The Monkees (1965)

Comedy · Music

Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid madcap encounters with a variety of people straight out of TV and movie central casting, with full knowledge that their existence is part of a weekly television series.

IMDb rating: 7.5 (6,041 votes)
Episode average: 7.6 ↑ +0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 2 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1965)

7.66 avg 33 episodes 7.7 → 8.1 25 min avg

Rebound

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Unaired Pilot: Here Come The Monkees	7.7	30
1	Royal Flush	7.3	286
2	Monkee See, Monkee Die	7.7	236
3	Monkee vs. Machine	8.0	240
4	Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers	7.9	201
5	The Spy Who Came in from the Cool	7.7	197
6	Success Story	7.5	177
7	Monkees in a Ghost Town	7.9	210
8	Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth	7.0	163
9	The Chaperone	7.8	175
10	Here Come the Monkees	7.1	180
11	Monkees à la Carte	7.5	155
12	I've Got a Little Song Here	7.9	180
13	One Man Shy	7.9	164
14	Dance, Monkee, Dance	7.8	161
15	Too Many Girls	7.8	149
16	Son of a Gypsy	7.2	151
17	Case of the Missing Monkee	7.6	153
18	I Was a Teenage Monster	8.2	181
19	Find the Monkees	7.8	164
20	Monkees in the Ring	7.2	146
21	The Prince and the Paupers	7.1	139
22	Monkees at the Circus	7.5	160
23	Captain Crocodile	7.9	163
24	Monkees à la Mode	7.5	161
25	Alias Micky Dolenz	7.6	161
26	Monkees Chow Mein	7.3	160
27	Monkee Mother	7.6	165
28	Monkees on the Line	7.3	154
29	Monkees Get Out More Dirt	8.2	176
30	Monkees Manhattan Style	7.9	145
31	Monkees at the Movies	8.2	174
32	The Monkees on Tour	8.1	167

Season 2 (1967)

7.54 avg 26 episodes 8.1 → 7.9 25 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Nice Place to Visit	8.1	146
2	The Picture Frame	8.0	149
3	Everywhere a Sheik, Sheik	7.6	142
4	Monkee Mayor	7.7	144
5	Art for Monkees' Sake	7.9	143
6	I Was a 99-Pound Weakling	7.3	151
7	Hillbilly Honeymoon	7.6	152
8	Monkees Marooned	7.5	131
9	The Card Carrying Red Shoes	7.0	148
10	The Wild Monkees	7.6	134
11	A Coffin Too Frequent	7.1	132
12	Hitting the High Seas	6.9	134
13	Monkees in Texas	7.8	143
14	Monkees on the Wheel	8.0	148
15	The Christmas Show	7.8	186
16	Fairy Tale	7.9	165
17	Monkees Watch Their Feet	6.9	132
18	Monstrous Monkee Mash	7.6	162
19	The Monkee's Paw	7.8	140
20	The Devil and Peter Tork	8.6	194
21	Monkees Race Again	6.6	125
22	The Monkees in Paris	6.4	132
23	Monkees Mind Their Manor	7.3	128
24	Some Like It Lukewarm	7.7	158
25	Monkees Blow Their Minds	7.5	140
26	Mijacogeo	7.9	187

The Monkees (1965)

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