Hottie of the week....

This week’s pick, (sorry boys we gotta please the ladies this time!), may seem like I picked a name out of a hat filled with sci-fi has-beens but for anyone tuned into what I think is one of the best shows on TV it should come as no surprise that David Duchovny gets the nod. He may be best known for his stint on the X-Files but I’d be willing to bet that his best work is actually on his current show where he plays one of TV’s hottest bad boys on the hit Showtime series Californication. A complicated character, Hank Moody, combines so many despicable traits with so many lovable and honorable traits that you’re torn between wanting him to succeed and wanting him punished. Californication could be the edgiest and most risque show on television but also one of the most genuine and real I’ve ever seen. Probably too true to form David plays the sexually obsessed, self-loathing, writer with a realness that is beyond believable. His level of dedication to the character must be on the extreme side based on his recent public scandal in which he released a statement saying he was entering therapy for sexual addiction. Good news though, he appears to be attempting a reconciliation with his wife Tea Leoni!

Rating:

Mental Stimulation: 5/10 - I've only seen him as a co-host on Kelly and Regis but he wasn't a great host at the time, trying to use way too much bitter sarcasm for morning TV. He was however a frequent guest on the Larry Sanders show for which he has received much praise. He gave directing a try by first directing an episode of The X-Files and then the movie "House of D" which failed miserably.

Physical Fitness: 8/10 So he's no Hugh Jackman but he's pretty much butt naked about 50 times an episode and he's looking pretty darn good for the ripe old age of 48!

Body of Work: 9/10 I wasn't a big X-files fan but from the few shows and first movie I actually saw he was pretty believable as the sci-fi investigator. As executive producer and the lead on Californication I have to give him some major points for the shocking lines, images, and scenes that come out on this show, truly original and hilarious!

Total Hotness: 22 points, -1 for being a "former" vegetarian (I'll never understand that), and -1 for being a Canadian..."we want more moooney"