That was the less-than-shocking headline on a TV Guide-Spike TV survey of women’s TV preferences.

“Nearly half (41%) of respondents would subject themselves to a week of house arrest rather than miss the broadcast of an NFL game between two undefeated teams, while 53% would brave polar bears, creepy people and mysterious smoke monsters to stay stranded on the Lost island with Kate (Evangeline Lilly).  Beyond freedom, they are also seemingly willing to risk their health, with 44% saying they would get sick on purpose for the chance to be examined by Grey’s Anatomy’s Dr. Isobel Stevens (Katherine Heigl).”

“Beyond their attraction to the sexy actresses in female-skewing TV shows like Dancing with the Stars and Grey’s, men are also tuning in to these shows to spend time with the real ladies in their lives.  75% say spending quality time with their spouses or girlfriends plays an important role in their viewing choices, while 42% go so far as to say it plays a very important role.”

More findings from the poll, conducted by Latitude Research with 800 men ages 18-49:

• Almost half (44%) of men who watch Dancing with the Stars watch for the hot female dancers;

• Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria) was rated the “hottest” Desperate Housewife by an overwhelming margin of 56% to 12% for second-place Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher);

• Men are divided over which CSI beauty they would most want to have an office romance with:   37% of male viewers choose Calleigh Duquesne (Emily Proctor) from CSI: Miami, 34% choose Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger) from CSI, and 27% choose Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes) from CSI: New York.

• When it comes to Heroes, 35% of men say they would prefer Hiro Nakamura’s (Masi Oka) ability to travel through time, followed by 21% desiring Matt Parkman’s (Greg Grunberg) ability to hear other people’s thoughts. Meanwhile, only 14% preferred an old-school power like Nathan Petrelli’s (Adrian Pasdar) ability to fly, and only 7% chose Niki Sanders’s (Ali Larter) superhuman strength.

• Prison Break’s Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) may be smart and tough, but men say they are more fearful of getting on 24’s Jack Bauer’s (Kiefer Sutherland) bad side than on Scofield’s, by a margin of 67% to 33%.