TV series / 1971-

Great Performances

Great Performances is a TV series from 1971-. This page summarizes IMDb episode ratings across 52 seasons and 325 rated episodes.

52 seasons 325 rated episodes 7.8 average 24,480 episode votes

Ratings by Season

Rows are episode numbers. Columns are seasons.

Episode 123456791011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253
1 6.9 7.4 7.9 7.8 8.3 6.2 7.2 8.8 8.6 7.9 8.0 7.5 8.2 7.7 6.7 7.9
2 6.9 6.5 8.2 9.2 8.1 8.0 8.7 8.9 7.3 8.2 8.8 7.7 8.4 7.7 8.6 8.0 8.8 8.3 9.0 7.9 4.9 7.8 7.3 8.3 7.9 8.7 6.5 5.7
3 8.5 6.3 6.6 8.5 7.6 7.5 7.6 8.6 8.3 9.0 7.5 6.7 8.2 7.8 7.8 6.8 8.3
4 6.9 6.5 8.9 8.3 9.0 8.5 8.0 6.9 7.0 8.1 7.3 6.5 8.1 8.5 8.6 8.7 7.8 8.4 6.9 7.3 7.7 7.9 8.1 6.8 5.0 7.8 7.8
5 8.7 7.4 6.8 8.6 8.7 7.4 6.1 9.0 9.1 8.5 7.8 9.0 7.4 8.0 7.4 7.2 7.2
6 7.0 7.6 8.0 8.5 7.6 7.9 7.9 9.1 7.9 8.2 7.9 6.9 5.1 7.9 8.2
7 8.5 8.3 7.9 7.4 8.7 8.6 9.3 7.6 8.6 8.6 8.2 7.7 7.0 8.2 8.4 7.0 6.8 6.6
8 8.6 8.9 7.5 8.2 8.3 7.5 7.7 8.6 6.9 8.4 7.9 7.6 7.9
9 7.9 7.7 8.1 7.3 8.0 7.6 7.6 8.3 8.3 7.2 7.9 8.2 7.4 7.5 7.8
10 7.3 6.9 9.1 8.1 8.3 8.1 8.1 7.0 7.8 9.5 9.2 7.5 7.6 9.0 8.1 7.1 7.6 7.7 6.2 7.7
11 7.8 6.2 7.4 6.6 7.5 7.4 9.4 9.3 7.2 7.2 7.5 8.3 8.9 7.3 6.6 8.5 8.2
12 7.8 8.7 9.1 8.3 7.7 8.2 8.2 7.8 6.8 8.8 6.6 7.0 7.3
13 8.8 8.7 7.5 7.6 8.2 5.8 7.5 8.5 8.0 7.7 8.1
14 8.3 8.8 8.8 7.5 8.4 6.7 7.1 7.0 7.6 6.7 6.3 7.5
15 8.1 8.3 8.6 7.7 9.3 8.1 7.1 8.9 5.7 7.4 9.0
16 6.6 8.8 8.1 7.3 8.3 8.6 8.5 7.4 6.9 8.4 7.5 8.0
17 7.1 7.9 7.7 6.3 6.7 5.0 8.0 8.1 8.4 8.8 7.3 6.6
18 7.6 8.0 7.9 7.6 7.6 7.4 6.3 7.8 4.4 8.7
19 6.5 7.3 9.0 8.4 8.6 7.9 8.3 7.8 6.5
20 7.2 8.4
21 8.0 8.5 6.6 7.8
22 8.3 9.4 7.6 5.8 8.0 7.8
23 8.1 7.4
24 7.5 7.9 8.5 7.7
25 7.9 9.2 7.5 8.8 7.9
26 7.4
27 8.4 7.9
28 5.5 5.7
29 7.3 7.7
30 8.6
31
32
33 9.0

Series summary

About Great Performances

The rated episodes of Great Performances have an average IMDb rating of 7.8 based on 24,480 episode votes. Season 38 has the highest average rating at 8.6 across 3 rated episodes. Season 11 has the lowest average rating at 6.2.

Genre
Comedy, Drama, and Music
Runtime
180 minute episodes
Principal cast
Scott Yoo, Julie Andrews, and Plácido Domingo
Writers
William Shakespeare, John Walker, and Harry Lynch
Directors
David Horn, Brian Large, and Kirk Browning
Also known as
Μεγάλες παραστάσεις and Великие представления

Highest rated

Best Episodes

  1. S23E10: Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II The best episode of Great Performances is S23E10: Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II with a 9.5 rating / 33 votes
  2. S24E11: Peter, Paul and Mary: Lifelines 9.4 rating / 22 votes
  3. S35E22: We Love Ella! A Tribute to the First Lady of Song 9.4 rating / 19 votes
  4. S26E11: The Art of Singing: Golden Voices of the Century 9.3 rating / 52 votes
  5. S26E7: Creating Ragtime 9.3 rating / 20 votes

Lowest rated

Worst Episodes

  1. S52E18: Girl from the North Country The worse episode of Great Performances is S52E18: Girl from the North Country with a 4.4 rating / 8 votes
  2. S42E2: Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek LIVE! 4.9 rating / 113 votes
  3. S27E17: Parsifal: The Search for the Grail 5.0 rating / 16 votes
  4. S51E4: Message in a Bottle 5.0 rating / 9 votes
  5. S49E6: San Francisco Symphony Reopening Night 5.1 rating / 15 votes