seasons. {{Lampshade}}d in earliest instances by judge and exec. producer Nigel Lythgoe with jokes about costume department issues/budgets.
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': John appears shirtless a few times to the delight of fangirls.
* ''Series/BritainsGotTalent'': Featured a martial arts duo called Strike in its second series, who took their shirts off during their audition and went rippy in their semi-final and final performances. Amanda Holden got reduced to fangirl level.
* ''TheWestWing'': The teaser of the episode "The Crackpots and These Women" features a handful of sweaty male staffers playing basketball with the President. It's notable that while Toby and Bartlet are dressed in humorous alumni sweatshirts to underline their interactions in the scene, Charlie happens to be in a nearly transparent t-shirt, and Josh in a ratty wife beater which reveals the most PerverseSexualLust-inducing arms ever sported by an overworked political operative.

* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'': Tons of them.

* ''Series/AccidentallyOnPurpose'': Zack has a few.
* ''Series/{{Californication}}'': It would be quicker to list the episodes where David Duchovny's character Hank Moody ''doesn't'' take his shirt off.
* ''Series/{{The X-Files}}'': Agent Fox Mulder was shirtless fairly often, [[MrFanservice among other things]].
** AD Skinner had several glorious Shirtless Scenes as well.
* ''Vows of Deception'': [[http://www.videosurf.com/video/vows-of-deception-cheryl-ladd-58469735 Michael Woolson]] in this MadeForTVMovie. Much to Cheryl Ladd's delight.
* ''{{Tinsel}}'': Kwame Mensah showed us just what he'd been hiding all those scenes he spent in the wheelchair. Yum!
* ''Series/TenThingsIHateAboutYou'': This show is full of [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xak28y_gratuitous-shirtless-hunks-10-thing-gaylesbian gratuitous shirtless scenes]].
* ''DancingWithTheStars'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPIwfU-O3xg Maskim Cherkovskiy]] when dancing the samba with Erin Andrews.
** Now has been done with both the Cherkovskiy brothers, even in the same week(the week, incidentally, when the celebrities had artistic control of the routines).
* ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'': The men tend to get shirtless: Warrick Brown, Nick Stokes in the wedding episode, and Greg Sanders in the shower scene....
* ''MelrosePlace'': In the premiere episode, the first thing Billy does after moving in is to take his shirt off and Allison likes it.
* ''Series/{{Community}}'': Jeff, and to a lesser extent the rest of the study group, have found themselves stipping down in some rather bizzare situations. Possibly the weirdest was being involved in a game of pool that to prove a point was being played naked.
* ''{{MASH}}'': Regularly showed characters in the showers, depending on the actor this was either {{fanservice}} or {{Squick}}

