First, the bad news: Watching a half-dozen channels of election coverage makes you realize how little racial diversity is represented among male news anchors. The women fare a little better, but it's ultimately kind of depressing. Secondly, the good news: Wow, there are a lot of hot silver foxes reading teleprompters nowadays! That's everyone's victory. Since we're still on a high from last night's results, let's rank the five hottest men who donned ties and furrowed their brows at us over expensive desks.
5. John King (CNN)
The man loves a touch-screen, doesn't he? The 49-year-old hunk used his athletic fingertips to point out the blueness of blue states and the redness of red states, and while there's a sensual element to that, you have to chuckle at what's becoming obligatory election choreography. It's like less strenuous Vanna White handiwork. But that's OK. Turn me like a consonant, John!
4. Scott Pelley (CBS)
There's no denying Scott Pelley's remarkable bone structure and cobalt-blue eyes, and better yet, there's no denying his strengths as an interviewer (love him on 60 Minutes) and as a newsman. He's routinely the most comprehensive and dogged of our TV reporters, and that adds a dimension of gravitas to his visage, which basically looks like Neil Patrick Harris in 15 years.
3. David Muir (ABC)
That stern face, that perfectly sculpted hair, that overall sharpness -- David Muir is just impossible not to look at when he's delivering news and seeming a tad more human than most regular anchors. His Kennedy-esque appearance and nervous grin are, frankly, adorable.
2. Anderson Cooper (CNN)
I've touted A.C.'s hotness time and again, but the man is just damn comfortable leading a panel. I'd rather watch him dominate real news than shoehorn himself into an uncomfortable daytime mold (though I'd also like to see him host The Mole again, so whatever). He's maddeningly symmetrical, damn precious at unexpected intervals, informed, sincere, gay, great, and smart. A classic.
1. Brian Williams (NBC)
Normally I'd grant Anderson Cooper the win, but Brian Williams was nervy, sassy, and hot as hell on NBC's telecast last night. He sassed his co-anchors, made hundreds of offhand jokes, and even dismissed Donald Trump in a damning tirade as "irrelevant, bordering on irresponsible." Hell yes! His appearances on SNL and 30 Rock have been flawless, and I find myself constantly surprised by his biting humor and improvisational gusto. This is a man who proves his control on air with a hundred sinister smiles. Dig that last picture. You want to get sinister with that.
And of course, Karl Rove just missed my top 5. Did I miss anybody else?
