TV's Top 10 Dateable Guys

Just on a whim and after reading Seat42F's dateable girl list, here's my list.

Rules:
1. Can't be married ('cause that's just wrong)
2. Can't be in high school ('cause hello paedophilia)
3. Can't be robots or dead or not human ('cause that's creepy)
(I'm cool with the workaholic thing. Grins.)

So in no particular order:
1. Zachary Levi: Chuck from Chuck
True, the Intersect in his brain might have its disturbing moments when he flashes and has to run off to save the world (or as the season finale just revealed: he's also now able to pull out kungfu moves with a flash) but this Nerd Herder has a geeky sweet cutie about him that just makes me wanna cuddle up. If he wasn't totally in love with Sarah, I would totally go for him.

2. David Boreanaz: Seeley Booth from Bones
He's tongue-in-cheek funny, great at reading people, wicked cool with a gun, has a softie heart, and is really quite hot. Of course, he needs to man up for Bones, but if that doesn't happen...

3. Kevin McKidd: Dr. Owen Hunt from Grey's Anatomy
He's sweet and brilliant and his sad eyes just breaks hearts. But the man has issues he needs to work out because it's just not cool to go around choking people.

4. Nathan Fillion: Richard Castle from Castle
He's a bestselling author = brilliant = rich. He's like the sugar daddy I'm always going on about, but smarter. And much, much funnier. Plus he takes time out to play laser tag with Alexis, and that's really just too cute for words.

5. Tim Daly: Dr. Pete Wilder from Private Practice
I was kinda on the fence about Pete, but having finished Season 2, he now falls under a new light. Sure, he has his angsty moments, but he's also been such a honey about fighting for Violet and just being there for Addison (who btw was crazy for the Noah thing, which seems to have disappeared in season 3).

6. Frederick Weller: Marshall Mann from In Plain Sight
U.S. Marshal Marshall Mann with a head filled with all sorts of weird trivia has his funny and adorable moments, has hilarious wise-cracks, and carries such a sweet torch for Mary McCormack's Mary Shepherd that you really can't help but go awwwww.

7. Lee Pace: Ned the Piemaker from Pushing Daisies
So, okay, he's got a weirdass talent (and I'm not talking about pie-making), but he uses it wisely (most of the time) and he's very very sweet to Chuck and Olive and Aunts Lily and Vivian. Also, he has one of the most adorable puppy dog looks around. I love puppy dog looks. They make me go all soft and gooey inside.

8. Neil Patrick Harris: Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother
Barney of the outrageous antics, whacked-out bro-code with an inner softie re Robin Scherbatsky would be perfect. If he wasn't such a serial womanizer. But let's see how this Robin and Barney thing goes. Who knows, he just might've found the one to stop the womanizing.

9. Jensen Ackles: Dean Winchester from Supernatural
Hot car, hot dude, kick-ass fighting skills. Although that angel-vessel thing is kinda freaky. And the commitment-phobe thing probably wouldn't work either. But if (and when) he saves the world from the apocalypse, that could be overlooked.

10. Ben McKenzie: Ryan Atwood from The O.C.
So I know I said no high school kids. But let's put it this way, by the fourth season he wasn't in high school anymore. And I really did like Season 4 Ryan, especially without Marissa destroying his life in all sorts of ways.

The if-they-weren't-married-slash-dead-slash-not-human list:
1. Patrick Dempsey: Dr. Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd in Grey's Anatomy
He's one of the top neurosurgeons in TV Land. That's intelligent on a brilliant level. I mean, sure he's had his dark moments. But he's loyal, sweet, has an adorable puppy dog face (awww!) and has a running joke re perfect hair. I'm not sure if the post-it wedding counts, but let's just put him on the married list anyway.

2. Matthew Rhys: Kevin Walker in Brothers & Sisters
Kevin of the gorgeous blue eyes, puppy dog face (awww!) and razor-sharp wit would be perfect if he wasn't gay. And married. To Scotty. Who can compete with Scotty?

3. Scott Patterson: Luke Danes in Gilmore Girls
Luke was just the sweetest to Lorelai and Rory, despite his somewhat cantankerous exterior, and just totally crushable. However, I choose to believe that in the time since GG ended, Luke and Lorelai have finally tied the knot and moved into her house that they'd renovated to be theirs in Season 6, pre-Anna and pre-Christopher. (Although they'd probably have redone it to remove all traces of Chris.)

4. Bradley Whitford: Danny Tripp in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
He may have (a lot of) issues, but he's funny, loyal and sweet. His love confession to Jordan may have bordered on stalkerhood but it was such an "awwww" moment. His engagement to Jordan and adopting her baby girl makes him as good as married in my books. But then again, he could go on the dateable list by being Josh Lyman. Winks.

6. Misha Collins: Castiel in Supernatural
Castiel may have wicked cool shadowy wings and he may also be really rather hot. But. He's an angel. 'Nuff said.

7. The yummy vampires of Buffy/Angel, Moonlight, True Blood and potentially The Vampire Diaries
Part of my whole thing for vampire shows and vampire characters is kinda shot down by the fact that they're all dead. Or undead. Look at the classic human-vampire love story aka Buffy and Angel, TV's greatest star-crossed lovers that put Romeo and Juliet to shame. As yummy as a vampire might be (and there have been plenty yummy vamps around), the truth is they're still immortally undead, can't spend time in the sun and have disturbing eating habits. So dating them means you'll end up looking older, lose your tan and never go to any decent restaurant. So all vamps go on the just-look-but-do-not-date list.