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The Naked Truth (1995)

Comedy

The Naked Truth is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from 1995 to 1996, and on NBC from 1996 to 1998. The series stars Téa Leoni and Holland Taylor. After a messy divorce with her very rich and powerful husband, Nora Wilde refuses to accept his offer of $1.8 million and tries to make it on her own. Being a Pulitzer nominated photographer, the only place that even considers hiring her is sleazy tabloid The Comet. She's forced to accept and starts as a regular papparazzo.

IMDb rating: 6.8 (1,158 votes)
Episode average: 7.4 ↑ +0.6 vs IMDb
Seasons: 3
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1995)

7.64 avg 20 episodes 8.0 → 7.4 30 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Wilde Again	8.0	49
2	Bald Star in Hot Oil Fest!	8.0	23
3	Elvis Is Coming!	7.9	16
4	Woman Jokes While Husband Croaks!	7.6	15
5	Sex Crazed Sitcom Zombie Gropes Shutterbug (In Midnight Morgue Orgy)!	8.0	13
6	Hero Pig Goes Hog Wild!	7.5	17
7	Real Life Henry Higgins Turns Dork Into Duke!	7.9	13
8	Star and Comet Collide! Giant Bugs Invade!	8.2	15
9	Girl Buys Soup While Woman Weds Ape!	8.0	16
10	Woman Weds Siamese Twins!	7.0	13
11	Comet Nails Star and Vice Versa!	7.6	14
12	Sewer Gators, Swordplay, Santa from Hell!	7.6	16
13	Shocking Tales of Hollywood Gunplay!	7.9	13
14	Woman Loses Space Alien, Finds God!	6.9	11
15	Man Wakes Up with Stranger in Pants!	7.1	11
16	The Bubble Show	8.2	13
17	Women Rises in World, Falls on Face!	6.8	10
18	Sisters in Sex Triangle with Gazillionaire!	7.4	13
19	Man Loses Load While Woman Can't Dump!	7.7	11
20	Hollywood Honors Male Prostitute!	7.4	11

Season 2 (1997)

7.00 avg 13 episodes 7.5 → 6.8

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	We're at NBC Now	7.5	12
2	Woman Gets Plastered, Star Gets Even	7.0	11
3	Itching for a Cat	7.2	10
4	The Sister Show	7.0	11
5	A Year in the Life	7.2	12
6	The Dating Game	6.7	10
7	Comet Lands in Man's Garage	7.2	10
8	The Scoop	7.2	10
9	The Birds	7.6	12
10	The Debt	6.0	11
11	The Parents	6.1	12
12	The Spa	7.5	16
13	The Source	6.8	13

Season 3 (1997)

7.41 avg 21 episodes 7.6 → 7.8

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Things Change	7.6	9
2	Her Girl Friday	7.0	10
3	Bully for Dave	7.2	10
4	Liesl Weapon	8.0	13
5	Bridesface Revisited	8.1	11
6	We Almost Had Paris	6.8	10
7	Look at Me! Look at Me!	7.8	10
8	Going Mein Way	6.7	10
9	He Ain't Famous, He's My Brother	6.8	10
10	The Unsinkable Nora Wilde	8.0	11
11	Hooked on Heroine	7.0	10
12	Women on the Verge of a Rhytidectomy	6.8	11
13	8 1/2	8.6	9
14	The Neighbor of Bath	7.2	10
15	Day of the Locos	6.7	10
16	Muddy for Nothing	8.0	8
17	Born to Be Wilde	6.3	10
18	The Seer and the Sucker	7.0	10
20	Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Except with Different Names	8.5	12
21	Jake or Fake?	7.7	14
22	Up, Up, and Away	7.8	7