Best tv sex scene

Skip navigation! Story from TV Shows. We are truly living in the golden age of television. For proof, you need look no further than Netflix's selection of original series and the absolute best shows from around the world.

Skip navigation! Story from Entertainment. Remember when TV couples slept in twin beds and everyone pretty much assumed that Little Ricky was the product of some immaculate conception? Remember when you could watch a show and not worry about a parent or nephew walking in on you? Now you don't even need cable to see your favorite TV characters doing the deed, though it certainly doesn't hurt. Viola Davis is pulling out her back.

Before HBO and Netflix, you didn't have many options if you wanted to watch a no-holds-barred, graphic, sexy sex scene. But the age of streaming changed all that, and now not only can you watch literally any kind of sex scene you want, whenever you want, you can also catch some down-and-dirty sex on your favorite TV shows Friends would never! Sex is a normal, healthy, essential part of being a human in this world, and it's only right that some of the best TV shows out there reflect that. On that note, here are the most hot, graphic, and in some cases groundbreaking sex scenes we've seen on the small screen. If you're looking for scenes that venture more towards "romantic and passionate" territory, check out our roundup of those kind of sex scenes.

Spoiler alert: We were wrong. Why 20 years and not 25? Not necessarily a mind-blowing revelation, given that this is also around the time that prestige TV began its takeover of the medium. Still, there are a few surprises on this list.