Mad TV (1995)

Comedy

MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series originally inspired by Mad magazine. The one-hour show aired Saturday nights on Fox.

IMDb rating: 7.3 (13,148 votes)
Episode average: 7.6 ↑ +0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons: 15
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 15 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1995)

8.06 avg 19 episodes 7.5 → 8.0 42 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #1.1	7.5	112
2	Episode #1.2	7.7	72
3	Episode #1.3	8.0	59
4	Episode #1.4	7.6	69
5	Episode #1.5	7.6	67
6	Episode #1.6	7.7	80
7	Episode #1.7	7.9	69
8	Episode #1.8	8.1	62
9	Episode #1.9	7.7	63
10	Episode #1.10	8.3	61
11	Episode #1.11	8.4	60
12	Episode #1.12	8.3	58
13	Episode #1.13	8.1	58
14	Episode #1.14	8.3	58
15	Episode #1.15	8.6	55
16	Episode #1.16	8.4	53
17	Episode #1.17	8.5	52
18	Episode #1.18	8.5	50
19	Episode #1.19	8.0	54

Season 2 (1996)

8.19 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 8.5 41 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #2.1	7.8	59
2	Episode #2.2	8.1	49
3	Episode #2.3	8.5	49
4	Episode #2.4	8.2	50
5	Episode #2.5	7.8	60
6	Episode #2.6	7.8	54
7	Episode #2.7	7.8	53
8	Episode #2.8	8.2	55
9	Episode #2.9	8.3	55
10	Episode #2.10	8.2	51
11	Episode #2.11	8.1	51
12	Episode #2.12	8.1	52
13	Episode #2.13	8.3	52
14	Episode #2.14	8.4	45
15	Episode #2.15	8.2	51
16	Episode #2.16	7.7	49
17	Episode #2.17	8.3	48
18	Episode #2.18	8.2	50
19	Episode #2.19	8.6	48
20	Episode #2.20	8.5	46
21	Episode #2.21	8.5	44
22	Episode #2.22	8.5	44

Season 3 (1997)

8.68 avg 25 episodes 8.5 → 8.7 41 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #3.1	8.5	39
2	Episode #3.2	8.2	42
3	Episode #3.3	8.6	40
4	Episode #3.4	8.8	42
5	Episode #3.5	8.6	39
6	Episode #3.6	8.5	40
7	Episode #3.7	8.6	39
8	Episode #3.8	8.5	38
9	Episode #3.9	8.4	37
10	Episode #3.10	9.0	40
11	Episode #3.11	8.8	36
12	Episode #3.12	8.3	40
13	La Toya Jackson	9.0	38
14	Episode #3.14	8.6	35
15	Episode #3.15	8.8	34
16	Episode #3.16	8.8	37
17	Episode #3.17	8.9	39
18	Episode #3.18	9.0	36
19	Episode #3.19	8.9	35
20	Episode #3.20	8.7	53
21	Episode #3.21	9.0	36
22	Episode #3.22	7.9	41
23	David Boreanaz	9.1	42
24	Episode #3.24	8.7	37
25	Halle Berry	8.7	44

Season 4 (1998)

8.66 avg 25 episodes 8.4 → 9.0 41 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Vivica A. Fox	8.4	44
2	Episode #4.2	8.6	35
3	Episode #4.3	8.8	36
4	Episode #4.4	8.6	35
5	Episode #4.5	8.7	37
6	Halloween Spooktacular	8.1	59
7	Episode #4.7	8.8	36
8	Episode #4.8	8.8	38
9	Episode #4.9	8.8	37
10	Shaquille O'Neal	8.9	39
11	Episode #4.11	8.5	34
12	Episode #4.12	8.7	34
13	Episode #4.13	8.4	34
14	Episode #4.14	8.5	34
15	Episode #4.15	8.6	36
16	Episode #4.16	8.2	36
17	Episode #4.17	8.8	34
18	Episode #4.18	8.8	38
19	Episode #4.19	8.5	34
20	Episode #4.20	8.6	35
21	Episode #4.21	8.1	38
22	Episode #4.22	9.2	37
23	Episode #4.23	8.9	34
24	Episode #4.24	9.1	35
25	Episode #4.25	9.0	34

Season 5 (1999)

8.74 avg 25 episodes 7.4 → 9.1 41 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #5.1	7.4	45
2	Episode #5.2	8.9	43
3	Episode #5.3	8.9	37
4	Episode #5.4	8.8	37
5	Episode #5.5	8.8	36
6	Halloween Special Edition	8.5	37
7	Episode #5.7	8.4	38
8	Episode #5.8	8.9	38
9	Episode #5.9	9.2	46
10	Episode #5.10	8.7	39
11	Episode #5.11	8.2	43
12	Episode #5.12	8.0	49
13	Episode #5.13	8.9	34
14	Episode #5.14	8.5	42
15	Episode #5.15	8.4	41
16	Episode #5.16	8.9	37
17	Episode #5.17	9.0	37
18	Episode #5.18	8.7	38
19	Episode #5.19	8.9	33
20	Episode #5.20	9.4	36
21	Episode #5.21	9.4	45
22	Episode #5.22	8.6	35
23	Episode #5.23	8.7	41
24	Episode #5.24	9.2	38
25	Episode #5.25	9.1	39

