History MaleGaze / LiveActionTV

* In the ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' episode [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E4FaceMyEnemy "Face My Enemy"]], May's first appearance is a slow pan up her legs, getting out of a car in a short party dress.

* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': In some of [[OfficialCouple Matt Murdock and Karen Page]]'s more intimate moments.
** In the very first episode, we see Karen strip her T-shirt off in front of Matt when [[SexyShirtSwitch changing into one of his dress shirts]], and it's obvious from Matt's reaction that he notices she's naked.
** In the fourth episode of season 2, they have their [[RomanticRain first kiss in the rain]]. Leading into the kiss, we get some very gratuitous close-ups as Matt brushes raindrops off Karen's arm and face, using the visual shorthand of conveying to the audience what exactly Matt is feeling.

* ''Series/IronFist2017'': Madame Gao's sales reps deliberately show off their cleavage, [[ShowSomeLeg legs]], or bend over, while advertising Gao's heroin to a seemingly lesbian doctor, a businessman, and a Russian drug dealer respectively.

* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': Camera focusing mostly on Lana Lang's body (her body-double's, actually) doing cartwheels in a tiny red bathing suit in episode "Nicodemus". Half of the episode "Exposed", which features plenty of gorgeous, mostly naked strippers, including Lois Lane. Half of the scenes with Lois Lane in general, e.g. "Aqua": Lois getting out of the water, wearing the tiniest bikini that could be found while the camera crawls lovingly over her body in (what else) slow motion.

* ''Series/WonderWoman1975'': Surprisingly rarely used. Both Wonder Woman and [[KidSidekick Wonder Girl]] get this from lots of people in their first appearances. Generally averted after that as the entire world seems to accept a gorgeous woman in a swimsuit leaping tall buildings and lifting cars as the status quo.

* An episode of ''Series/{{Castle}}'' featuring a slain plastic surgeon lingers for rather longer than strictly necessary on a patient of his who has rather obviously had a lot of work done. Castle notices, too, and Beckett wonders aloud what it is with men and boobs.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Daenarys probably gets this more than any female character in the show, including several who are prostitutes. Perhaps the most famous example being in the first episode where literally the entire frame is filled by Creator/EmiliaClarke's naked bosom while her brother Viserys examines Dany's nipples. There are also several shots of her bare behind, including one as she walks into the bathtub.
** The camera basically becomes Jory's POV during his DistractedByTheSexy moment in "The Wolf and the Lion".
** In "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS3E7TheBearAndTheMaidenFair The Bear and the Maiden Fair]]", the camera lingers on Talisa lying naked in bed while Robb {{lampshades}} it by asking how he's supposed to get any work done.

* ''Series/Charmed1998'' became rather notorious for this in its fifth and sixth seasons - which was outright said to be an attempt to draw more male viewers. Creator/AlyssaMilano in particular found herself [[BareYourMidriff baring her midriff]] or getting turned into a CuteMonsterGirl with the accompanying camera work. The most egregious example is when she is turned into a mermaid - and the camera zooms up her torso to the barely-covered breasts. This was toned down in the final two seasons, after protests from the actresses.

** Daenarys probably gets this more than any female character in the show, including several who are prostitutes. Perhaps the most famous example being in the first episode where literally the entire frame is filled by Creator/EmiliaClarke's naked bosom while her brother Viserys examines Dany's nipples. There are also several shots of her bare behind, including one as she does a SexyWalk into the bathtub.

* The first episode of ''Series/{{UFO}}'' opens with a hemline-level view of a mini-skirted woman sashaying away from the audience. The TitleSequence alone has two separate shots of a female SHADO operative sauntering towards or away from the camera dressed in a very tight jumpsuit; in the from-behind shot the camera focuses on her buttocks.

* ''Series/WonderWoman'': Surprisingly rarely used. Both Wonder Woman and [[KidSidekick Wonder Girl]] get this from lots of people in their first appearances. Generally averted after that as the entire world seems to accept a gorgeous woman in a swimsuit leaping tall buildings and lifting cars as the status quo.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' had this UpToEleven thanks to the miniskirt outfits for Uhura and other Starfleet female officers, as well as the many other scantly clad female characters and GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe. On the other hand Kirk himself tends to a lot of ClothingDamage, [[FemaleGaze revealing his torso]].

%%* At about 0:17 in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85gf1jGewtk this promo]] for the Creator/{{Lifetime}} Channel's show, ''Series/TheProtector''.

** Daenarys probably gets this more than any female character in the show, including several who are prostitutes. Perhaps the most famous example being in the first episode where literally the entire frame is filled by Creator/EmiliaClarke’s naked bosom while her brother Viserys examines Dany's nipples. We also get several shots of her bare behind, including one as she does a SexyWalk into the bathtub.

** Daenarys probably gets this more than any female character in the show, including several who are prostitutes. Perhaps the most famous example being in the first episode where literally the entire frame is filled Creator/EmiliaClarke’s naked bosom while her brother Viserys examines Dany's nipples.

