TV series / 1988-1995
In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night is a TV series from 1988-1995. This page summarizes IMDb episode ratings across 8 seasons and 146 rated episodes.
8 seasons 146 rated episodes 8.2 average 14,218 episode votes
Ratings by Season
Rows are episode numbers. Columns are seasons.
| Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| 2 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| 3 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 7.4 |
| 4 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 7.8 |
| 5 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 7.7 | |
| 6 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.3 | |
| 7 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 8.6 | |
| 8 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 8.4 | |
| 9 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 8.5 | ||
| 10 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.5 | ||
| 11 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.5 | ||
| 12 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 7.8 | ||
| 13 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.2 | ||
| 14 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 8.0 | ||
| 15 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.1 | ||
| 16 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 7.9 | ||
| 17 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 7.9 | ||
| 18 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 7.4 | ||
| 19 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.8 | ||
| 20 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 7.7 | ||
| 21 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 7.5 | ||
| 22 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.7 | ||
| 23 | 7.4 | |||||||
| 24 | 8.4 |
Series summary
About In the Heat of the Night
The rated episodes of In the Heat of the Night have an average IMDb rating of 8.2 based on 14,218 episode votes. Season 4 has the highest average rating at 8.3 across 22 rated episodes. Season 8 has the lowest average rating at 7.6.
Highest rated
Best Episodes
- S3E1: Rape The best episode of In the Heat of the Night is S3E1: Rape with a 9.1 rating / 168 votes
- S2E11: A Trip Upstate 9.0 rating / 170 votes
- S7E4: A Depraved Heart 9.0 rating / 108 votes
- S4E5: And Justice for Some 8.9 rating / 121 votes
- S5E7: The More Things Change 8.9 rating / 102 votes
Lowest rated
Worst Episodes
- S6E9: When the Music Stopped The worse episode of In the Heat of the Night is S6E9: When the Music Stopped with a 7.2 rating / 88 votes
- S3E10: King's Ransom 7.2 rating / 81 votes
- S8E3: By Duty Bound 7.4 rating / 146 votes
- S8E2: Who Was Geli Bendl? 7.4 rating / 134 votes
- S7E23: Give Me Your Life: Part 1 7.4 rating / 127 votes