Diagnosis Murder (1993)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

IMDb rating: 6.9 (9,689 votes)
Episode average: 7.6 ↑ +0.7 vs IMDb
Seasons: 8
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 8 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1993)

7.47 avg 19 episodes 7.3 → 7.7 45 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Miracle Cure	7.3	234
2	Amnesia	7.0	174
3	Murder at the Telethon	7.1	183
4	Inheritance of Death	7.0	195
5	The 13 Million Dollar Man	7.3	149
6	Vanishing Act: Part 1	7.5	136
7	Vanishing Act: Part 2	7.6	134
8	Shanda's Song	7.0	143
9	The Restless Remains	7.9	146
10	Murder with Mirrors	7.7	135
11	Flashdance with Death	7.5	145
12	Reunion with Murder	7.8	141
13	Lily	7.4	130
14	Guardian Angel	7.9	153
15	Nirvana	7.3	127
16	Broadcast Blues	7.8	117
17	Shaker	7.4	134
18	The Plague	7.8	120
19	Sister Michael Wants You	7.7	135

Season 2 (1994)

7.56 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 6.5 45 min avg

Bad finale

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Many Happy Returns	7.8	117
2	A Very Fatal Funeral	7.7	125
3	Woman Trouble	7.9	131
4	The Busy Body	7.8	118
5	My Four Husbands	7.6	116
6	Murder Most Vial	7.9	117
7	You Can Call Me Johnson	7.8	123
8	Georgia on My Mind	7.6	137
9	The Last Laugh: Part 1	7.9	149
10	The Last Laugh: Part 2	7.6	132
11	Death by Extermination	8.0	149
12	Standing Eight Count	7.1	118
13	The Bela Lugosi Blues	6.8	153
14	The New Healers	7.3	124
15	Call Me Incontestable	7.7	106
16	A Blast from the Past	7.8	127
17	Playing for Keeps	7.0	111
18	Sea No Evil	7.9	124
19	How to Murder Your Lawyer	7.5	134
20	Naked Babes	7.5	125
21	Death in the Daytime	7.7	138
22	My Baby Is Out of This World	6.5	123

Season 3 (1995)

7.73 avg 18 episodes 7.6 → 8.0 45 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	An Innocent Murder	7.6	143
2	Witness to Murder	8.2	121
3	All American Murder	7.5	123
4	Murder in the Courthouse	7.9	121
5	Murder on the Run: Part 1	8.0	118
6	Murder on the Run: Part 2	8.0	120
7	Love Is Murder	8.2	118
8	Misdiagnosis Murder	7.4	111
9	The Pressure to Murder	7.7	109
10	Living on the Streets Can Be Murder	8.0	133
11	Murder Murder	7.6	122
12	Murder in the Dark	7.6	115
13	35 Millimeter Murder	7.5	111
14	The Murder Trade	7.5	116
15	Mind Over Murder	7.4	119
16	Murder by the Book	7.6	125
17	FMurder	7.5	122
18	Left-Handed Murder	8.0	113

Season 4 (1996)

7.71 avg 26 episodes 7.9 → 8.1 45 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Murder by Friendly Fire	7.9	115
2	Murder Can Be Contagious	8.1	111
3	Murder on Thin Ice	7.7	128
4	X Marks the Murder: Part 1	7.9	124
5	X Marks the Murder: Part 2	7.6	111
6	A Model Murder	7.3	113
7	Murder Can Be Murder	7.9	96
8	An Explosive Murder	6.6	127
9	Murder by the Busload	8.0	116
10	A Candidate for Murder	7.5	104
11	The ABC's of Murder	7.1	115
12	Murder in the Family	7.5	128
13	In Defense of Murder	7.8	116
14	A History of Murder	8.1	111
15	Murder Two: Part 1	7.7	147
16	Murder Two: Part 2	7.9	135
17	Hard-Boiled Murder	8.2	199
18	Murder, Country Style	7.2	122
19	Delusions of Murder	8.0	119
20	A Passion for Murder	7.8	111
21	Blood Brothers Murder	6.7	114
22	Physician, Murder Thyself	8.2	145
23	Murder in the Air	8.3	115
24	The Merry Widow Murder	7.8	126
25	Comedy Is Murder	7.5	143
26	The Murder of Mark Sloan	8.1	116