* In ''Series/{{Angel}}'' Cordelia invokes this frequently and sometimes intentionally.
** {{Squick}}-example in "[[Recap/AngelS01E04IFallToPieces I Fall to Pieces]]" as the a StalkerWithACrush [[DetachmentCombat uses his power]] to watch his obsession undress as a floating detached eyeball.
** In Season 5, Creator/JossWhedon commented Amy Acker's legs during the DVD commentary.
** Speaking of the fifth season, Nina invokes this in and out of universe as one of HilariousOuttakes has Jenny Mollen (Nina) get out of a car while Creator/DavidBoreanaz (Angel) watches her behind then he turns to camera and gives a mischievous grin.

* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''. In "[[Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003S02E16Sacrifice Sacrifice]]" Starbuck has been called on to handle a hostage situation while on leave on Cloud Nine, so she's briefing the marines in a cocktail dress. When her eyes go off them for a second the camera quickly dips down to her cleavage, mimicking what the marines are undoubtedly looking at in that moment.

* The unaired pilot of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' introduces our heroine with a close-up of Creator/SarahMichelleGellar's legs under the hem of her short skirt as she enters Sunnydale High.

** Averted just the once when Morgan got his own [[FanNickname Buy More Wind Machine]] moment in "Chuck Versus the Tooth."

* The first episode of ''Series/{{UFO}}'' opens with a hemline-level view of a mini-skirted dolly bird sashaying away from the audience. The TitleSequence alone has two separate shots of a female SHADO operative sauntering towards or away from the camera. It might have been [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture set in The Eighties]], but the mentality was strictly that of TheSeventies!

-->'''Chandler''': [broken of his stupor] What? What?

-->'''Douglas''': Reynholm Industries is changing ladies for the better. The glass ceiling is now a glass floor; the women are floating above it [[SkirtsAndLadders and the men are just looking up at them]] [he stares wistfully up imagined ceiling with a lustful expression].

* ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' might as well be the TropeCodifier for television MaleGaze. [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5t161h Seen]] by numerous one-piece clad hotties running through the opening titles in SlowMotion, to quote [[Series/{{Friends}} Chandler Bing]] “always keep them running”. Then again there was an equal amount of Creator/DavidHasselhoff and other hunks slow motion running [[FemaleGaze for female viewers]].

* ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' might as well be the TropeCodifier for television MaleGaze. [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5t161h Seen]] by numerous one-piece clad hotties running through the opening titles in SlowMotion, to quote [[Series/{{Friends}} Chandler Bing]] “always keep them running”. Then again there was an equal amount of Creator/DavidHasselhoff and other hunks slow motion running [[FemaleGaze for female viewers]].

* In ''Series/RedDwarf'' Season 8 episode “[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIIIKrytieTV Krytie TV]]” Kryten being designated female due his lack of male genitalia has to shower with the ladies and hates it due to having no interest in human women. The males however capture Kryten and reprogram him so that he’ll record shower time and play it at the men’s hall. Lister and Rimmer eyes glued to screen decide to get up and go do something about it, until Kochanski appears on the screen at which they both sit back down again.

* ''Series/TheWitcher2019'' besides the FemaleGaze concerning the titular character, has plenty of MaleGaze when it comes the multiple attractive and shapely women in the show, [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/79/13/60/7913606ff863e2ce6855c7b9f530f9ee.gif but]] [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/54b5d1803ba252bb3d3b50b61f63912f/c37df487c90fc5ad-e8/s540x810/2973b2febb9ca8a681a41cfa44e03d0a256cf5b3.gifv none]] [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSz_PNVQLGT1tnYGA835rn0MtywugVXx_v5tA&usqp=CAU more so]] [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSs3j1gAak365TDmxaQ0zZFFlJVVpspQAqtvQ&usqp=CAU than]] HotWitch Yennefer. To say the camera pays her close attention after she turns herself into beauty would be understating it, Yennefer even gives Daenerys a run for her money for the amount of nude scenes she has.

* An increasingly common pose in cable period dramas like ''Series/TheTudors'' and ''Series/TheWhiteQueen'' is where a man stands behind a woman to "seductively" help her out of her gown (which fastens in the back), [[SarcasmMode purely by coincidence]] allowing for an unobstructed view of her breasts when he slips the gown from her shoulders.

%%* ''Series/{{Baywatch}}''.

* ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'': Many shots of women linger on their breasts, helped by them wearing low-cut dresses.

** Any episode of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' set on Risa features this in spades.

** On the DVDCommentary on [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E2TheArkInSpace "The Ark in Space"]], Creator/TomBaker appreciatively points out every shot which focuses on Sladen's legs or breasts, of which there are several. He also enjoys the shot of his and Ian Marter's bums shaking up and down side by side in Episode 1.

** The Fifth Doctor's ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani death scene]]'' was notoriously upstaged by a camera that spent more time exploring the insides of Peri's blouse than Peter Davison's anguished, dying face.

