Josh Gates Tonight (2020)

Name: Josh Gates Tonight
Genre: Talk-Show
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Josh Gates

Talk-Show

Unable to travel due to the global pandemic, Josh Gates stays at home and interviews guests pertinent to the topic of the evening.

IMDb rating: 7.9 (235 votes)
Episode average: 6.5 -1.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 5
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Cast

Josh Gates Self - Host

Seasons

Season 1 (2020)

6.28 avg 27 episodes 6.4 → 6.1 40 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Safer at Home	6.4	12
2	Along For The Ride	6.2	9
3	Digging In	5.6	12
4	Earth Day	6.3	13
5	Exploration Home Office	5.4	10
6	Stayin' Inside	5.9	11
7	Indiana Josh	6.9	13
8	Unexplained and Unexplored	6.3	11
9	The Merry Adventures of Josh Gates	6.9	13
10	GI Josh	7.4	15
11	Wild Wild Josh	6.4	10
12	Show Me the Mummy	6.1	11
13	Mother Russia	6.3	9
14	Gold Digging Josh	7.1	11
15	Back from Outer Space	6.7	11
16	Like, Totally Josh	6.9	13
17	Shark Week	5.2	9
18	Totally Jaw-some	5.7	8
20	The Gill of it All	4.8	8
21	Are We Having Fin Yet?	5.7	8
22	Game, Set, Josh	7.2	7
23	Stayin' Alive	6.5	8
24	No Fear of Heists	6.8	8
25	Josh's Monster Mash	6.3	8
26	A Spot of Josh	6.7	8
27	Sherlock Josh	5.7	12
28	King Me!	6.1	11

Season 2 (2020)

6.70 avg 7 episodes 6.9 → 5.9 42 min avg

Bad finale

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Gates Files	6.9	10
2	By Land, Sea or Zoom	6.1	11
3	Happy Joshgiving	7.0	10
4	Super Josh	7.0	11
5	Josh Spaces Out	7.1	10
6	Merry Josh-mas	6.9	9
7	Full Stream Ahead	5.9	10

Season 3 (2021)

6.12 avg 10 episodes 6.4 → 5.8 45 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Josh to the Future	6.4	11
2	Heeeeere's... Joshy!	6.5	13
3	The Great Joshdini	5.9	11
4	Ghostly Gates	5.8	13
5	Driving Mr. Gates	6.4	9
6	It Takes a Villain	8.0	13
7	Shark Week: Some-Fin New	4.8	7
8	Shark Week: Acting Chummy	5.8	7
9	Shark Week: Now You Sea Me	5.8	7
10	Shark Week: Diving In	5.8	6

Season 4 (2021)

7.32 avg 5 episodes 7.4 → 7.9 42 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Gates to the Unknown	7.4	10
2	How I Met Your Josh	7.0	11
3	20,000 Gates Under the Sea	6.6	12
4	I Am (Urban) Legend	7.7	9
5	Josh Mobs Up	7.9	12

Season 5 (2022)

7.00 avg 6 episodes 7.2 → 6.8 42 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Gates Goes Underground	7.2	10
2	The Great Gates Robbery	6.7	7
3	The Outlaw Joshy Gates	6.2	7
4	Gates On A Plane	7.0	9
5	Behind Closed Gates	8.1	13
6	The Gate-teenth Amendment	6.8	10

Josh Gates Tonight (2020)

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