Season 5 (1997)

7.68 avg 25 episodes 8.0 → 7.7 45 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Murder Blues	8.0	154
2	Open and Shut	7.9	120
3	Malibu Fire	7.7	135
4	Deadly Games	8.1	116
5	Slam Dunk Dead	7.5	116
6	Looks Can Kill	7.8	115
7	Fatal Impact: Part 1	7.7	117
8	Fatal Impact: Part 2	7.6	111
9	Must Kill TV	7.9	159
10	Discards	7.9	164
11	A Mime Is a Terrible Thing to Waste	7.8	155
12	Down and Dirty Dead	6.7	113
13	Retribution: Part 1	7.7	125
14	Retribution: Part 2	7.9	119
15	Drill for Death	7.8	134
16	Rain of Terror	8.1	152
17	Baby Boom	7.0	107
18	Talked to Death	8.0	113
19	An Education in Murder	7.2	124
20	Murder at the Finish Line	7.4	106
21	First Do No Harm	7.8	120
22	Promises to Keep	7.3	89
23	Food Fight	7.6	115
24	Obsession: Part 1	7.8	129
25	Obsession: Part 2	7.7	122

Season 6 (1998)

7.55 avg 22 episodes 7.3 → 7.9 45 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Resurrection: Part 1	7.3	119
2	Resurrection: Part 2	7.3	107
3	Till Death Do Us Part	7.9	113
4	Wrong Number	7.7	116
5	Blood Will Out	7.7	99
6	Alienated	7.2	156
7	Write, She Murdered	6.3	125
8	Rear Windows '98	7.5	109
9	The Last Resort	7.7	127
10	Murder x 4	7.9	92
11	Dead in the Water	7.5	102
12	Trapped in Paradise	8.2	111
13	Voices Carry	8.4	113
14	Murder, My Suite	8.0	103
15	Murder on the Hour	7.7	89
16	Rescue Me	7.6	102
17	Down Among the Dead Men	7.6	89
18	Never Say Die	7.6	112
19	Trash TV: Part 1	7.7	138
20	Trash TV: Part 2	7.6	110
21	Blood Ties	5.7	130
22	Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of My Life	7.9	97

Season 7 (1999)

7.68 avg 24 episodes 7.8 → 7.8 46 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Roast	7.8	128
2	Sleeping Murder	7.5	104
3	Bringing Up Barbie	7.6	107
4	Murder at Midterm	7.7	113
5	The Flame	7.7	106
6	The Killer Within	7.8	103
7	Gangland: Part 1	7.7	113
8	Gangland: Part 2	7.9	106
9	The Mouth That Roared	7.7	107
10	The Seven Deadly Sins	7.9	106
11	Santa Claude	8.3	103
12	Man Overboard	7.8	111
13	Frontier Dad	7.7	120
14	Too Many Cooks	6.9	96
15	Jake's Women	7.0	88
16	Murder by Remote	7.3	132
17	Teacher's Pet	7.3	98
18	The Unluckiest Bachelor in L.A.	7.8	98
19	A Resting Place	7.9	101
20	Murder at BBQ Bob's	8.0	107
21	Two Birds with One Sloan	7.6	103
22	Swan Song	7.9	119
23	Out of the Past	7.8	109
24	Getting Mad, Getting Even	7.8	101

Season 8 (2000)

7.65 avg 22 episodes 7.9 → 7.4 45 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Death by Design	7.9	109
2	Blind Man's Bluff	7.6	109
3	Sleight-of-Hand	7.0	111
4	By Reason of Insanity	7.8	100
5	The Patient Detective	8.1	115
6	The Cradle Will Rock	7.6	117
7	Hot House	8.1	111
8	All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Die	7.3	103
9	Confession	6.9	100
10	Playing God	7.4	92
11	Less Than Zero	7.9	95
12	Sins of the Father: Part 1	8.4	117
13	Sins of the Father: Part 2	8.3	99
14	You Bet Your Life	7.3	89
15	Bachelor Fathers	7.1	94
16	Being of Sound Mind	8.2	106
17	Dance of Danger	7.3	97
18	The Red's Shoes	7.3	94
19	No Good Deed	7.5	95
20	Deja Vous	7.9	90
21	On the Beach	7.9	97
22	The Blair Nurse Project	7.4	157