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The Jack Benny Program (1950)

Comedy

Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.

IMDb rating
8.5 (1,817 votes)
Seasons
15
Streaming (US)
Best tv ever Amazon Channel · Xumo Play · Tubi TV
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 15 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1950)

7.68 avg 4 episodes 7.7 → 7.6 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 69 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 12 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 15 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 11 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Premiere Show7.769
2The Faye Emerson and Frank Sinatra Show7.512
3Claudette Colbert, Basil Rathbone, Robert Montgomery7.915
4The Ben Hogan Show7.611

Season 2 (1951)

7.76 avg 5 episodes 7.6 → 7.8 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 84 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 10 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 20 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 17 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 11 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Dorothy Shay7.684
2Helen Francoise Show7.410
3Gaslight8.220
4Gracie Bit7.817
6Packing for London7.811

Season 3 (1952)

8.04 avg 5 episodes 8.1 → 8.5 30 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 24 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 85 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 18 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 80 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 20 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Bob Crosby's Contract8.124
3Jack Gets Robbed7.985
4Cafe Skit7.818
7Fred Allen Show7.980
8Jack Visits the Vault8.520

Season 4 (1953)

7.69 avg 11 episodes 7.5 → 8.5 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 84 votesEp 2: 6.4 · 16 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 154 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 60 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 72 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 58 votesEp 7: 7.1 · 67 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 63 votesEp 10: 8.1 · 69 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 45 votesEp 13: 8.5 · 60 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Honolulu Trip7.584
2Jack as a Child6.416
3Humphrey Bogart Show7.9154
4Johnnie Ray Show7.260
5Irene Dunne Show8.172
6Reminiscing About Last New Year's7.358
7Liberace Show7.167
8Jack Dreams He's Married to Mary8.163
10Goldie, Fields and Glide8.169
11Burns and Allen Show8.445
13The Road to Nairobi8.560

Season 5 (1954)

8.09 avg 14 episodes 8.3 → 8.3 30 min avg

Ep 2: 8.3 · 72 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 84 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 42 votesEp 6: 9.0 · 74 votesEp 7: 7.3 · 15 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 47 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 31 votesEp 10: 7.8 · 66 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 46 votesEp 12: 8.5 · 48 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 23 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 47 votesEp 15: 7.7 · 30 votesEp 16: 8.3 · 25 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
2The Jam Session Show8.372
3How Jack Found Mary8.284
5The Life of Jack Benny7.842
6Jack Does Christmas Shopping9.074
7San Diego Naval Training Center Show7.315
8Bedroom Burglar Show8.147
9Jack and Gisele MacKenzie's Violin Duet8.031
10Four O'Clock in the Morning Show7.866
11Jack's Lunch Counter8.346
12Jack Takes the Beavers to the Fair8.548
13Gary Crosby Show7.823
14Jack Is a Contestant8.247
15Leaving for New York City7.730
16Jackie Gleason Show8.325

Season 6 (1955)

7.84 avg 14 episodes 7.5 → 8.3 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 25 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 40 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 29 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 38 votesEp 5: 8.4 · 39 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 45 votesEp 7: 6.7 · 36 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 40 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 21 votesEp 10: 7.4 · 21 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 50 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 42 votesEp 14: 7.6 · 15 votesEp 16: 8.3 · 19 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Jack Visits Dennis' Home7.525
2Massage and Date with Gertrude8.540
3Peggy King & Art Linkletter7.829
4Isaac Stern Show8.038
5Jack Gives Johnny Carson Advice8.439
6Jack Hunts for Uranium7.745
7New Years Day, 19566.736
8Don Invites Gang to Dinner7.940
9How Jack Met Rochester8.021
10William Holden/Frances Bergen Show7.421
11Rochester Falls Asleep, Misses Program7.550
12Jack Dives Into Empty Swimming Pool in Palm Springs8.442
14Jack Opens Beverly Hills Office7.615
16Jack Tries to Get a Passport to Europe8.319

Season 7 (1956)

