Sesame Street
Peaked in season 36
Average episode rating per season
The best season of Sesame Street is season 36, with an average episode rating of 8.0 on IMDb, and the worst is season 2, at 7.5. From season 1 (7.8) to season 45 (7.9), the rating went up by 0.1. Its seasons average 7.8, and the series as a whole is rated 8.1 on IMDb, from 17.4K votes. Seasons 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, and 57 aren't ranked, since fewer than half of their episodes have been rated yet.
Season by season
| Season | Aired | Rated episodes | Rating | Change | You | Rating bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1969 | 131/131 | 7.8 | |||
| 2Worst | 1970 | 143/145 | 7.5 | −0.3 | ||
| 3 | 1971 | 112/130 | 7.7 | +0.1 | ||
| 4 | 1972 | 81/130 | 7.5 | −0.1 | ||
| 5 | 1973 | 129/130 | 7.6 | +0.1 | ||
| 6 | 1974 | 130/130 | 7.7 | +0.1 | ||
| 7Partial | 1975 | 29/130 | 8.1 | +0.4 | ||
| 8Partial | 1976 | 6/130 | 8.1 | ±0.0 | ||
| 9Partial | 1977 | 11/130 | 7.9 | −0.1 | ||
| 10Partial | 1978 | 7/130 | 7.6 | −0.3 | ||
| 11Partial | 1978 | 6/131 | 8.3 | +0.7 | ||
| 12Partial | 1980 | 5/128 | 7.9 | −0.4 | ||
| 13Partial | 1981 | 3/130 | 8.5 | +0.6 | ||
| 14Partial | 1980 | 7/50 | 8.1 | −0.4 | ||
| 15Partial | 1983 | 3/51 | 8.6 | +0.5 | ||
| 16Partial | 1984 | 4/59 | 8.0 | −0.6 | ||
| 17Partial | 1985 | 6/48 | 8.0 | ±0.0 | ||
| 18Partial | 1986 | 16/56 | 7.7 | −0.3 | ||
| 19Partial | 1987 | 22/60 | 7.9 | +0.3 | ||
| 20Partial | 1988 | 20/50 | 8.0 | +0.1 | ||
| 21Partial | 1984 | 14/60 | 8.0 | ±0.0 | ||
| 22Partial | 1990 | 9/48 | 8.0 | +0.1 | ||
| 23Partial | 1991 | 20/54 | 7.9 | −0.1 | ||
| 24Partial | 1992 | 10/58 | 7.8 | −0.1 | ||
| 25Partial | 1993 | 12/71 | 7.9 | ±0.0 | ||
| 26Partial | 1994 | 4/54 | 7.6 | −0.3 | ||
| 27Partial | 1991 | 1/44 | 7.7 | +0.1 | ||
| 28Partial | 1996 | 6/43 | 7.4 | −0.3 | ||
| 29Partial | 1997 | 11/59 | 7.6 | +0.2 | ||
| 30Partial | 1998 | 5/61 | 7.7 | +0.2 | ||
| 31Partial | 2000 | 6/45 | 7.7 | −0.1 | ||
| 32Partial | 2001 | 6/41 | 7.6 | ±0.0 | ||
| 33Partial | 2002 | 10/42 | 8.0 | +0.4 | ||
| 34Partial | 1996 | 4/23 | 7.7 | −0.3 | ||
| 35 | 2004 | 23/26 | 8.0 | +0.2 | ||
| 36Best | 2005 | 19/26 | 8.0 | +0.1 | ||
| 37 | 2006 | 26/26 | 7.9 | −0.2 | ||
| 38 | 2007 | 21/27 | 7.9 | ±0.0 | ||
| 39 | 2008 | 15/27 | 8.0 | +0.1 | ||
| 40 | 2009 | 24/26 | 8.0 | ±0.0 | ||
| 41 | 2010 | 25/28 | 8.0 | +0.1 | ||
| 42 | 2011 | 26/26 | 7.8 | −0.2 | ||
| 43 | 2012 | 23/25 | 7.6 | −0.2 | ||
| 44 | 2012 | 26/27 | 7.9 | +0.3 | ||
| 45 | 2014 | 27/28 | 7.9 | ±0.0 | ||
| 46Partial | 2016 | 9/29 | 8.1 | +0.2 | ||
| 47Partial | 2017 | 7/28 | 7.0 | −1.1 | ||
| 48Partial | 2017 | 8/31 | 7.5 | +0.5 | ||
| 49Partial | 2018 | 9/35 | 7.4 | −0.1 | ||
| 50Partial | 2019 | 3/35 | 7.2 | −0.2 | ||
| 51Partial | 2020 | 1/32 | 5.5 | −1.7 | ||
| 52 | 2021 | 0/33 | – | |||
| 53Partial | 2022 | 1/35 | 6.7 | +1.2 | ||
| 54 | 2023 | 0/34 | – | |||
| 55 | 2025 | 0/22 | – | |||
| 56Partial | 2025 | 2/13 | 8.9 | +2.2 | ||
| 57 | 2026 | 0/4 | – |
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