TV series / 1950-1965

The Jack Benny Program

The Jack Benny Program is a TV series from 1950-1965. This page summarizes IMDb episode ratings across 15 seasons and 225 rated episodes.

15 seasons 225 rated episodes 7.9 average 8,451 episode votes

Ratings by Season

Rows are episode numbers. Columns are seasons.

Episode 123456789101112131415
1 7.8 7.6 8.1 7.5 7.4 7.8 8.0 7.5 8.5 7.6 7.7
2 7.5 7.4 6.4 8.3 8.5 7.9 8.0 8.0 6.7 8.0 8.2 8.4 7.4
3 7.9 8.2 7.9 7.9 8.1 7.8 7.2 7.5 8.0 7.5 8.5 7.1 7.7 7.9
4 7.6 7.8 7.8 7.2 8.0 7.3 8.2 8.1 7.9 7.6 7.3 8.1 8.3
5 8.1 7.8 8.4 8.1 8.3 7.6 8.2 7.4 7.9 8.2 8.2 8.4
6 7.8 7.3 9.0 7.7 7.4 7.8 8.2 8.7 8.4 7.6 7.3 8.1 7.1
7 7.9 7.1 7.3 6.7 8.8 7.8 8.0 8.4 7.3 8.0 7.4 8.0
8 8.5 8.1 8.1 7.9 7.4 8.2 8.6 7.0 7.7 7.8 7.4 8.1
9 8.0 8.0 7.6 7.5 7.6 6.8 7.8 8.0 8.3 7.6 8.6
10 8.1 7.8 7.4 8.1 8.0 7.6 8.2 7.4 8.1 8.2
11 8.4 8.3 7.5 7.5 7.6 7.6 8.4 8.4 7.4 8.2 7.7
12 8.5 8.4 8.3 7.6 8.4 8.3 8.5 7.1 8.2 8.4
13 8.5 7.7 7.8 6.5 8.2 7.9 8.2 7.0 7.6
14 8.2 7.6 8.2 8.2 7.8 7.6 8.3 8.0 8.4 8.5 7.3
15 7.7 8.1 6.8 7.9 8.3 8.2 7.7 8.2 7.8
16 8.3 8.3 8.2 7.7 7.9 7.5 8.2 8.6 7.8
17 8.1 8.0 8.4 8.1 7.3
18 8.3 8.0 8.0 7.5
19 7.8 7.9 7.5 7.6 7.5
20 8.4 7.4 7.6 8.3 8.0
21 8.2 7.6 7.6
22 8.1 8.2 7.5 8.9
23 7.6 7.4
24 7.8 8.0 8.0 8.1 7.4
25 7.7 8.0 7.7 7.9 7.7
26 8.4 8.0 8.2
27 7.9
28 8.2 8.4 8.5

Series summary

About The Jack Benny Program

The rated episodes of The Jack Benny Program have an average IMDb rating of 7.9 based on 8,451 episode votes. Season 5 has the highest average rating at 8.1 across 14 rated episodes. Season 4 has the lowest average rating at 7.7.

Genre
Comedy
Runtime
30 minute episodes
Principal cast
Jack Benny, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, and Don Wilson
Writers
George Balzer, Harry Crane, and Hal Goldman
Directors
Frederick De Cordova, Ralph Levy, and Norman Abbott
Also known as
Jack-Benny-Show, The Jack Benny Show, and The Lucky Strike Program

Highest rated

Best Episodes

  1. S5E6: Jack Does Christmas Shopping The best episode of The Jack Benny Program is S5E6: Jack Does Christmas Shopping with a 9.0 rating / 78 votes
  2. S15E22: Jack Brings Ed Up from the Vault 8.9 rating / 15 votes
  3. S8E7: Christmas Shopping Show 8.8 rating / 122 votes
  4. S10E6: Pasadena Fan Club 8.7 rating / 52 votes
  5. S14E16: Nat King Cole, Guest 8.6 rating / 62 votes

Lowest rated

Worst Episodes

  1. S4E2: Jack as a Child The worse episode of The Jack Benny Program is S4E2: Jack as a Child with a 6.4 rating / 16 votes
  2. S8E13: Academy Awards 6.5 rating / 14 votes
  3. S6E7: New Years Day, 1956 6.7 rating / 36 votes
  4. S10E2: Harry Truman Show 6.7 rating / 18 votes
  5. S8E15: Ronnie Burns Show 6.8 rating / 17 votes