Boston Public (2000)

Comedy · Drama

Principal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the demands of the faculty, the students and their parents.

IMDb rating: 7.3 (6,753 votes)
Episode average: 7.7 ↑ +0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 4
Language: EN
Type: TV series

Shape drift trajectory: its last season breaks the pattern the earlier ones set. Rising Shows ranks whole shows by the shape of their rating trend rather than one average score, which is how you find a show that got better rather than a show that started well. See every Shape drift show in the explorer →

Browse all Shape drift shows in the explorer → Open in Rising Shows app → View on IMDb

Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 4 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2000)

8.06 avg 22 episodes 8.2 → 8.8 60 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Chapter One	8.2	72
2	Chapter Two	7.3	46
3	Chapter Three	8.4	49
4	Chapter Four	8.1	48
5	Chapter Five	8.3	44
6	Chapter Six	7.5	43
7	Chapter Seven	8.1	37
8	Chapter Eight	8.0	38
9	Chapter Nine	8.2	48
10	Chapter Ten	8.6	41
11	Chapter Eleven	7.9	38
12	Chapter Twelve	7.5	37
13	Chapter Thirteen	8.6	37
14	Chapter Fourteen	8.0	37
15	Chapter Fifteen	8.1	39
16	Chapter Sixteen	8.1	34
17	Chapter Seventeen	8.3	35
18	Chapter Eighteen	8.4	55
19	Chapter Nineteen	6.9	45
20	Chapter Twenty	8.0	36
21	Chapter Twenty-One	8.1	36
22	Chapter Twenty-Two	8.8	40

Season 2 (2001)

7.65 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 8.2 60 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Chapter Twenty-Three	7.8	34
2	Chapter Twenty-Four	7.4	32
3	Chapter Twenty-Five	7.9	31
4	Chapter Twenty-Six	7.7	31
5	Chapter Twenty-Seven	6.4	34
6	Chapter Twenty-Eight	5.8	44
7	Chapter Twenty-Nine	7.6	36
8	Chapter Thirty	8.1	33
9	Chapter Thirty-One	8.0	32
10	Chapter Thirty-Two	8.1	35
11	Chapter Thirty-Three	7.7	30
12	Chapter Thirty-Five	7.3	34
13	Chapter Thirty-Six	7.9	35
14	Chapter Thirty-Four	8.2	36
15	Chapter Thirty-Seven	8.1	38
16	Chapter Thirty-Eight	7.3	33
17	Chapter Thirty-Nine	7.2	33
18	Chapter Forty	8.2	34
19	Chapter Forty-One	8.4	33
20	Chapter Forty-Two	7.5	36
21	Chapter Forty-Three	7.4	34
22	Chapter Forty-Four	8.2	35

Season 3 (2002)

7.68 avg 22 episodes 7.3 → 8.5 60 min avg

Big finale

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Chapter Forty-Five	7.3	36
2	Chapter Forty-Six	7.5	37
3	Chapter Forty-Seven	7.1	36
4	Chapter Forty-Eight	8.2	36
5	Chapter Forty-Nine	7.6	31
6	Chapter Fifty	7.8	36
7	Chapter Fifty-One	7.9	37
8	Chapter Fifty-Two	7.8	40
9	Chapter Fifty-Three	8.0	35
10	Chapter Fifty-Four	7.4	34
11	Chapter Fifty-Five	7.5	33
12	Chapter Fifty-Six	7.4	32
13	Chapter Fifty-Seven	7.2	34
14	Chapter Fifty-Eight	7.7	39
15	Chapter Fifty-Nine	8.1	37
16	Chapter Sixty	7.8	32
17	Chapter Sixty-One	7.3	40
18	Chapter Sixty-Two	7.3	34
19	Chapter Sixty-Three	7.4	30
20	Chapter Sixty-Four	7.7	33
21	Chapter Sixty-Five	8.4	37
22	Chapter Sixty-Six	8.5	41

Season 4 (2003)

7.33 avg 15 episodes 6.8 → 7.9 59 min avg

Shape drift

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Chapter Sixty-Seven	6.8	37
2	Chapter Sixty-Eight	7.2	38
3	Chapter Sixty-Nine	7.9	39
4	Chapter Seventy	7.8	35
5	Chapter Seventy-One	7.2	43
6	Chapter Seventy-Two	6.8	38
7	Chapter Seventy-Three	7.0	35
8	Chapter Seventy-Four	6.7	41
9	Chapter Seventy-Five	7.0	32
10	Chapter Seventy-Six	6.6	37
11	Chapter Seventy-Seven	7.7	41
12	Chapter Seventy-Eight	7.9	33
13	Chapter Seventy-Nine	7.6	38
14	Chapter Eighty	7.8	43
15	Chapter Eighty-One	7.9	38

Boston Public (2000)

Cast

Seasons

Shows like this