* In many a SoapOpera, male characters are [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkZeDYXyl2Y required to work out shirtless]].
* ''{{Warehouse 13}}'': Agent Pete Lattimer will accept more or less any excuse to take his shirt off. Get in a fight? Oops, all the buttons gave way. Dangerous VR video game? I'm playing the gladiator! Learn your new colleague his gay? Strip off so he can enjoy the hotness. Body-swap with your female partner? We get to see him walking around half-naked holding his hands over his nipples.
* ''Series/TeenWolf'': This series on MTV has taken shirtless-scenes past gratuitous and into pure art-form. Every episode, hell, every scene, there are better than even odds that one of the male stars (who are all ridiculously attractive) will take their shirts off. If you made it into a drinking game, you'd have alcohol poisoning by the end of the first episode. And you'd probably be paralytic before the ''first break''.
** Derek Hale seems to get it the most. Every episode gives us either Derek shirtless flexing, Derek shirtless working out, Derek shirtless captured, Derek shirtless injured, or Stiles using Derek shirtless to goad a gay character into helping him. When the Argent family of werewolf hunters capture him, ''the very first thing they do is remove his shirt'', for no apparent reason. Although he is played by Tyler Hoechlin, and that's probably reason enough.
** Indeed, Stiles is the only male character to have kept his shirt on for the entire first season. But the producers have promised that we'd get to see Stiles' abs in season two.
* ''Series/TerraNova'': Several scenes in the first few episodes have Jason O Mara taking of his shirt. As a result, I have nicknamed the Jim Shannon character as Abs-daddy
* ''Series/{{Wings}}'': In the "Friends or Lovers?" episode, Joe has one.
* ''SonsOfAnarchy'': Jax Teller gets these from time to time.
* ''TheHardyBoysNancyDrewMysteries'': Hoooo, brother, where to ''start''? Luckily, both male stars had great bodies for it:
** ''Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom'': Frank Hardy (aka Parker Stevenson) walks into the room fresh from the shower, [[ModestyTowel clad only in a towel.]]
** ''Life on the Line'': Frank strips off his shirt inside his trailer.
** ''Sole Survivor'': [[PrettyBoy Joe Hardy]] (aka [[TeenIdol Shaun Cassidy]]) spends most of the episode in a sweat-jacket unzipped halfway down.
* ''Series/{{Psych}}'': Lou Diamond Phillips gets one of these at the end of one episode. At first the scene is played as an ImagineSpot of O'Hara, who has been ogling the guy throughout the episode, fantasizing but then we see that the character is actually walking around with his shirt off.

* ''SoRandom'': Parodied in a ''WheelofFortune'' skit: "Jacob" is suddenly shirtless inbetween shots. "Pat Sajak" asks why he took his short, and "Jacob asks the same thing. We go back to "Pat" to see ''him'' suddenly shirtless.
* ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'': Has a few of these, most of which feature the titular characters themselves.
* ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic'': The original series: Starbuck and Boomer each have one shirtless scene (in "The Young Lords" and "The Hand of God", respectively).
* ''Series/GreenWing'': Has one with Mac and Guy wrestling shirtless in front of a large fireplace in one of Mac's dream sequences.
* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': Harmon Rabb got quite a few in earlier seasons.
* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'': Some of the guests got a chance. The late Rudolf Nureyev would be the standout here, performing a duet with Miss Piggy clad in only a towel.

* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'': Has Sherlock Holmes shirtless in his very first scene. He's shirtless again two episodes later while looking through a case file. In the latter case, he remembers wearing a shirt when he started, but can't remember ''why'' he took it off.
* ''TheInspectorLynleyMysteries'': This show wasn't exactly known for its fanservice, but even then Nathaniel Parker (yes, the same one from ''Series/{{Merlin}}''), playing the title character, got a chance to whip his shirt off a few times. The most notable was in "One Guilty Deed", in which he was dripping wet and wearing nothing but a ''towel''. It was precisely as glorious as you would expect.
* ''Series/{{Grimm}}'': Renard has had shirtless scenes in at least two episodes, much to the pleasure of fans oriented toward being attracted to men.

* Tom Selleck had regular shirtless scenes in ''MagnumPI''.
* Lucas North of ''{{Spooks}}'' in first episode od season 7.
* Several of the male characters of ''VeronicaMars'' get a shirtless scene: Weevil, Cassidy ("Not Pictured"), Sheriff Don Lamb,...