Season 6 (2000)

8.48 avg 30 episodes 8.0 → 8.6 41 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #6.1	8.0	35
2	Episode #6.2	8.9	31
3	Episode #6.3	8.6	27
4	Episode #6.4	8.8	25
5	Episode #6.5	8.7	25
6	Episode #6.6	7.7	36
7	Episode #6.7	8.7	27
8	Episode #6.8	8.0	34
9	Episode #6.9	8.8	34
10	Episode #6.10	8.0	31
11	Episode #6.11	8.8	30
12	Episode #6.12	8.6	28
13	Episode #6.13	8.5	27
14	Episode #6.14	8.8	30
15	Episode #6.15	8.0	37
16	Episode #6.16	8.7	30
17	Episode #6.17	8.8	25
18	Episode #6.18	9.0	27
19	Episode #6.19	7.7	38
20	Episode #6.20	8.6	27
21	Episode #6.21	8.8	28
22	Episode #6.22	8.7	23
23	Episode #6.23	8.4	26
24	Episode #6.24	8.7	44
25	Episode #6.25	7.1	42
26	Episode #6.26	8.6	18
27	Episode #6.27	8.3	20
28	Episode #6.28	8.9	25
29	Episode #6.29	8.7	19
30	Episode #6.30	8.6	20

Season 7 (2001)

8.09 avg 25 episodes 6.8 → 7.9

Rollercoaster

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #7.1	6.8	46
2	Episode #7.2	8.2	27
3	Episode #7.3	8.6	25
4	Episode #7.4	8.8	26
5	Episode #7.5	8.4	33
6	Episode #7.6	8.5	24
7	Episode #7.7	7.2	47
8	Episode #7.8	7.8	31
9	Episode #7.9	8.7	27
10	Episode #7.10	8.4	29
11	Episode #7.11	8.5	25
12	Episode #7.12	8.7	26
13	Episode #7.13	7.3	33
14	Episode #7.14	8.2	25
15	Episode #7.15	8.5	30
16	Episode #7.16	8.8	27
17	Episode #7.17	7.4	33
18	Episode #7.18	7.9	30
19	Episode #7.19	7.8	27
20	Episode #7.20	8.5	24
21	Episode #7.21	8.6	25
22	Episode #7.22	6.8	37
23	Episode #7.23	8.3	25
24	Episode #7.24	7.7	31
25	Episode #7.25	7.9	30

Season 8 (2002)

8.07 avg 25 episodes 7.5 → 8.4 40 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #8.1	7.5	33
2	Episode #8.2	8.4	34
3	Episode #8.3	7.5	35
4	Episode #8.4	7.5	32
5	Episode #8.5	8.6	27
6	Episode #8.6	8.1	28
7	Episode #8.7	7.3	42
8	Episode #8.8	8.6	25
9	Episode #8.9	8.1	27
10	Episode #8.10	8.4	28
11	Episode #8.11	8.5	25
12	Episode #8.12	7.8	27
13	Episode #8.13	7.9	31
14	Episode #8.14	8.2	25
15	Episode #8.15	6.5	39
16	Episode #8.16	8.5	22
17	Episode #8.17	8.3	25
18	Episode #8.18	8.6	28
19	Episode #8.19	8.5	25
20	Episode #8.20	7.7	23
21	Episode #8.21	7.7	24
22	Episode #8.22	8.0	25
23	Episode #8.23	8.8	21
24	Episode #8.24	8.3	25
25	Episode #8.25	8.4	26

Season 9 (2003)

7.26 avg 25 episodes 7.1 → 8.1 39 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #9.1	7.1	25
2	Episode #9.2	6.4	30
3	Don Cheadle	6.4	44
4	Episode #9.4	7.9	23
5	Jessica Alba	7.5	61
6	Episode #9.6	8.0	32
7	Episode #9.7	6.4	31
8	Episode #9.8	8.1	24
9	Episode #9.9	6.3	26
10	Episode #9.10	7.6	21
11	Collins	8.2	30
12	Nicole Richie	6.9	22
13	Episode #9.13	7.6	25
14	Episode #9.14	7.3	19
15	Episode #9.15	8.0	23
16	Episode #9.16	6.8	28
17	Episode #9.17	5.6	28
18	Episode #9.18	6.2	25
19	Episode #9.19	7.4	20
20	Episode #9.20	8.4	27
21	Episode #9.21	6.4	24
22	Episode #9.22	7.6	39
23	Episode #9.23	6.9	31
24	Episode #9.24	8.4	23
25	Episode #9.25	8.1	26

Season 10 (2004)

