Meet television's sexiest stars

Reuters

HEATING UP THE BOX: Jennier Love Hewitt has been voted television's sexiest female star, while Patrick Dempsey is the sexiest man.

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Jennifer Love Hewitt and Patrick Dempsey are the Sexiest Woman and Man on TV.

The Ghost Whisperer beauty and Grey’s Anatomy actor each grace different covers of America’s TV Guide magazine’s Sexiest Stars issue, and Dempsey said the honour was "very flattering".

TV Guide writer Carol Dittbrenner claims it was the haircut Dempsey - who is nicknamed 'Dr McDreamy’ thanks to his role in the hospital drama - sports that secured him the top spot.

She laughed: "With Patrick Dempsey, he has a huge, thick head of hair and you just want to run your fingers through it!"

Love Hewitt’s sexy success was not a surprise to her Ghost Whisperer co-star David Conrad.

He said: "In the three years that we've been filming, there's always a moment when I just go, ‘Wow, that's a really beautiful woman'."

Other celebrities who feature in the list include Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria Parker, Lost hunk Josh Holloway and Heroes beauty Hayden Panettiere.