7.79 avg 14 episodes 7.9 → 8.2 30 min avg

Ep 2: 7.9 · 32 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 19 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 20 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 43 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 35 votesEp 8: 7.4 · 56 votesEp 9: 7.6 · 33 votesEp 10: 8.1 · 19 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 10 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 20 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 36 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 38 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 40 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 11 votes
Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
2George Burns/Spike Jones Show7.932
3George Gobel/Red Skelton Show7.219
4Jack Is Invited to Ronald Colmans7.320
5Jack's Maxwell Is Stolen8.143
6Jack Locked in the Tower of London7.435
8Talent Show7.456
9Jack Hires Opera Singer in Rome7.633
10The Fiddler8.119
11Goodwin Knight/George Jessel Show7.510
12Hope and Benny in Agent's Office8.320
13Jack Falls Into Canal in Venice7.836
14Jack in Paris8.238
15Mary Has May Co. Reunion8.140
16Visit from the IRS8.211

Season 8 (1957)

7.78 avg 15 episodes 8.0 → 7.7 29 min avg

Ep 2: 8.0 · 18 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 29 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 48 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 11 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 36 votesEp 7: 8.8 · 123 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 10 votesEp 9: 7.5 · 41 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 37 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 46 votesEp 12: 7.6 · 22 votesEp 13: 6.5 · 14 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 53 votesEp 15: 6.8 · 17 votesEp 16: 7.7 · 47 votes
Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
2The Airport8.018
3Hal March Show7.529
4Ginger Rogers Show8.248
5John Forsythe Show8.311
6Jack's Life Story7.836
7Christmas Shopping Show8.8123
8Jack Goes to the Rose Bowl8.210
9Jack Takes Beavers to Dentist7.541
10Honeymooners Show8.037
11Jack Goes to the Races7.646
12Violin Competition with Gisele MacKenzie7.622
13Academy Awards6.514
14Railroad Station Program8.253
15Ronnie Burns Show6.817
16Hillbilly Act7.747

Season 9 (1958)

7.84 avg 13 episodes 7.8 → 7.9 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 34 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 12 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 11 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 14 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 52 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 17 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 20 votesEp 9: 7.4 · 26 votesEp 10: 7.6 · 38 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 45 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 16 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 45 votesEp 15: 7.9 · 17 votes
Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Gary Cooper Show7.834
2Phil Harris Show8.012
3Dennis Gets a Million Dollars7.211
5Bachelor TV Lives7.614
6Jack Goes to Doctor8.252
7Jack and Gisele MacKenzie7.817
8Christmas Gift Exchange8.620
9Autolight7.426
10Ernie Kovacs Show7.638
11Jack Goes to Nightclub7.645
12Airport Sketch8.416
14The Bergen Show7.845
15Ed Sullivan/Genevieve Show7.917

Season 10 (1959)

7.84 avg 14 episodes 7.7 → 8.1 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 18 votesEp 2: 6.7 · 18 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 16 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 81 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 22 votesEp 6: 8.7 · 53 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 13 votesEp 8: 7.0 · 41 votesEp 9: 6.8 · 11 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 12 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 41 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 26 votesEp 14: 7.6 · 23 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 15 votes
Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
130 Years in the Future7.718
2Harry Truman Show6.718
3Jack Webb Show8.016
4The Jimmy Stewart Show8.181
5Jack Paar Show8.122
6Pasadena Fan Club8.753
7George Burns Show8.013
8Ben Blue Show7.041
9Maurice Gosfield/Amateur Show6.811
10George Gobel Show8.212
11Jack Arrested for Disturbing the Peace8.441
12Natalie Wood/Robert Wagner Show8.326
14Easter Show7.623
15Final Show of the Season8.115

Season 11 (1960)