6.33 avg 23 episodes 7.5 → 6.4 39 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Charla Faddoul/Mirna Hindoyan	7.5	26
2	Amanda Beard/Kaitlin Sandeno	5.9	21
3	Flavor Flav/Christina Milian/Joe Budden	5.8	23
4	Jon Heder/Alanis Morissette	7.1	24
5	Will Sasso/Marilyn Manson	5.7	23
6	Episode #10.6	5.1	21
7	Episode #10.7	6.9	25
8	Episode #10.8	6.9	21
9	Episode #10.9	5.2	29
10	Episode #10.10	6.7	19
11	Nicole Richie/The Donnas	5.2	22
12	Episode #10.12	7.2	28
13	Nicole Sullivan/Debra Wilson	5.8	26
14	Mo Collins/Susan Sarandon	6.5	26
15	Jeff Probst/Colby Donaldson/Artie Lange	6.7	22
16	Episode #10.16	5.8	29
17	Episode #10.17	7.0	22
18	Episode #10.18	5.0	20
19	Episode #10.19	7.0	22
20	Episode #10.20	6.0	21
21	Episode #10.21	6.6	21
22	Episode #10.22	7.6	22
23	Episode #10.23	6.4	21

Season 11 (2005)

6.70 avg 22 episodes 6.9 → 7.3 41 min avg

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #11.1	6.9	36
2	Episode #11.2	6.0	30
3	Episode #11.3	6.3	22
4	Episode #11.4	6.1	23
5	Pamela Anderson	6.0	27
6	Christopher Meloni	7.1	25
7	John Cena	7.0	25
8	Episode #11.8	7.2	27
9	Episode #11.9	6.3	25
10	Episode #11.10	6.1	32
11	Episode #11.11	5.7	26
12	Episode #11.12	7.0	23
13	Episode #11.13	6.2	24
14	Episode #11.14	7.3	29
15	Film Preview	4.4	23
16	Episode #11.16	7.3	22
17	Episode #11.17	8.0	27
18	Episode #11.18	8.1	34
19	Episode #11.19	7.0	24
20	Episode #11.20	7.0	23
21	Episode #11.21	7.1	24
22	Episode #11.22	7.3	27

Season 12 (2006)

6.92 avg 22 episodes 7.3 → 6.6 41 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #12.1	7.3	39
2	Episode #12.2	6.9	30
3	Episode #12.3	6.7	32
4	Episode #12.4	6.8	26
5	Episode #12.5	5.7	30
6	Episode #12.6	6.5	24
7	Episode #12.7	6.9	27
8	Episode #12.8	6.5	27
9	Episode #12.9	6.8	25
10	Episode #12.10	7.2	34
11	Episode #12.11	6.0	22
12	Shawne Merriman	6.5	24
13	Episode #12.13	6.8	21
14	Episode #12.14	7.3	19
15	Oscar Special	7.1	28
16	Episode #12.16	8.0	26
17	Episode #12.17	7.2	27
18	Episode #12.18	7.6	21
19	Episode #12.19	6.7	19
20	Episode #12.20	6.7	20
21	Episode #12.21	8.5	25
22	Episode #12.22	6.6	23

Season 13 (2007)

5.76 avg 16 episodes 5.6 → 6.5 43 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Mad Tv Ruined My Life	5.6	26
2	Survivor: MADtv	5.7	26
3	I Want My MADtv	6.0	20
4	MADtv's Most Wanted	5.2	18
5	Episode #13.5	5.3	24
6	Episode #13.6	5.4	20
7	Episode #13.7	5.5	21
8	Episode #13.8	5.9	27
9	Episode #13.9	5.6	20
10	Episode #13.10	6.0	23
11	Episode #13.11	5.6	28
12	Episode #13.12	6.7	25
13	Episode #13.13	5.8	25
14	Episode #13.14	5.8	26
15	Episode #13.15	5.6	24
16	Episode #13.16	6.5	25

Season 14 (2008)

5.48 avg 17 episodes 6.7 → 4.3 42 min avg

Season 14 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #14.1	6.7	39
2	Episode #14.2	5.9	26
3	Episode #14.3	6.2	22
4	Episode #14.4	5.6	21
5	Episode #14.5	6.5	24
6	Episode #14.6	6.3	25
7	Episode #14.7	4.5	26
8	Episode #14.8	5.1	19
9	Episode #14.9	5.7	19
10	Episode #14.10	4.6	18
11	Episode #14.11	6.6	20
12	Episode #14.12	1.3	150
13	Episode #14.13	6.0	21
14	Episode #14.14	6.4	22
15	Episode #14.15	6.1	28
16	Episode #14.16	5.3	23
17	Episode #14.17	4.3	33

Season 15 (2016)

5.34 avg 8 episodes 6.9 → 3.3

Season 15 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #15.1	6.9	40
2	Episode #15.2	7.4	36
3	Episode #15.3	6.5	25
4	Episode #15.4	5.3	23
5	Episode #15.5	4.4	18
6	Episode #15.6	5.5	19
7	Episode #15.7	3.4	19
8	Episode #15.8	3.3	19

Mad TV (1995)

Cast

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