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
  • Strykker@programming.devEnglish
    41·
    2 months ago

    Stop making graphs that don’t start at 0, it’s good that at least they all start at the same value, but by cutting off the axis below 7 you are altering the presentation of the data to imply a larger variance than there actually was.

    • 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.

    • 4am@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Stop reading axis before drawing conclusions, it’s good that you saw the graph at all, but by cutting your attention short, you are altering the perception of the data to imply a larger misunderstanding than there actually was.

      • Strykker@programming.devEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        If I don’t read the axis the conclusion is even worse!

        At least I know where the zero index is if I check the axis.

        Not reading the axis is the worst thing you could do for information literacy