8.01 avg 24 episodes 7.5 → 8.4 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 19 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 12 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 24 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 66 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 21 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 11 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 57 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 67 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 46 votesEp 10: 7.4 · 17 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 71 votesEp 12: 8.5 · 26 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 64 votesEp 14: 8.3 · 74 votesEp 16: 7.9 · 63 votesEp 17: 8.0 · 40 votesEp 18: 8.3 · 48 votesEp 19: 7.8 · 48 votesEp 20: 8.6 · 14 votesEp 21: 8.2 · 11 votesEp 22: 8.1 · 45 votesEp 24: 7.8 · 46 votesEp 25: 7.7 · 43 votesEp 26: 8.4 · 9 votes
Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Nightbeat Takeoff7.519
2Dick Clark Show8.012
3Milton Berle Show7.524
4Hong Kong Suit7.966
5John Wayne Show7.421
6Joey Bishop Show8.411
7Lunch Counter Murder8.457
8Jack Goes to Concert7.767
9Christmas Show7.846
10Amateur Show7.417
11Jack Casting for TV Special8.471
12Jack Goes to the Vault8.526
13Don's Anniversary8.264
14Jack at Supermarket8.374
16Jack Goes to the Gym7.963
17Death Row Sketch8.040
18Musicale8.348
19Jack Becomes Surgeon7.848
20Detective Story8.614
21Children's Version of the Show8.211
22Jack Goes to Las Vegas8.145
24Variety Show7.846
25Main Street Shelter7.743
26English Sketch8.49

Season 12 (1961)

7.83 avg 23 episodes 8.2 → 8.0 30 min avg

Ep 2: 8.2 · 9 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 88 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 23 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 42 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 44 votesEp 7: 7.3 · 46 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 47 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 40 votesEp 10: 8.1 · 26 votesEp 11: 7.4 · 34 votesEp 12: 7.1 · 42 votesEp 13: 7.9 · 37 votesEp 14: 8.0 · 17 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 12 votesEp 16: 7.5 · 16 votesEp 17: 8.0 · 53 votesEp 18: 7.9 · 23 votesEp 19: 7.9 · 45 votesEp 20: 7.4 · 43 votesEp 22: 8.2 · 12 votesEp 23: 7.6 · 37 votesEp 24: 8.0 · 36 votesEp 25: 8.0 · 47 votes
Season 12 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
2Waukegan Show8.29
3Jack on Trial for Murder8.588
4Jack Takes the Stewarts to a Play7.623
5Tennessee Ernie Ford Show7.942
6Jack Plays Golf7.644
7Jack Followed Home7.346
8Jack Goes to Cafeteria7.847
9Jack Writes a Song8.040
10Christmas Party8.126
11New Year's Eve7.434
12Jack Does Opera7.142
13Dennis' Surprise Birthday7.937
14Jack Gets Passport8.017
15How Jack Met Rochester8.212
16Police Station Show7.516
17Ghost Town Western Sketch8.053
18Rock Hudson Show7.923
19Julie London Show7.945
20Alexander Hamilton Story7.443
22Crazy Airport8.212
23Jack Going Back Into Pictures7.637
24Jack Is Violin Teacher8.036
25Modern Prison Sketch8.047

Season 13 (1962)

7.87 avg 25 episodes 8.5 → 8.2 30 min avg

Ep 1: 8.5 · 10 votesEp 3: 7.1 · 37 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 53 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 47 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 49 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 65 votesEp 8: 7.4 · 17 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 48 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 50 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 42 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 63 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 45 votesEp 14: 8.4 · 9 votesEp 15: 7.7 · 43 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 37 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 62 votesEp 18: 7.8 · 12 votesEp 19: 7.5 · 34 votesEp 20: 7.5 · 43 votesEp 21: 7.6 · 42 votesEp 22: 7.5 · 39 votesEp 23: 7.4 · 47 votesEp 24: 8.0 · 58 votesEp 25: 7.7 · 41 votesEp 28: 8.2 · 36 votes
Season 13 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Sammy Davis Jr. Show8.510
3The Phil Silvers Show7.137
4Air Force Sketch7.353
5The Lawrence Welk Show8.247
6The Story of My Gang Comedy7.349
7Jack Plays Tarzan7.965
8Jack Gives a Dinner Party7.417
9Jack Meets Japanese Agent8.348
10The Bob Hope Show8.250
11The Story of Jack Referees Wrestling Match8.242
12Jack and the Crying Cab Driver8.263
13The Story of the New Talent Show8.245
14Jack Attends the Rose Bowl8.49
15Jack Meets Max Bygraves7.743
16Twilight Zone Sketch8.237
17The Peter Lorre/Joanie Sommers Show8.462
18The Murder of Clayton Worthington7.812
19Return to Broadway7.534
20The Spanish Sketch7.543
21The Connie Francis Show7.642
22Jack Does the U.S.O. Show7.539
23The Frankie Avalon Show7.447
24Jack Is Kidnapped8.058
25Jack Fires Don7.741
28Jack Answers Request Letters8.236

