World's Dumbest (2008)

Comedy · Reality-TV

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest... is a cable television series produced by Meetinghouse Productions, Inc. and is airing on truTV. Originally known as World's Dumbest Criminals, it is a weekly countdown that takes a comedic look at 20 half-witted and offbeat events caught on camera and sometimes by 911 dispatchers. These events are now broken down into topics such as Criminals, Drivers, Daredevils, Partiers, etc. and features commentary from B to C-list comedians and writers such as Jared Logan, Chris Fairbanks, Kevin McCaffrey, Jaime Andrews, Brendon Walsh, Ted Jessup, Brad Loekle, Daisy Gardner, Billy Kimball, Mike Trainor, John Enos, Jamie Lee, Rachel Feinstein, Mike O'Gorman, Amanda Landry, and Gilbert Gottfried. Because the series' original focus was on criminals bungling their acts of crime, commentary used to rely heavily on celebrities who have been known for their own past brushes with the law, including Danny Bonaduce, Leif Garrett, Tonya Harding, Todd Bridges, Daniel Baldwin, and Gary Busey. Often times, and when video clips have no audio track, sound effects and mock commentators are added to enhance the humor of the events.

IMDb rating: 7.5 (1,568 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 10
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 10 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (2008)

7.56 avg 14 episodes 8.3 → 8.6 45 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Criminals	8.3	20
3	Criminals 3	7.2	12
4	Criminals 4	7.5	9
5	Drivers	7.4	8
6	Drivers 2	7.8	10
8	Criminals 5	7.3	13
9	Partiers	6.3	13
10	Criminals 6	7.0	11
12	Daredevils 2	7.2	7
13	Competitions	8.0	7
15	Criminals 7	7.3	10
16	Criminals 8	8.7	9
18	Drivers 4	7.2	9
23	Shoppers	8.6	6

Season 4 (2009)

7.27 avg 3 episodes 7.4 → 7.6 44 min avg

U-shaped

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
6	Drivers 8	7.4	10
9	Criminals 12	6.8	7
11	Partiers 4	7.6	8

Season 5 (2009)

7.36 avg 8 episodes 7.7 → 6.9 43 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Criminals 13	7.7	10
3	Partiers 5	7.6	7
4	Daredevils 6	7.2	7
7	Criminals 14	7.7	9
8	Drivers 11	7.3	8
10	Daredevils 7	7.2	8
12	Criminals 15	7.3	8
13	Drivers 12	6.9	10

Season 6 (2009)

7.33 avg 9 episodes 7.2 → 7.0 43 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Criminals 16	7.2	8
2	Drivers 13	7.2	9
4	Daredevils 8	7.9	9
6	Criminals 17	8.0	6
7	Drivers 14	7.6	7
8	Holidays	7.0	6
10	Partiers 8	7.6	6
11	Criminals 18	6.5	8
13	Tourists	7.0	6

Season 7 (2010)

7.77 avg 6 episodes 7.4 → 7.2 46 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	Drivers 16	7.4	8
4	Daredevils 9	8.0	7
6	Inventions	8.2	6
7	Brawlers 2	8.0	6
9	Criminals 20	7.8	8
10	Record Breakers 5	7.2	7

Season 9 (2010)

7.63 avg 3 episodes 7.2 → 7.5 43 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
5	World's Dumbest Criminals 23	7.2	8
6	World's Dumbest Daredevils 12	8.2	8
10	World's Dumbest Criminals 24	7.5	8

Season 12 (2011)

7.47 avg 6 episodes 7.2 → 7.4 47 min avg

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Outlaws 3	7.2	7
4	Outlaws 4	7.6	6
5	Brawlers 9	7.8	8
6	Partiers 17	7.4	7
10	Thrillseekers 4	7.4	6
15	Motorheads 5	7.4	7

Season 13 (2012)

7.53 avg 4 episodes 7.6 → 7.8 42 min avg

Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Thrillseekers 5	7.6	9
3	World's Dumbest Motorheads 6	7.5	8
5	World's Dumbest Performers 11	7.2	7
11	Thrillseekers 6	7.8	7

Season 14 (2012)

7.90 avg 6 episodes 8.3 → 7.4 42 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 14 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	Brawlers 13	8.3	8
4	Inventions 8	8.8	8
6	Outlaws 8	7.6	9
7	Performers 13	7.9	10
9	World's Dumbest Partiers 20	7.4	11
11	Dumbest Inventions 9	7.4	8

Season 15 (2013)

7.83 avg 3 episodes 8.1 → 7.8 42 min avg

U-shaped

Season 15 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Performers 14	8.1	10
3	Motorheads 8	7.6	8
8	Partiers 21	7.8	8