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TV Series Ratings Analysis

The Adventures of Pete & Pete Episode Ratings Heatmap

1993 · 3 Seasons · 39 Episodes · Overall Score: 8.7/10 (28 rated)

Highest Rated Episode
10.0/10

S1E3: The Nightcrawlers (2 votes)

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Best Season
9.30/10

Season 1 holds the highest collective average score across the series.

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Most Consistent Season
Season 1

Lowest score variance (σ = 0.63), maintaining an average of 9.3.

Strongest Finale
10.0/10

Season 1 finale: "New Year's Pete"

Episode Recap →
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Key Ratings Insights

  • Best season by average: Season 1 averaged 9.30/10 across 11 rated episodes.
  • Ratings fell from Season 1 (average 9.30/10) to Season 3 (average 8.33/10), a decline of 0.97 points.

Complete Episode Rating Matrix

Interactive score chart by season and episode number. Darker green indicates higher ratings; amber and red denote lower reception.

8.5+ (Outstanding) 7.5 – 8.4 (Great) 6.0 – 7.4 (Average) < 6.0 (Underwhelming) Few votes

Ratings Analysis & Trajectory

Across 3 seasons and 39 episodes, The Adventures of Pete & Pete has earned an overall series rating of 8.7 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 1, Episode 3 ("The Nightcrawlers"), rated at an extraordinary 10.0/10 with 2 ratings. Conversely, the lowest-rated installment is Season 3, Episode 12 ("Das Bus"), landing at 7.0/10.

The most precipitous single-episode shift occurred in Season 3 between Episode 11 ("O' Christmas Pete", 9) and Episode 12 ("Das Bus", 7), a swing of 2 points.

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Top 10 Highest Rated Episodes of The Adventures of Pete & Pete

Rank Episode Title Score Votes Air Date
#1 Season 1, Ep 3 The Nightcrawlers 10.0 2 Dec 12, 1993
#2 Season 1, Ep 4 Rangeboy 10.0 2 Dec 19, 1993
#3 Season 1, Ep 7 When Petes Collide 10.0 1 Jan 9, 1994
#4 Season 1, Ep 13 New Year's Pete 10.0 1 –
#5 Season 3, Ep 13 Saturday 10.0 1 Dec 28, 1995
#6 Season 1, Ep 2 Day of the Dot 9.5 2 Dec 5, 1993
#7 Season 1, Ep 6 Don't Tread on Pete 9.0 2 Jan 2, 1994
#8 Season 1, Ep 8 Hard Day's Pete 9.0 1 Jan 16, 1994
#9 Season 1, Ep 9 Valentine's Day Massacre 9.0 1 Feb 9, 1991
#10 Season 1, Ep 10 What We Did on Our Summer Vacation 9.0 1 Sep 8, 1991
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