Season 14 (1963)

7.99 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 8.4 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 17 votesEp 2: 8.4 · 48 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 44 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 46 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 55 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 59 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 45 votesEp 9: 7.6 · 47 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 31 votesEp 13: 7.0 · 16 votesEp 14: 8.5 · 58 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 59 votesEp 16: 8.6 · 62 votesEp 17: 8.1 · 44 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 60 votesEp 19: 7.6 · 41 votesEp 20: 8.3 · 50 votesEp 24: 8.1 · 45 votesEp 25: 7.9 · 38 votesEp 26: 8.0 · 41 votesEp 27: 8.0 · 44 votesEp 28: 8.4 · 50 votes
Season 14 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Billy Graham Show7.617
2The Robert Goulet Show8.448
3Riverboat Sketch7.744
4The Tall Cowboy Sketch8.146
5Johnny Carson Guest8.255
6Jack Directs a Film8.159
7The Ed Sullivan Show7.445
9Jack Takes Boat to Hawaii7.647
12Amateur Show8.431
13Jack Alone on New Year's Eve7.016
14How Jack Met George Burns8.558
15Peter, Paul and Mary8.259
16Nat King Cole, Guest8.662
17The Bobby Darin Show8.144
18Don Breaks Leg7.560
19How Jack Found Dennis7.641
20Jack Takes Violin Lessons8.350
24Jack Renews Driver's License8.145
25The Lettermen7.938
26Jack Goes to the Allergy Doctor8.041
27Harlow Gets a Date8.044
28I Am the Fiddler8.450

Season 15 (1964)

7.89 avg 24 episodes 7.7 → 8.5 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 12 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 57 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 49 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 61 votesEp 5: 8.4 · 48 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 39 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 14 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 15 votesEp 9: 8.8 · 13 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 39 votesEp 13: 7.6 · 14 votesEp 14: 7.3 · 13 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 41 votesEp 16: 7.8 · 45 votesEp 17: 7.3 · 51 votesEp 19: 7.5 · 17 votesEp 20: 8.0 · 12 votesEp 21: 7.6 · 9 votesEp 22: 8.9 · 15 votesEp 24: 7.4 · 17 votesEp 25: 7.7 · 10 votesEp 26: 8.2 · 11 votesEp 27: 8.4 · 9 votesEp 28: 8.5 · 56 votes
Season 15 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1NBC Premiere7.712
2The Lucille Ball Show7.457
3Andy Williams Show7.949
4The Income Tax Show8.361
5Jack Makes a Comedy Record8.448
6Hillbilly Sketch7.139
7Jungle Sketch8.014
8Jack Loses a Raffle8.115
9The Cat Burglar8.813
11Wayne Newton Show7.739
13Amateur Night7.614
14One Man Show7.313
15The Jack Jones Show7.841
16Jack Adopts Son7.845
17The Kingston Trio, Guests7.351
19The Stradivarius Story7.517
20Jack Joins Acrobats8.012
21Rainy Day in Palm Springs7.69
22Jack Brings Ed Up from the Vault8.915
24Jack's Navy Buddy Returns7.417
25Dennis Opens a Bank Account7.710
26Jack Appears on a Panel Show8.211
27Jack Has Dog Trouble8.49
28Smothers Brothers Show8.556
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