** Much of the surviving footage of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E3TheMythMakers "The Myth Makers"]] is homemade, amateur 8mm shots recorded off the screen. These shots thoroughly ignore the Doctor and Steven and focus exclusively on Vicki. ''Adventures With the Wife in Space'' pointed this out, and speculated that the cinematographer might have fancied Maureen O'Brien.

** The scene in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E2TheMindRobber "The Mind Robber"]] where Jamie and Zoe are clinging to the console, which has been framed to very prominently display Wendy Padbury's bottom while she wears a sequin-covered catsuit.

** {{Squick}}-example in "I Fall to Pieces" as the a StalkerWithACrush [[DetachmentCombat uses his power]] to watch his obsession undress as a floating detached eyeball.
** In Season 5 Joss Whedon commented Amy Acker's legs during the DVD commentary.
** Speaking of the fifth season, Nina invokes this in and out of universe as one of HilariousOuttakes has Jenny Mollen (Nina) get out of a car after while David Boreanaz (Angel) watches her behind then he turns to camera and gives a mischievous grin.

* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''. In "Sacrifice" Starbuck has been called on to handle a hostage situation while on leave on Cloud Nine, so she's briefing the marines in a cocktail dress. When her eyes go off them for a second the camera quickly dips down to her cleavage, mimicking what the marines are undoubtedly looking at in that moment.

** Much of the surviving footage of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E3TheMythMakers "The Myth Makers"]] is homemade, amateur 8mm shots recorded off the screen. These shots thoroughly ignore the Doctor and Steven and focus exclusively on Vicki. ''Adventures With the Wife in Space'' pointed this out, and speculated that the cinematographer might have fancied the actress.
** Blogger El Sandifer had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4NV9-jqLu4 this to say about Victoria]], comparing the scene of her being menaced by an Ice Warrior to a scene of Barbara being menaced by a Dalek. While both scenes show attractive, frightened women being menaced by monsters, he observes that the camera is almost always positioned to show Barbara's face, so we relate to Barbara in the scene even when we go into the Dalek's ShakyPOVCam. We are supposed to feel afraid because we are sharing Barbara's fear. Victoria is presented much more distantly and the focus is on her little body rather than on her face, only seen so we can gasp at how pretty it is and how horrible it is that the monster is chasing her. There is also a shot, very odd at this time, of her squeezing her hands together divorced from anything else, that he related to "fragmenting" her body. We are meant to be afraid because a pretty person is in danger.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E3DeathToTheDaleks "Death to the Daleks"]] opens with a tedious (or fascinating, depending on your point of view) sequence in which Elizabeth Sladen is marching around the TARDIS in a bikini.

** On the DVD commentary on [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E2TheArkInSpace "The Ark in Space"]], Tom Baker appreciatively points out every shot which focuses on Elizabeth Sladen's legs or breasts, of which there are several. He also enjoys the shot of his and Ian Marter's bums shaking up and down side by side in Episode 1.

** Romana I is introduced via a pan up her entire body.
** Peri was introduced with a pan up her bikini-clad body. In one of the few episodes directed by a woman, oddly. Since the producer insisted on Peri revealing as much flesh as possible, the director may not have had a say in the matter.

** Daenarys probably gets this more than any female character in the show, including several who are prostitutes. Perhaps the most famous example being in the first episode where literally the entire frame is filled Creator/EmiliaClarke’s naked bosom while her brother Viserys examines Dany’s nipples.

** In "The Bear and the Maiden Fair", the camera lingers on Talisa lying naked in bed while Robb {{lampshades}} it by asking how he's supposed to get any work done.

* The ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Let He Who Is Without Sin" featured a pointless close-up of Vanessa Williams' rear as she walked past the camera.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' seem to go out of their way to try and balance it out. To make up for the cleavage shots, we get a Sammy-In-A-Towel coming out of the shower. To make up for the demon sluttiness, we get two women in "The Kids Are Alright" ogling Dean's arse and obviously thinking that they would love to have him as a sex toy. And while they certainly have a hot woman every episode, they pay just as much loving attention to the male leads' attributes - even going as far to pan up a sleeping Dean's naked legs in an early Season One episode.

* ''Series/TheXFiles'' [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0751071/ episode directed by Gillian Anderson]] starts with the Male Gaze (camera just below armpit level, directed past Scully's bosom) and turns to FemaleGaze (Mulder asleep in bed).

** While posing as an airport baggage handler, a customer tips him and asks "If I paid you more, do you think you could not stare so much?" Tony takes the money with a big grin and replies "Probably not." The woman being stared at was the one of the targets of another recon mission.

* When Rachel Luttrell was pregnant on ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' and her chest grew accordingly, directors always made sure that her cleavage stayed in frame, even at the expense of the top half of the heads of main characters who dared to be standing and talking while Teyla sat.

* Referenced in ''Series/{{Victorious}}''' ([[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a Nickelodeon]] KidCom) song "Take A Hint":