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American Masters

American Masters is a TV series from 1985-. This page summarizes IMDb episode ratings across 40 seasons and 287 rated episodes.

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40 seasons 287 rated episodes 7.5 average 54,816 episode votes

Ratings by Season

Rows are episode numbers. Columns are seasons.

Episode 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940
1 7.3 6.1 8.0 6.8 7.3 8.0 7.9 7.5 7.7 8.1 7.1 7.9 7.6 7.6 7.8 7.6 8.2 7.5 7.3 6.7 7.9 7.9 7.2 7.6 7.4 7.3 6.9 7.5 8.0 8.3 7.4 7.4 8.1 6.9 7.9 7.4 8.2 8.3
2 6.8 7.9 7.9 6.7 7.4 7.0 7.3 7.9 8.1 8.0 7.7 6.2 7.6 7.6 7.7 6.5 7.6 8.0 8.1 8.0 7.9 6.9 6.6 8.1 7.5 6.8 7.9 7.7 7.9 7.8 8.3 7.7 7.8 8.1 7.2 8.1 8.1 7.3
3 7.3 7.5 8.1 7.7 7.7 8.1 7.5 7.5 7.9 8.1 7.8 7.6 8.0 8.1 7.7 7.5 8.0 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.2 7.7 6.1 8.2 7.9 8.2 7.0 8.0 7.6 7.6 7.4 8.1 6.6 8.6 5.5 7.5 7.2 8.0
4 6.4 7.7 8.0 7.8 7.9 8.0 7.2 8.0 7.3 6.0 8.7 7.5 7.2 8.6 4.3 7.5 7.0 7.8 7.8 6.1 6.9 4.7 8.0 7.0 8.2 7.4 7.3 7.9 6.7 6.3 7.9 7.0 7.3 7.9 8.4 8.0
5 7.9 7.2 6.6 7.7 3.4 7.4 5.8 7.4 9.0 7.8 7.7 7.1 8.0 7.0 8.0 8.4 7.1 7.4 6.3 7.9 8.1 7.6 7.6 8.0 7.8 8.2 7.5 6.9 7.6 8.3 8.0 7.5 7.0 7.3
6 8.4 6.9 6.1 8.4 7.6 7.8 7.7 7.9 8.0 6.1 7.8 7.6 7.0 7.6 7.8 6.8 7.6 8.0 7.8 6.3 6.8 7.5 8.5 7.3 6.9 7.5 8.4
7 7.8 8.3 7.2 6.3 7.2 7.1 7.8 8.0 7.2 6.4 7.5 7.3 8.4 7.1 6.5 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.6 8.0 7.1 7.4 8.0 8.0 7.2 6.9 7.7 6.9 7.1 6.9
8 8.6 7.6 7.3 8.0 7.7 7.8 8.1 8.0 7.4 7.8 7.7 5.9 8.1 6.8 8.2 7.4 7.5 7.4 6.8 8.1 7.6 5.3 7.7
9 6.6 7.1 7.3 8.4 6.6 7.5 7.5 7.4 8.2 8.4 7.0 6.6 8.5
10 7.8 7.9 7.1 8.2 7.9 8.3 8.1
11 6.9
12 8.1 7.0

Series summary

About American Masters

The rated episodes of American Masters have an average IMDb rating of 7.5 based on 54,816 episode votes. Season 39 has the highest average rating at 7.9 across 9 rated episodes. Season 37 has the lowest average rating at 6.8.

Genre
Biography , Documentary
Runtime
90 minute episodes
Principal cast
Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Tony Bennett, and Dick Cavett
Writers
Susan Lacy, Michael Epstein, and Robert Trachtenberg
Directors
Susan Lacy, Robert Trachtenberg, and Susan Steinberg
Also known as
Американские мастера, アメリカン・マスターズ, and 美國大師

Highest rated

Best Episodes

  1. S13E5: The Lives of Lillian Hellman The best episode of American Masters is S13E5: The Lives of Lillian Hellman with a 9.0 rating / 105 votes
  2. S15E4: Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy 8.7 rating / 179 votes
  3. S18E4: Judy Garland: By Myself 8.6 rating / 282 votes
  4. S2E8: Unanswered Prayers: The Life and Times of Truman Capote 8.6 rating / 68 votes
  5. S36E3: Waterman - Duke: Ambassador of Aloha 8.6 rating / 53 votes

Lowest rated

Worst Episodes

  1. S6E5: Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days The worse episode of American Masters is S6E5: Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days with a 3.4 rating / 81 votes
  2. S19E4: Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned 4.3 rating / 129 votes
  3. S26E4: Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel 4.7 rating / 105 votes
  4. S37E8: A Song for Cesar 5.3 rating / 24 votes
  5. S37E3: In the Making 5.5 rating / 18 votes