Night Gallery Episode Ratings Heatmap
1970 · 3 Seasons · 43 Episodes · Overall Score: 6.4/10 (25 rated)
S2E18: The Waiting Room / Last Rites for a Dead Druid (1 votes)
View Episode →Season 1 holds the highest collective average score across the series.
Season 1 Details →Lowest score variance (σ = 1), maintaining an average of 7.3.
Complete Episode Rating Matrix
Interactive score chart by season and episode number. Darker green indicates higher ratings; amber and red denote lower reception.
| Episode | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ep 1 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 4.0 |
| Ep 2 | 5.9 | 6.0 | – |
| Ep 3 | 7.8 | 5.0 | – |
| Ep 4 | 7.3 | 5.0 | – |
| Ep 5 | 8.2 | 5.0 | – |
| Ep 6 | 8.2 | 6.0 | 4.0 |
| Ep 7 | – | – | – |
| Ep 8 | – | – | – |
| Ep 9 | – | – | – |
| Ep 10 | – | – | – |
| Ep 11 | – | 5.0 | – |
| Ep 12 | – | 8.0 | 4.7 |
| Ep 13 | – | 7.0 | 10.0 |
| Ep 14 | – | – | 10.0 |
| Ep 15 | – | 3.3 | – |
| Ep 16 | – | – | – |
| Ep 17 | – | – | – |
| Ep 18 | – | 10.0 | – |
| Ep 19 | – | – | – |
| Ep 20 | – | 1.0 | – |
| Ep 21 | – | 6.0 | – |
| Ep 22 | – | 9.0 | – |
| Season Avg | 7.3 | 6.0 | 6.5 |
Ratings Analysis & Trajectory
Across 3 seasons and 43 episodes, Night Gallery has earned an overall series rating of 6.4 out of 10. The series reached its critical peak early, showing a slight contraction in audience satisfaction in later chapters.
The single highest-rated hour of television in the series is Season 2, Episode 18 ("The Waiting Room / Last Rites for a Dead Druid"), rated at an extraordinary 10.0/10 with 1 ratings. Conversely, the lowest-rated installment is Season 2, Episode 20 ("I'll Never Leave You - Ever / There Aren't Any More MacBanes"), landing at 1.0/10.
The most precipitous single-episode shift occurred in Season 2 between Episode 1 ("The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes / Miss Lovecraft Sent Me / The Hand of Borgus Weems / Phantom of What Opera?", 7.5) and Episode 2 ("A Death in the Family / The Merciful / Class of '99 / Witches' Feast", 6), a swing of 1.5 points.
Top 10 Highest Rated Episodes of Night Gallery
| Rank | Episode | Title | Score | Votes | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Season 2, Ep 18 | The Waiting Room / Last Rites for a Dead Druid | 10.0 | 1 | Jan 26, 1972 |
| #2 | Season 3, Ep 13 | Whisper | 10.0 | 1 | May 13, 1973 |
| #3 | Season 3, Ep 14 | The Doll of Death | 10.0 | 1 | May 20, 1973 |
| #4 | Season 2, Ep 22 | The Caterpillar / Little Girl Lost | 9.0 | 1 | Mar 1, 1972 |
| #5 | Season 1, Ep 6 | They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar / The Last Laurel | 8.2 | 6 | Jan 20, 1971 |
| #6 | Season 1, Ep 5 | Pamela's Voice / Lone Survivor / The Doll | 8.2 | 4 | Jan 13, 1971 |
| #7 | Season 2, Ep 12 | Cool Air / Camera Obscura / Quoth the Raven | 8.0 | 1 | Dec 8, 1971 |
| #8 | Season 1, Ep 3 | The House / Certain Shadows on the Wall | 7.8 | 5 | Dec 30, 1970 |
| #9 | Season 2, Ep 1 | The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes / Miss Lovecraft Sent Me / The Hand of Borgus Weems / Phantom of What Opera? | 7.5 | 2 | Sep 15, 1971 |
| #10 | Season 1, Ep 4 | Make Me Laugh / Clean Kills and Other Trophies | 7.3 | 6 | Jan 6, 1971 |