''Sexcetera'' is an

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airing on

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. Formatted as a

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, the program focused on

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. ''Sexcetera'' is repeated from time to time on Real Lives, Pick and

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in the United Kingdom, RTL 7 in the Netherlands, TV5 in Finland and

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in Italy. Launched in 1998, ''Sexcetera'' ran for more than 80

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s. By the time the program went off the air in 2005, it had become one of Playboy TV's longest-running shows. The show featured four to five

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s per one-hour episode. Filmed throughout the world, but primarily in the

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, the reports generally covered

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and gatherings, current

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trends,

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s, porn celebrities and tips for couples.

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presented their stories in a

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style; female correspondents often appeared in the nude. As befitting its subject matter, the series is sexually explicit, with unsimulated sexual activity shown from time to time, with increasing explicitness as the series went on.

Reporters

* Valerie Baber * Kara Blanc *

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* Hoyt Christopher *

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* Frank Gianotti * Lauren Hays * Asante Jones *

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* Gretchen Massey *

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Scott Potasnik Scott M. Potasnik (born October 28, 1975) is an American journalist, television host, producer and actor. He was a host of Sexcetera, a travel adventure docu-series. Potasnik is also the co-creator and host of '' Too Much for TV'', a pay per view ...

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References

External links

* 1998 American television series debuts 2005 American television series endings Erotic television series Television series by Playboy Enterprises Playboy TV original programming {{US-tv-prog-stub