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Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998)

Comedy · Game-Show

The show where everything's made up and the points don't matter. Not a talk show, not a sitcom, not a game show, Whose Line Is It Anyway? is a completely unique concept to network television. Four talented actors perform completely unrehearsed skits and games in front of a studio audience. Host Drew Carey sets the scene, with contributions from the audience, but the actors rely completely on their quick wit and improvisational skills. It's genuinely improvised, so anything can happen - and often does.

IMDb rating
8.5 (49,637 votes)
Episode average
7.8 -0.7 vs IMDb
Seasons
8
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 8 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1998)

7.78 avg 20 episodes 8.0 → 7.9 22 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 213 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 156 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 138 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 105 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 94 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 125 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 92 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 111 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 106 votesEp 10: 8.1 · 107 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 97 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 98 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 89 votesEp 14: 8.0 · 91 votesEp 15: 7.6 · 86 votesEp 16: 7.7 · 88 votesEp 17: 7.8 · 78 votesEp 18: 7.7 · 83 votesEp 19: 7.6 · 91 votesEp 20: 7.9 · 87 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Show No. 1038.0213
2Show No. 1047.7156
3Show No. 1067.6138
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Season 2 (1999)

7.87 avg 39 episodes 8.0 → 8.4

Ep 1: 8.0 · 82 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 74 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 76 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 73 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 72 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 73 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 74 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 70 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 69 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 70 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 57 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 74 votesEp 13: 7.6 · 66 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 58 votesEp 15: 7.7 · 66 votesEp 16: 7.3 · 66 votesEp 17: 7.8 · 73 votesEp 18: 7.9 · 71 votesEp 19: 8.0 · 70 votesEp 20: 8.0 · 66 votesEp 21: 7.5 · 67 votesEp 22: 8.3 · 70 votesEp 23: 8.1 · 55 votesEp 24: 7.6 · 64 votesEp 25: 7.7 · 65 votesEp 26: 7.5 · 63 votesEp 27: 7.8 · 63 votesEp 28: 8.0 · 64 votesEp 29: 8.3 · 69 votesEp 30: 7.7 · 52 votesEp 31: 7.5 · 66 votesEp 32: 7.9 · 63 votesEp 33: 7.9 · 62 votesEp 34: 7.4 · 60 votesEp 35: 7.5 · 65 votesEp 36: 7.9 · 65 votesEp 37: 7.8 · 62 votesEp 38: 7.6 · 61 votesEp 39: 8.4 · 67 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Show No. 2098.082
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Season 3 (2000)

7.79 avg 40 episodes 9.0 → 8.0

Ep 0: 9.0 · 53 votesEp 1: 7.5 · 63 votesEp 2: 8.4 · 72 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 57 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 59 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 55 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 54 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 57 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 61 votesEp 9: 9.3 · 151 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 56 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 44 votesEp 12: 7.6 · 55 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 53 votesEp 14: 7.2 · 55 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 43 votesEp 16: 7.6 · 55 votesEp 17: 7.6 · 54 votesEp 18: 7.9 · 57 votesEp 19: 7.8 · 55 votesEp 20: 7.7 · 55 votesEp 21: 7.4 · 54 votesEp 22: 7.6 · 45 votesEp 23: 7.7 · 54 votesEp 24: 7.9 · 54 votesEp 25: 7.6 · 60 votesEp 26: 7.8 · 57 votesEp 27: 7.7 · 54 votesEp 28: 7.9 · 38 votesEp 29: 7.3 · 58 votesEp 30: 7.6 · 51 votesEp 31: 7.6 · 54 votesEp 32: 7.4 · 56 votesEp 33: 7.5 · 60 votesEp 34: 7.7 · 56 votesEp 35: 7.9 · 46 votesEp 36: 7.8 · 54 votesEp 37: 8.3 · 61 votesEp 38: 9.0 · 71 votesEp 39: 8.0 · 41 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
0The Best of Whose Line Is It Anyway?9.053
1Show No. 3027.563
2Show No. 3038.472
3Show No. 3127.657
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36Show No. 3447.854
37Show No. 4108.361
38Show No. 3089.071
39Show No. 4078.041

Season 4 (2001)

