TV series / 1972-1981
The Midnight Special
The Midnight Special is a TV series from 1972-1981. This page summarizes IMDb episode ratings across 5 seasons and 39 rated episodes.
5 seasons 39 rated episodes 7.2 average 369 episode votes
Ratings by Season
Rows are episode numbers. Columns are seasons.
| Episode | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7.3 | ||||
| 2 | 7.3 | 8.4 | |||
| 3 | 7.0 | ||||
| 4 | 7.0 | ||||
| 5 | 7.0 | 6.8 | |||
| 6 | 7.1 | ||||
| 7 | 7.0 | 7.0 | |||
| 8 | 6.9 | 6.3 | |||
| 9 | |||||
| 10 | 7.4 | 8.1 | |||
| 11 | 6.6 | ||||
| 12 | 6.6 | 7.8 | |||
| 13 | |||||
| 14 | 7.0 | ||||
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| 17 | 7.6 | 7.5 | |||
| 18 | 6.7 | 8.2 | |||
| 19 | 6.2 | ||||
| 20 | 7.4 | ||||
| 21 | 6.7 | ||||
| 22 | 6.3 | 7.7 | |||
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| 24 | 7.8 | ||||
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| 27 | 8.4 | ||||
| 28 | 7.7 | ||||
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| 30 | 8.2 | ||||
| 31 | 8.2 | ||||
| 32 | 7.5 | 6.6 | |||
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| 35 | 6.7 | ||||
| 36 | 7.4 | ||||
| 37 | 5.6 | ||||
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| 39 | 7.0 | ||||
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| 50 | 6.8 |
Series summary
About The Midnight Special
The rated episodes of The Midnight Special have an average IMDb rating of 7.2 based on 369 episode votes. Season 7 has the highest average rating at 8.4 across 1 rated episodes. Season 1 has the lowest average rating at 7.1.
Highest rated
Best Episodes
- S7E27: Episode #7.27 The best episode of The Midnight Special is S7E27: Episode #7.27 with a 8.4 rating / 13 votes
- S2E2: Host: Wilson Pickett; guests: Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, Canned Heat, The Chi-Lites, Curtis Mayfield, Brenda Patterson, Spooky Tooth, B.W. Stevenson 8.4 rating / 7 votes
- S5E30: Episode #5.30 8.2 rating / 9 votes
- S2E18: Guest Hosts: Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show; guests: Canned Heat, El Chicano, Jo Jo Gunne, Leo Sayer, The Spinners, Livingston Taylor 8.2 rating / 8 votes
- S1E31: Guest Hosts: Loretta Lynn & Marty Robbins; guests: Conway Twitty, Don Gibson, Tom T. Hall, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Johnny Paycheck, Charlie Rich, Johnny Rodriguez, The Earl Scruggs Revue, Tanya Tucker 8.2 rating / 6 votes
Lowest rated
Worst Episodes
- S2E37: Guest Host: Richard Pryor; guests: Bobby "Blue" Bland, Marvin Hamlisch, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Olivia Newton-John, Melvin Van Peebles, Boz Scaggs The worse episode of The Midnight Special is S2E37: Guest Host: Richard Pryor; guests: Bobby "Blue" Bland, Marvin Hamlisch, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Olivia Newton-John, Melvin Van Peebles, Boz Scaggs with a 5.6 rating / 8 votes
- S1E19: Host: Paul Williams; guests: the Stylistics; Statler Brothers; Argent; Gunhill Road 6.2 rating / 9 votes
- S1E22: Hosts: The Bee Gees; guests: Wilson Pickett; Steve Miller Band; Jimmie Spheeris; Maxine Weldon 6.3 rating / 9 votes
- S2E8: Host: Chuck Berry; guests: Rick Derringer, the Edgar Winter Group, Fleetwood Mac, Shawn Phillips, Johnny Taylor, Muddy Waters 6.3 rating / 9 votes
- S1E11: Hosts: The Bee Gees; guests: Jerry Lee Lewis; Gladys Knight; Johnny Nash; Skeeter Davis 6.6 rating / 9 votes