* ''{{Sanctuary}}'' had a very nice one with the male scientist protagonist, Will, where he strips to his skivvies so the Invisible Girl won't feel self-conscious when she has to take off her clothes to become invisible and complete a task. [[FridgeLogic "Why would a scientist be that ripped?"]]
* Happens at least OnceAnEpisode in ''NoahsArc''.
* Robin Williams in the Creator/{{PBS}} ''Great Performances'' production of ''Seize The Day''. Probably not intended as {{Fanservice}}, but compared to shirtless [[FanDisservice Jerry]] [[{{Squick}} Stiller]]...
* RobinWilliams as Literature/TheFrogPrince in the ''Faerie Tale Theatre'' production of... ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Frog Prince]]'' is naked when he transforms back into a man, covered only by a ModestyBedsheet.
* Thanks to his [[TheCasanova womanizing ways]], [[Series/HowIMetYourMother Barney Stinson]] gets his fair share of these scenes. Hell, one episode (episode 10 of season 4, for those of you taking notes) is all about getting naked. (Since he's played by Neil Patrick Harris, it's very much appreciated.)
* All of the adult male cast members on ''TheElectricCompany'' appeared shirtless at one point or another. [[FanDisservice Even Bill Cosby]].
* In ''Series/{{Chuck}}'', the minor character Devon (better known as Captain Awesome) is regularly shirtless, apparently because that's how the character wants to dress. For Halloween, we saw him costumed as Adam, in flesh-colored briefs with a large green fig leaf. Chuck himself is rarely shirtless, which is probably because the actor is better built than the character.

* Danny Blue from ''{{Hustle}}'' used to appear shirtless on a pretty regular basis (as well as going completely nude a few times). It also happened a couple of times with Mickey Stone, [[spoiler: including a scene in season 3 which featured both boys being dropped off in the middle of London completely naked - perhaps unsurprisingly given their respective track records of onscreen nudity, Mickey was the first one to find himself something to wear]]
* [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=108740&title=Moment-of-Zen---Shirtless This Moment of Zen]] from ''Series/TheDailyShow'' has Jon Stewart, Steve Carell and Creator/StephenColbert all posing shirtless for the (imaginary) new reality show ''Temptation Pitch''. Colbert has also done multiple shirtless scenes on ''Series/TheColbertReport'' and appeared totally naked in ''Series/StrangersWithCandy''.
* Archer & Tucker in the ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' episode "Desert Crossing", but in their defense it ''was'' a desert world.

* And ''Series/QuantumLeap'' has Scott Bakula shirtless in every other episode, as well.
* The opening of ''KamenRiderKiva''.
* Craig Horner gets into a lot of shirtless action (well, not like ''that'') as Richard Rahl on the ''LegendOfTheSeeker'' TV series. Probably for good reason.
* [[RuleOfFunny Gibby]] in ''Series/ICarly''. He shows up without a shirt, or removes in his scenes more than he ends up with it still on. It does not matter where it is. School. A party. A restaurant. On a live webshow. The shirt comes off. Rawr. Played straight with some of the guys Carly dates, such as Griffin in one of the extended episodes, using a motorcycle accident as an excuse.
* Watch any episode of ''Series/{{Cops}}''. Chances are at least one of the suspects will be shirtless.

* Anthony Ainley, better known as [[Series/DoctorWho The Master]], [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/80sFreakLurker/fanservice/Shirtless.jpg had a very brief one]] in the BBC series ''Out Of The Unknown'' episode "Welcome Home".
* Ballard in ''{{Dollhouse}}'' has had several quite extended such scenes (a show on the brink needs all the help it can get), including a fairly pointless scene of him sparring in a boxing ring in the re shot pilot, which did little else but show he is ripped. It is worth pointing out Ballard is played by Helo from ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}'' and really rocks the shirtless look.

* In one episode of ''PushingDaisies'', Ned is shown shirtless, with the justification being that he and Chuck are bringing Chuck's bees back to life and it's efficient to just [[{{Squick}} pour the dead bees on him]].
* Both Demetri and Mark have gotten shirtless scenes in ''FlashForward2009''. The fangirls are not complaining one bit.
* On ''Average Joe'' Shirts vs. Skins basketball and dodgeball were played. The Joes were always the Shirts team and the Hunks were the Skins team.