7.83 avg 31 episodes 8.2 → 7.8

Ep 1: 8.2 · 63 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 61 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 57 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 59 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 57 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 60 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 40 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 60 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 66 votesEp 10: 7.8 · 55 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 55 votesEp 12: 7.6 · 55 votesEp 13: 7.6 · 51 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 56 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 64 votesEp 16: 8.1 · 58 votesEp 17: 7.7 · 57 votesEp 18: 7.7 · 58 votesEp 19: 8.0 · 55 votesEp 20: 7.5 · 53 votesEp 21: 7.8 · 56 votesEp 22: 7.6 · 53 votesEp 23: 7.5 · 54 votesEp 24: 7.4 · 56 votesEp 25: 7.7 · 39 votesEp 26: 8.0 · 39 votesEp 27: 8.3 · 61 votesEp 28: 7.7 · 54 votesEp 29: 7.8 · 53 votesEp 30: 7.9 · 51 votesEp 31: 7.8 · 54 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Show No. 4018.263
2Show No. 4057.761
3Show No. 3247.857
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30Show No. 4297.951
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Season 5 (2002)

7.90 avg 34 episodes 8.1 → 7.9

Ep 1: 8.1 · 66 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 59 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 55 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 67 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 55 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 59 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 55 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 41 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 55 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 43 votesEp 11: 8.1 · 60 votesEp 12: 7.2 · 60 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 53 votesEp 14: 8.0 · 54 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 41 votesEp 16: 8.0 · 56 votesEp 17: 9.4 · 190 votesEp 18: 8.3 · 51 votesEp 19: 8.2 · 46 votesEp 20: 8.3 · 61 votesEp 21: 7.9 · 57 votesEp 22: 7.6 · 50 votesEp 23: 7.9 · 39 votesEp 24: 7.5 · 47 votesEp 25: 7.3 · 39 votesEp 26: 7.8 · 55 votesEp 27: 7.8 · 50 votesEp 28: 7.4 · 50 votesEp 29: 7.6 · 39 votesEp 30: 7.8 · 55 votesEp 31: 7.9 · 48 votesEp 32: 8.1 · 53 votesEp 33: 7.8 · 48 votesEp 34: 7.9 · 53 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Show No. 5118.166
2Show No. 5097.559
3Show No. 4068.255
4Show No. 5128.267
5Show No. 4257.855
6Show No. 4337.859
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32Show No. 4268.153
33Show No. 6057.848
34Show No. 6047.953

Season 6 (2004)

7.62 avg 10 episodes 7.6 → 7.8

Ep 1: 7.6 · 61 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 57 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 55 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 55 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 55 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 40 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 51 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 40 votesEp 9: 7.5 · 51 votesEp 10: 7.8 · 59 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Show No. 6027.661
2Show No. 4247.957
3Show No. 3487.755
4Show No. 3477.455
5Show No. 3457.555
6Show No. 5057.340
7Show No. 4307.951
8Show No. 3147.640
9Show No. 3467.551
10Show No. 4287.859

Season 7 (2005)

7.75 avg 25 episodes 8.0 → 7.7

Ep 1: 8.0 · 61 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 60 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 59 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 58 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 57 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 56 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 57 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 41 votesEp 9: 7.9 · 43 votesEp 10: 7.4 · 56 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 56 votesEp 12: 7.4 · 55 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 39 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 58 votesEp 15: 7.6 · 54 votesEp 16: 7.9 · 35 votesEp 17: 7.8 · 52 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 50 votesEp 19: 7.6 · 51 votesEp 20: 7.6 · 38 votesEp 21: 7.7 · 39 votesEp 22: 7.7 · 55 votesEp 23: 7.8 · 50 votesEp 24: 7.6 · 35 votesEp 25: 7.7 · 50 votes
Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Show No. 70018.061
2Show No. 70027.860
3Show No. 70037.659
4Show No. 70047.558
5Show No. 70058.057
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Season 8 (2005)

7.79 avg 21 episodes 7.8 → 7.7

Ep 1: 7.8 · 56 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 42 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 43 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 52 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 57 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 59 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 54 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 51 votesEp 9: 7.4 · 57 votesEp 10: 7.8 · 51 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 50 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 49 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 51 votesEp 14: 7.5 · 52 votesEp 15: 7.5 · 50 votesEp 16: 8.1 · 63 votesEp 17: 8.1 · 44 votesEp 18: 8.2 · 30 votesEp 19: 8.2 · 39 votesEp 20: 8.1 · 40 votesEp 21: 7.7 · 38 votes
Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Show No. 80017.856
2Show No. 80028.142
3Show No. 80038.143
4Show No. 80047.552
5Show No. 80057.757
6Show No. 80067.859
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