The Hot TV Mom Hall of Fame (first ballot inductees)

The Hot TV Mom Hall of Fame exists for one reason only: to honor the medium's sexiest and most attractive fictional mothers. Not the best moms, the coolest moms, the funniest moms or the moms who baked the best brownies. Just the M's you'd most L to F. It's also by no means a comprehensive list. As long as the TV industry keeps producing impossibly attractive mother characters, (and let's pray they do), there'll always be room for more among these immortals of the game:

1950s

Donna Stone, The Donna Reed Show
Back in TV's equivalent of the Dead Ball Era, the closest you got to a sexy mom was Lucille Ball or Harriet Nelson. Donna must've been a shock to the system of every horny guy of the times. Granted, no one under the age of 60 can confirm that she was actually sexy on the show, but we've all seen her in It's a Wonderful Life, and there she was a wholesome, smoldering knockout.

1960s

Laura Petrie, The Dick Van Dyke Show
For my money, this Hall's Babe Ruth. Laura wasn't the first sexy sitcom mom, but she turned TV MILFage into a cultural institution. What the Bambino was to the home run, Laura is to capri pants. The episode where she got her toe stuck in the faucet of the bathtub produced the first boner for a generation of Baby Boomers.

Samantha Stevens, Bewitched
Sam was the most complete package of the era. She was beautiful, smart, forever young and, oh yeah, could do magic. Somehow the idea of an insanely hot wife who could do anything her gargoyle husband wished just by twitching her nose, resonated with a generation of ugly men. Sadly, she only used her powers to do housework.

1970s

Carol Brady, The Brady Bunch
The first controversial choice. Not that Carol wasn't a great mom on an iconic sitcom, just that as hot moms go, her numbers don't stack up against the all time greats. But she played in an era where good looking women on TV were all either single or DINKs and got voted in due to lack of competition. Reports she boinked TV stepson Greg in real life didn't hurt her cause.

1980s

Claire Huxtable, The Cosby Show
Responsible for ushering in the Modern Era of hot sitcom moms. Independent, accomplished, good looking and talked openly about wanting to bone her husband whenever they got the chance.

Elyse Keaton, Family Ties
A smokeshow. Huge appeal for average looking husbands everywhere because she married a guy who looked like her uncle. And was a former hippie so you know she was the first TV mom who'd done the free love thing and lots and lots of drugs.

Lilith Sternin-Crane, Cheers
The thinking man's bombshell. Lilith was uptight, rigid and humorless, but you just knew all that went away once she got into the sack. She also had a smokin' body that no Ivy League suit could hide, and legs that went from here to there and back again. A goddess to every guy with a librarian/teacher fetish.

Angela Bower, Who's the Boss?
Before young Samantha blossomed, before we knew what kind of astonishing career we were witnessing, Angela was the star of this squad. She had the looks and the temperament to tolerate Tony Danza, in one of his rare performances where he plays a dumb Italian guy named Tony. 

1990s

Rebecca 'Becky' Katsopolis, Full House
As mom's go, Rebecca strained credibility, she was so astonishingly sexy. Becky seemed like she belonged more on the Dallas Cowboy sidelines than feeding strained peas to Alex and Nicky. 

Debra Barone, Everybody Loves Raymond
Sneaky good. Like with a Paul Molitor, you knew Debra was always pretty good, then when you see their numbers moving up on the all time list, you come to realize just how long they've been playing at such a high level. Eventually their career becomes undeniably Hall-worthy. 

Annie Camden, 7th Heaven
Like Angela Bower, will be remembered more for the immeasurably hot daughter she brought into the world, but put up respectable numbers well into the twilight of her career. Hottest family values/conservative/ overtly Christian mom of any era. 

2000s

Lorelei Gilmore, Gilmore Girls
Kicked off the new millennium, the Golden Age of TV MILFs. And arguably no one has been better than Lorelei. The senior member of the hottest mother/daughter battery in TV history.

Lois Griffin, Family Guy
A true pioneer, broke TV's sexy animated mom barrier in 1999. Overcame an annoying Rhode Island nasal voice to be lusted after by her husband, her neighbor, and her family dog. Also only mom in the Hall with a matricidal infant son.

Marilyn Bauer, 24/ Heidi Petrelli, Heroes
Like Robin Yount moving from shortstop to center field or Craig Biggio going from catcher to second base, was able to play two roles on two mega hits, and play them at a Hall of Fame level. 

Izzy Stevens, Grey's Anatomy
Her work as a stunningly attractive TV doctor overshadowed her work as a stunningly attractive TV doctor with a kid. But clearly has a Hall-worthy body of work. 

Diane Huxley, 24/ Tami Taylor, Friday Night Lights
Another two position player. Diane/ Tami's amazing versatility and transcendent MILF power numbers are enough to overcome her short time in the league and put her directly into the Hall.

Nicky/Jessica Sanders, Heroes
With only one year of hot TV MILF experience, Nicky/Jessica nevertheless pulled off the impossible: induction into the Sexy TV Mom Hall of Fame in her rookie season. She's beautiful, she's the first inductee since Samantha Stevens to play her own evil twin, and as far as anyone can tell, she's the first ever to make it into the Hall for portraying an internet porn chick (though we're checking on Donna Stone).