* The "Toni's Boys" episode of ''CharliesAngels'' features a feminist commentary about shirtless scenes. [[http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/253/1250738191_10.jpg In one scene set at a male strip club, male Angel Bob Sorenson is asked by Jade Allen, the owner of the strip club to take his shirt off. Which he does while Kris Munroe eyes him like a hungry lioness.]] While watching a male stripper rehearse, she asks Kris "I think it's time for us ladies to have something yummy to look at. Don't you think?" "Mmmm!" was Kris' answer.
* Eliot from ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' goes shirtless in the boxing episode. TNT.com, while listing their top 10 Leverage episodes, includes the shirtlessness as a reason for "The Tap-Out Job" making it.
* Parodied in JustShootMe. Maya dated a guy who liked to take off his shirt a little too much. She finally breaks up with him when she found him shirtless in public. [[spoiler: Turns out he just saved a little girl who fell into the sewer.]]
* Also parodied on ''TheManShow''. [[WalkingShirtlessScene The no shirt guy ''Needusattention Showumnipplus'']]
* Every episode of the SoapOpera ''{{Passions}}'' was full of shirtless scenes.
* Became something of an art-form on ''Series/RobinHood''. Every single male cast member (except, tragically, Will Scarlett) had a shirtless scene. Of course, this was a double-edged sword: although [[FanService Robin, Guy and Allan]] had their shirts off, so did [[FanDisservice the Sheriff, Little John and Tuck]]; as did Much. Equally artistic were the reasons for their shirtlessness: most of the time it was because the men were [[FetishFuel getting tortured or tied up in some way]], though there is a priceless scene in which Guy is putting on armour ''over his bare skin.''
* Captain Grisham got several shirtless scenes in ''Series/QueenOfSwords'', one of which was used in the opening credits montage.
* Bo and Luke Duke often appeared with their shirts off on ''TheDukesOfHazzard''.
* Brian Kinney of QueerAsFolk adores the living hell out of this trope. He goes shirtless and pours a whole bottle of water on himself ''in slow motion'' twenty minutes into the pilot episode. In fact, there doesn't seem to be a single character on the show who hasn't gone shirtless, or even full frontal, at some point - including Emmett's 70-something-year-old boyfriend.
* On one episode of ''MatchGame '73'' [=McLean=] Stevenson [[WalkingShirtlessScene didn't wear a shirt]].
* The Abercrombie & Fitch employees sketch on ''MadTv''

* [[HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys Hercules]] gets several of these during the series, but is exemplified in an episode in a later season, with both the GirlOfTheWeek and a cross-dressing Iolaus (playing another character) watching the hero do some heavy lifting, then douse himself with a bucket of water, filmed in slow motion and deliberately sexy camera shots, all to a nicely-done song called "Hunk O' Herc".

* In Series/{{Skins}}, at least in the first season every guys have shirtless scene. So Yeah...
* Justin Russo of ''WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' gets one in the ''[[WizardsOfWaverlyPlace Wizards]] [[TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody On Deck]] with HannahMontana'' crossover.
* Very frequent on ''DantesCove'' - even when people aren't having sex, they have a tendency to leave their shirts unbuttoned or off altogether (possibly [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the tropical setting), and Adam only actually seems to wear a shirt three times, twice unbuttoned. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Grace once.

