I couldn’t think of a single bad episode, so I was curious what other people thought was the worst. Both the pilot and the second Queen of Jordan were rated the worst, at 7.2. Still a pretty good rating!

  • Note that the Y axis on each chart does not go from 0-10. They are all 7-9.5.
  • Data source: IMDb
  • Tools used: LibreOffice Calc, GIMP
Season 1 chart

Season 2 chart

Season 3 chart

Season 4 chart

Season 5 chart

Season 6 chart

Season 7 chart

Raw data
Season Episode Chronological Name Rating
1 1 1 Pilot 7.2
1 2 2 The Aftermath 7.5
1 3 3 Blind Date 7.8
1 4 4 Jack the Writer 7.4
1 5 5 Jack-Tor 8.0
1 6 6 Jack Meets Dennis 7.6
1 7 7 Tracy Does Conan 8.2
1 8 8 The Break-Up 7.7
1 9 9 The Baby Show 7.9
1 10 10 The Rural Juror 7.9
1 11 11 The Head and the Hair 8.1
1 12 12 Black Tie 8.4
1 13 13 Up All Night 7.9
1 14 14 The C Word 7.8
1 15 15 Hard Ball 8.3
1 16 16 The Source Awards 7.7
1 17 17 The Fighting Irish 7.8
1 18 18 Fireworks 8.1
1 19 19 Corporate Crush 7.7
1 20 20 Cleveland 8.0
1 21 21 Hiatus 8.1
2 1 22 Seinfeldvision 8.2
2 2 23 Jack Gets in the Game 7.9
2 3 24 The Collection 7.7
2 4 25 Rosemary’s Baby 8.1
2 5 26 Greenzo 8.2
2 6 27 Somebody to Love 8.1
2 7 28 Cougars 8.0
2 8 29 Secrets and Lies 7.7
2 9 30 Ludachristmas 8.1
2 10 31 Episode 210 7.9
2 11 32 MILF Island 8.3
2 12 33 Subway Hero 7.6
2 13 34 Succession 8.3
2 14 35 Sandwich Day 8.0
2 15 36 Cooter 8.3
3 1 37 Do-Over 8.1
3 2 38 Believe in the Stars 8.4
3 3 39 The One with the Cast of ‘Night Court’ 7.9
3 4 40 Gavin Volure 8.1
3 5 41 Reunion 8.5
3 6 42 Christmas Special 7.7
3 7 43 Señor Macho Solo 8.0
3 8 44 Flu Shot 7.7
3 9 45 Retreat to Move Forward 7.9
3 10 46 Generalissimo 8.5
3 11 47 St. Valentine’s Day 8.2
3 12 48 Larry King 8.0
3 13 49 Goodbye, My Friend 8.0
3 14 50 The Funcooker 8.2
3 15 51 The Bubble 8.1
3 16 52 Apollo, Apollo 8.4
3 17 53 Cutbacks 7.6
3 18 54 Jackie Jormp-Jomp 7.9
3 19 55 The Ones 7.9
3 20 56 The Natural Order 7.8
3 21 57 Mamma Mia 8.0
3 22 58 Kidney Now! 8.6
4 1 59 Season 4 7.7
4 2 60 Into the Crevasse 7.7
4 3 61 Stone Mountain 7.7
4 4 62 Audition Day 7.9
4 5 63 The Problem Solvers 7.9
4 6 64 Sun Tea 7.7
4 7 65 Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001 8.1
4 8 66 Secret Santa 8.0
4 9 67 Klaus and Greta 8.3
4 10 68 Black Light Attack! 7.9
4 11 69 Winter Madness 7.4
4 12 70 Verna 7.6
4 13 71 Anna Howard Shaw Day 8.5
4 14 72 Future Husband 7.7
4 15 73 Don Geiss, America, and Hope 7.9
4 16 74 Floyd 7.8
4 17 75 Lee Marvin vs. Derek Jeter 7.8
4 18 76 Khonani 7.4
4 19 77 Argus 7.6
4 20 78 The Moms 7.7
4 21 79 Emmanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land 8.1
4 22 80 I Do Do 8.5
5 1 81 The Fabian Strategy 7.9
5 2 82 When It Rains, It Pours 8.2
5 3 83 Let’s Stay Together 7.7
5 4 84 Live Show 8.5
5 5 85 Reaganing 8.0
5 6 86 Gentleman’s Intermission 7.8
5 7 87 Brooklyn Without Limits 7.9
5 8 88 College 7.8
5 9 89 Chain Reaction of Mental Anguish 7.6
5 10 90 Christmas Attack Zone 7.9
5 11 91 Mrs. Donaghy 8.2
5 12 92 Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning 8.3
5 13 93 ¡Qué Sorpresa! 7.9
5 14 94 Double-Edged Sword 8.3
5 15 95 It’s Never Too Late for Now 8.2
5 16 96 TGS Hates Women 8.2
5 17 97 Queen of Jordan 7.5
