TV series / 1968-1988

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show is a TV series from 1968-1988. This page summarizes IMDb episode ratings across 8 seasons and 30 rated episodes.

Last updated on 8 November 2026.

8 seasons 30 rated episodes 8.0 average 1,246 episode votes

Ratings by Season

Rows are episode numbers. Columns are seasons.

Episode	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9
1			7.4
2
3
4
5
6
7						8.5		7.4
8
9			8.2
10					8.2		7.6
11
12
13
14				7.8
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23						8.2
24			7.9
25
26
27							8.8
28
29
30					7.7
31
32
33
34
35
36
37			7.9
38
39
40						9.2
41
42
43
44						7.6
45
46
47
48						7.4
49					9.4
50			7.4
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69				7.6
70	9.3
71
72
73		9.4
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83					7.0
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95				7.9
96
97
98							7.6
99					7.2
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108						8.5
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125					7.6
126				8.4
127
128
129
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131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
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148
149
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151
152
153
154
155
156					7.9
157
158
159					6.4
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182						7.3

Series summary

About The Dick Cavett Show

The rated episodes of The Dick Cavett Show have an average IMDb rating of 8.0 based on 1,246 episode votes. Season 2 has the highest average rating at 9.4 across 1 rated episodes. Season 9 has the lowest average rating at 7.4.

Genre: Music , Talk-Show
Runtime: 90 minute episodes
Principal cast: Dick Cavett, Bobby Rosengarden, and Fred Foy
Writers: Dan Axelrod, David Axelrod, and David Axlerod
Directors: Arthur Forrest, David Barnhizer, and Richard Romagnola
Also known as: Dick Cavett Show and Шоу Дика Каветта

Highest rated

Best Episodes

S5E49: Senator Birch Bayh/Bette Davis/Arte Johnson The best episode of The Dick Cavett Show is S5E49: Senator Birch Bayh/Bette Davis/Arte Johnson with a 9.4 rating / 19 votes
S2E73: Episode #2.73 9.4 rating / 9 votes
S1E70: Robert Vaughn, Dr. David Abrahamsen, Roy Wilkins, David Schoenbrun, F. Lee Bailey 9.3 rating / 8 votes
S6E40: Bette Davis 9.2 rating / 273 votes
S7E27: Marlon Brando/ Tribal Leader Sam Cagey/Dr.Wallace G.Heath/Dennis Limberhand/Mervin Wright 8.8 rating / 39 votes

Lowest rated

Worst Episodes

S5E159: Kenneth Tynan and Jack Hawkins The worse episode of The Dick Cavett Show is S5E159: Kenneth Tynan and Jack Hawkins with a 6.4 rating / 11 votes
S5E83: Robert Mitchum 7.0 rating / 51 votes
S5E99: Groucho Marx/Jim Fowler/Truman Capote 7.2 rating / 12 votes
S6E182: John Lennon/Yoko Ono 7.3 rating / 22 votes
S3E50: Woody Allen/Ruth Gordon/Gina Lollobridgida 7.4 rating / 37 votes

Episode	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9
1			7.4
2
3
4
5
6
7						8.5		7.4
8
9			8.2
10					8.2		7.6
11
12
13
14				7.8
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23						8.2
24			7.9
25
26
27							8.8
28
29
30					7.7
31
32
33
34
35
36
37			7.9
38
39
40						9.2
41
42
43
44						7.6
45
46
47
48						7.4
49					9.4
50			7.4
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69				7.6
70	9.3
71
72
73		9.4
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83					7.0
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95				7.9
96
97
98							7.6
99					7.2
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108						8.5
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125					7.6
126				8.4
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156					7.9
157
158
159					6.4
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182						7.3

Episode	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9
1			7.4
2
3
4
5
6
7						8.5		7.4
8
9			8.2
10					8.2		7.6
11
12
13
14				7.8
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23						8.2
24			7.9
25
26
27							8.8
28
29
30					7.7
31
32
33
34
35
36
37			7.9
38
39
40						9.2
41
42
43
44						7.6
45
46
47
48						7.4
49					9.4
50			7.4
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69				7.6
70	9.3
71
72
73		9.4
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83					7.0
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
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95				7.9
96
97
98							7.6
99					7.2
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108						8.5
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125					7.6
126				8.4
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156					7.9
157
158
159					6.4
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
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182						7.3

Episode	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9
1			7.4
2
3
4
5
6
7						8.5		7.4
8
9			8.2
10					8.2		7.6
11
12
13
14				7.8
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23						8.2
24			7.9
25
26
27							8.8
28
29
30					7.7
31
32
33
34
35
36
37			7.9
38
39
40						9.2
41
42
43
44						7.6
45
46
47
48						7.4
49					9.4
50			7.4
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69				7.6
70	9.3
71
72
73		9.4
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
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83					7.0
84
85
86
87
88
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95				7.9
96
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98							7.6
99					7.2
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108						8.5
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125					7.6
126				8.4
127
128
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131
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134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
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156					7.9
157
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159					6.4
160
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165
166
167
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169
170
171
172
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174
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182						7.3