* ''[[Series/FlashGordon1954 Flash Gordon]]'' (1950s TV series). Steve Holland (as the title character) always had a mandatory scene every episode where he'd enter the cabin of his rocketship while still changing his shirt, revealing a well-muscled chest.
* TheVampireDiaries must have a "one shirtless scene per episode" clause in, um, all of its male actor's contracts. Because the two male leads are played by the gorgeous, hunky, and ''ripped'' Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder, this is very much appreciated by the large female fanbase. Damon and Stefan aren't the only ones running around sans shirt on the show either; Elena's younger brother Jeremy (who is suspiciously ripped for a [[DawsonCasting ostensible sixteen-year-old]]) is frequently shown shirtless, as is her good friend Matt. And most male characters run around in tank tops when not completely shirtless. This troper is grateful for the scenes, as they kept her watching until the show [[GrowingTheBeard grew its beard]] and became more than just eye-candy and melodrama.
* Georgie gets one in the ''DavyCrockett'' mini-series, when [[NobleSavage Indians]] capture him.
* ''SoYouThinkYouCanDance'' began to embrace this trope with Season 3 contestant Pasha and it has since become a staple in subsequent seasons. {{Lampshade}}d in earliest instances by judge and exec. producer Nigel Lythgoe with jokes about costume department issues/budgets.
* John appears shirtless a few times in ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' to the delight of fangirls.
* ''Series/BritainsGotTalent'' featured a martial arts duo called Strike in its second series, who took their shirts off during their audition and went rippy in their semi-final and final performances. Amanda Holden got reduced to fangirl level.
* The teaser of the ''TheWestWing'' episode "The Crackpots and These Women" features a handful of sweaty male staffers playing basketball with the President. It's notable that while Toby and Bartlet are dressed in humorous alumni sweatshirts to underline their interactions in the scene, Charlie happens to be in a nearly transparent t-shirt, and Josh in a ratty wife beater which reveals the most PerverseSexualLust-inducing arms ever sported by an overworked political operative.
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' has Puck and now Sam, who seems to have more shirtless scenes than regular ones.

* Tons of them in ''Series/{{Charmed}}''.
* All of the 3 male leads in ''LifeAsWeKnowIt'' get one at some point.
* Zack has a few in ''Series/AccidentallyOnPurpose''
* In ''Series/{{Californication}}'', it would be quicker to list the episodes where David Duchovny's character Hank Moody ''doesn't'' take his shirt off.
* Agent Fox Mulder on ''Series/{{The X-Files}}'' was shirtless fairly often, [[MrFanservice among other things]].

* [[http://www.videosurf.com/video/vows-of-deception-cheryl-ladd-58469735 Michael Woolson]] in the MadeForTVMovie ''Vows of Deception''. Much to Cheryl Ladd's delight.
* Kwame Mensah from ''{{Tinsel}}'' showed us just what he'd been hiding all those scenes he spent in the wheelchair. Yum!
* ''[[Series/TenThingsIHateAboutYou 10 Things I Hate About You]]'' is full of [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xak28y_gratuitous-shirtless-hunks-10-thing-gaylesbian gratuitous shirtless scenes]].
* On ''DancingWithTheStars'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPIwfU-O3xg Maskim Cherkovskiy]] when dancing the samba with Erin Andrews.

* CSI:Crime Scene Investigation's men tend to get shirtless: Warrick Brown, Nick Stokes in the wedding episode, and Greg Sanders in the shower scene...
* In the premiere episode of ''MelrosePlace'', the first thing Billy does after moving in is to take his shirt off and Allison likes it.
* Jeff from ''Series/{{Community}}'', and to a lesser extent the rest of the study group, have found themselves stipping down in some rather bizzare situations. Possibly the wierdest was being involved in a game of pool that to prove a point was being played naked.
* ''{{MASH}}'' regularly showed characters in the showers, depending on the actor this was either {{fanservice}} or {{Squick}}
* ''LoisAndClark'' had a few through the series. Clark once answered the door of his apartment wearing nothing but a [[ModestyTowel towel]].
* On [[SoapOpera soap operas]], male characters are [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkZeDYXyl2Y required to work out shirtless]].
* Agent Pete Lattimer on ''{{Warehouse 13}}'' will accept more or less any excuse to take his shirt off. Get in a fight? Oops, all the buttons gave way. Dangerous VR video game? I'm playing the gladiator! Learn your new colleague his gay? Strip off so he can enjoy the hotness. Body-swap with your female partner? We get to see him walking around half-naked holding his hands over his nipples.
* The ''Series/TeenWolf'' series on MTV has taken shirtless-scenes past gratuitous and into pure art-form. Every episode, hell, every scene, there are better than even odds that one of the male stars (who are all ridiculously attractive) will take their shirts off. If you made it into a drinking game, you'd have alcohol poisoning by the end of the first episode. And you'd probably be paralytic before the ''first break''.