5 18 98 Plan B 7.8
5 19 99 I Heart Connecticut 7.6
5 20 100 100: Part 1 8.0
5 21 101 100: Part 2 8.4
5 22 102 Everything Sunny All the Time Always 7.9
5 23 103 Respawn 7.6
6 1 104 Dance Like Nobody’s Watching 7.9
6 2 105 Idiots Are People Two! 7.8
6 3 106 Idiots Are People Three! 7.9
6 4 107 The Ballad of Kenneth Parcell 7.7
6 5 108 Today You Are a Man 7.8
6 6 109 Hey, Baby, What’s Wrong?: Part 1 7.7
6 7 110 Hey, Baby, What’s Wrong?: Part 2 7.9
6 8 111 The Tuxedo Begins 8.4
6 9 112 Leap Day 8.1
6 10 113 Alexis Goodlooking and the Case of the Missing Whisky 7.6
6 11 114 Standards and Practices 7.9
6 12 115 St. Patrick’s Day 7.6
6 13 116 Grandmentor 7.4
6 14 117 Kidnapped by Danger 8.2
6 15 118 The Shower Principle 7.4
6 16 119 Nothing Left to Lose 7.5
6 17 120 Meet the Woggels! 7.5
6 18 121 Murphy Brown Lied to Us 7.7
6 19 122 Live from Studio 6H 8.5
6 20 123 Queen of Jordan 2: The Mystery of the Phantom Pooper 7.2
6 21 124 The Return of Avery Jessup 7.6
6 22 125 What Will Happen to the Gang Next Year? 7.8
7 1 126 The Beginning of the End 7.6
7 2 127 Governor Dunston 7.6
7 3 128 Stride of Pride 7.7
7 4 129 Unwindulax 7.8
7 5 130 There’s No I in America 7.5
7 6 131 Aunt Phatso vs. Jack Donaghy 7.5
7 7 132 Mazel Tov, Dummies! 8.2
7 8 133 My Whole Life is Thunder 7.9
7 9 134 Game Over 8.3
7 10 135 Florida 7.9
7 11 136 A Goon’s Deed in a Weary World 8.3
7 12 137 Hogcock! 8.9
7 13 138 Last Lunch 9.2
Separated by season, with seasonal averages
Ep. # Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7
1 7.2 8.2 8.1 7.7 7.9 7.9 7.6
2 7.5 7.9 8.4 7.7 8.2 7.8 7.6
3 7.8 7.7 7.9 7.7 7.7 7.9 7.7
4 7.4 8.1 8.1 7.9 8.5 7.7 7.8
5 8.0 8.2 8.5 7.9 8.0 7.8 7.5
6 7.6 8.1 7.7 7.7 7.8 7.7 7.5
7 8.2 8.0 8.0 8.1 7.9 7.9 8.2
8 7.7 7.7 7.7 8.0 7.8 8.4 7.9
9 7.9 8.1 7.9 8.3 7.6 8.1 8.3
10 7.9 7.9 8.5 7.9 7.9 7.6 7.9
11 8.1 8.3 8.2 7.4 8.2 7.9 8.3
12 8.4 7.6 8.0 7.6 8.3 7.6 8.9
13 7.9 8.3 8.0 8.5 7.9 7.4 9.2
14 7.8 8.0 8.2 7.7 8.3 8.2
15 8.3 8.3 8.1 7.9 8.2 7.4
16 7.7 8.4 7.8 8.2 7.5
17 7.8 7.6 7.8 7.5 7.5
18 8.1 7.9 7.4 7.8 7.7
19 7.7 7.9 7.6 7.6 8.5
20 8.0 7.8 7.7 8.0 7.2
21 8.1 8.0 8.1 8.4 7.6
22 8.6 8.5 7.9 7.8
23 7.6
Avg. 7.9 8.0 8.1 7.9 8.0 7.8 8.0
How many episodes are rated the same?
Rating Frequency
7.2 2
7.4 5
7.5 6
7.6 13
7.7 18
7.8 13
7.9 24
8.0 11
8.1 12
8.2 11
8.3 9
8.4 5
8.5 6
8.6 1
8.9 1
9.2 1
  • SatyrSackOPEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    I think the real issue is probably more the simple fact that this is a bar graph and not a line graph. The point of these graphs is to compare each episode relative to each other, not to compare relative to zero. In that case, a line graph with a Y axis ranging from 7-9.5 makes sense.

    Or I could just make this a triangle graph…

    • Strykker@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Still doesn’t make sense with the bottom cut off. Imagine it as comparing the height of a bunch of people, say Americans vs Asians just going for a large difference here, if you start the chart at 4 feet, then you are going to get a very different feel from it compared to one started at 0. It will imply a even larger difference than there is

      Don’t trim your graphs.