The 25 Most Sexual Sitcom Couples of All Time

The hottest action was (almost) always off screen, but we still knew what the time was.

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Sex and TV sitcoms go together like—well, actually, they don't. Because of broadcasting standards and current social mores, American sitcoms are notoriously prudish.

But there are exceptions. There are couples whose repressed sexual attraction is a running gag—the ex-ballplayer and the uptight career woman, for instance. And there are couples who are obviously sexual even if they never get too sexy on screen—you have to assume that a dashing astronaut and a busty genie are making hot monkey love. And then there's Al and Peg Bundy, the Sid and Nancy of sitcoms.

Here are the 25 Most Sexual Sitcom Couples of All Time, starting with Ross and Rachel from Friends. Just kidding! Ross and Rachel were the opposite of sexual, the sort of tortured, joyless, endless relationship that is about everything but sex.

As we were saying: the 25 Most Sexual Sitcom Couples of All Time...

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25. Angela Bower and Tony Micelli on Who's the Boss?

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24. Stanley and Helen Roper on Three's Company

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23. Oliver Wendell and Lisa Douglas on Green Acres

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22. Mary Kay and Johnny Stearns on Mary Kay and Johnny

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21. Carrie Bradshaw and Mr. Big on Sex and the City

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20. Jeannie and Tony Nelson on I Dream of Jeannie

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19. Niles Crane and Daphne Moon on Frasier

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18. Mallory Keaton and Nick Moore on Family Ties

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17. Tom and Helen Willis on The Jeffersons

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16. Fran Fine and Maxwell Sheffield on The Nanny

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15. Marge and Homer Simpson on The Simpsons

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14. Jay and Gloria Pritchett on Modern Family

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13. Sam Malone and Rebecca Howe on Cheers

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12. Samantha and Darrin Stephens on Bewitched

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11. Sterling Archer and Lana Kane on Archer

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10. Morticia and Gomez Addams on The Addams Family

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9. Hal and Lois on Malcolm in the Middle

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8. Kenny Powers and April Buchanon on Eastbound & Down

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7. Claire and Phil Dunphy on Modern Family

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6. Major Frank Burns and Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H

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5. Lois and Peter Griffin on Family Guy

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4. Clair and Heathcliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show

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3. Red and Kitty Forman on That '70s Show

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2. Alan and Amy Matthews on Boy Meets World

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1. Al and Peggy Bundy on Married... With Children

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