* Several scenes in the first few episodes of ''Series/TerraNova'' have Jason O Mara taking of his shirt. As a result, I have nicknamed the Jim Shannon character as Abs-daddy
* In the "Friends or Lovers?" episode of ''Series/{{Wings}}'', Joe has one.
* Jax Teller in ''SonsOfAnarchy'' gets these from time to time.
* TheHardyBoysNancyDrewMysteries: Hoooo, brother, where to ''start''? Luckily, both male stars had great bodies for it:

* Lou Diamond Phillips gets one of these at the end of an episode of ''Series/{{Psych}}''. At first the scene is played as an ImagineSpot of O'Hara, who has been ogling the guy throughout the episode, fantasizing but then we see that the character is actually walking around with his shirt off.
* Dyson of ''LostGirl'' gets this a lot.

* Parodied in a ''SoRandom'' ''WheelofFortune'' skit: "Jacob" is suddenly shirtless inbetween shots. "Pat Sajak" asks why he took his short, and "Jacob asks the same thing. We go back to "Pat" to see ''him'' suddenly shirtless.
* ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' has a few of these, most of which feature the titular characters themselves.
* The original ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Classic}}'': Starbuck and Boomer each have one shirtless scene (in "The Young Lords" and "The Hand of God", respectively).
* ''Series/GreenWing'' has one with Mac and Guy wrestling shirtless in front of a large fireplace in one of Mac's dream sequences.
* Harmon Rabb got quite a few in earlier seasons of ''Series/{{JAG}}''.
* Some of the guests on ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' got a chance. The late Rudolf Nureyev would be the standout here, performing a duet with Miss Piggy clad in only a towel.
* ''MadMen'' has too many to count, mostly involving Don.
* ''{{Series/Elementary}}'' has Sherlock Holmes shirtless in his very first scene. He's shirtless again two episodes later while looking through a case file. In the latter case, he remembers wearing a shirt when he started, but can't remember ''why'' he took it off.
* ''TheInspectorLynleyMysteries'' wasn't exactly known for its fanservice, but even then Nathaniel Parker (yes, the same one from ''Series/{{Merlin}}''), playing the title character, got a chance to whip his shirt off a few times. The most notable was in "One Guilty Deed", in which he was dripping wet and wearing nothing but a ''towel''. It was precisely as glorious as you would expect.
* On ''Series/{{Grimm}}'', Renard has had shirtless scenes in at least two episodes, much to the pleasure of fans oriented toward being attracted to men.

* In the miniseries adaptation of ''Literature/PrideandPrejudice'', Darcy has a bath. Open ''and'' wet shirt? Excessive hotness! Areas below the waist are [[CensorSuds conveniently hidden]].
* Nick from ''Series/TheSecretCircle''. Lampshaded by Cassie when she wonders if he even owns a shirt.
* Pretty much the ENTIRETY of the [[XenaWarriorPrincess Xena]] episode "Old Ares had a Farm". Mmmmm, yes...

* On ''WhiteCollar,'' Neal gets one of these every few episodes. Peter got one in the pilot episode, and didn't get another one until the fourth season, where he got two shirtless scenes in the space of three episodes.

* Common for Chris Meloni as Elliot Stabler on ''LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''. Olivia Benson once walked into "the crib" as he was changing out of a ripped shirt and commented, "I like that shirt." More likely she enjoyed seeing it off.

* Quite a bit of ''{{Hex}}'', apparently. Some of the male cast members manage to take them on and off every other scene.
* Jesse Metcalfe as John Rowland on ''DesperateHousewives''.
* Franchise/SuperSentai has a good amount of shirtless scenes in every series as well as its American counterpart Franchise/PowerRangers.

** Another notable instance is Leo, [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy Red Ranger]], [[BattleStrip tearing his shirt off]]...only to morph a moment later. This one is so iconic, it's included in the opening theme from the second version onward (you can see it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unvaE_5ZDrw here]] at 1:16, 2:17, ''and'' 3:14)
** Cole from [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force]] got a couple as well, ripping off his shirt Leo-style during the final episode's BattleInTheRain.
* While ''Mortal Kombat Conquest'' focuses mostly on female-based fanservice, there are a number of shirtless male scenes. Shang Tsung doesn't even wear a shirt, he just goes around in a vest most of the time.

* At one point, the titular character in the British TV series ''{{Sharpe}}'' attempts to improve his squad's firing rate. For some reason, he removes his shirt for this.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.

* ''Series/{{Angel}}''

* Parodied in ''TrailerParkBoys'', where Randy is always shirtless, despite being [[FanDisservice hairy and overweight]].
* JossWhedon points out how happy female viewers probably are about Simon Tam's shirtless scene in the commentary of the "Objects in Space" episode of ''Series/{{Firefly}}''.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' had Sam show up in just a towel in "Hell House". Good times.

* Turk, Dr. Cox, and The Todd have gotten Shirtless Scenes in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''. So has JD, but his chest isn't as delicious.

* Strangely, there's a scene with Gordon Ramsay putting his shirt on in almost every single episode of ''Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares''. He really doesn't have the build for it.

* Mork in the ''MorkAndMindy'' episodes "Mork's Seduction", "Mork In Wonderland", and "Putting The Ork Back In Mork". He also wore a Denver Broncos Cheerleader uniform in "Hold That Mork", which isn't totally shirtlessness, but it doesn't cover a lot of his torso...
* Ryan Atwood, in ''Series/TheOC''. That dude has ''big'' arms, for an [[DawsonCasting alleged 16-years-old]], so half his wardrobe is, naturally, tank tops.

* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' new series, in order: The Ninth Doctor, Captain Jack Harkness, Elton, Mickey Smith and the Tenth Doctor have all had one.

* Captain Jack Harkness again in ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', along with Ianto: Jack in both "Small Worlds" and "Adrift," Ianto in "Adrift." Technically, both are naked in "Adrift," but there are some conveniently placed plants.
* Still along BBC lines, ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' just doesn't seem to be Merlin these days without Arthur popping up shirtless at least once every couple of episodes.

* And let's not forget the scene in ''GreysAnatomy'' where Dr Mark Sloan, AKA McSteamy, walks out of, appropriately, a cloud of steam, wearing the smallest amount of coverage possible to avoid the censors. {{Fanservice}} if ever there was one.

* Plenty of ''Series/{{Lost}}'' guys have gotten this: Jack, Sawyer, Sayid, Jin (who is absolutely ''ripped'' by the way!)...

* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}'' features some truly spectacular ones, most notably Lee Adama's towel-dropping scene. Helo had a nice one late in season three.

* In one scene in ''TheITCrowd'', Jen tries to distract an office full of women by telling them that a builder outside the window has taken his shirt off, "just like in ads" (a reference to the Diet Coke Hunk). It's true -- but the builder is ''not'' hunky.
* Chris Barrie went to the gym for his two shirtless scenes in ''Series/RedDwarf'' series 5. Craig Charles also gets a few, which are definitely FanDisservice.

* Dr. Daniel Jackson of ''Series/StargateSG1'' winds up completely naked following de-[[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascension from a higher plane of existence]] -- not even once, but twice.

* In ''TheSarahConnorChronicles'' episode "Vick's Chip", the ladies are treated to resident Derek Reese having a shower scene.
* In ''Series/{{House}}'', we get at least one shot of Hugh Laurie shirtless per season.

* Jason Stackhouse of ''Series/TrueBlood'' spends most of his onscreen time naked. Even when he wears clothes, the shirts almost never have sleeves.