Season 1
20 episodesAVG 5.14
Best: E1 "February 21, 2003" (6.3)
Season 2
23 episodesAVG 4.33
Best: E18 "October 01, 2004" (7.2)
Season 3
23 episodesAVG 4.58
Best: E16 "September 09, 2005" (7.6)
Season 4
24 episodesAVG 5.27
Best: E20 "October 20, 2006" (7.5)
Season 5
24 episodesAVG 5.13
Best: E11 "May 04, 2007" (6.4)
Season 6
27 episodesAVG 6.00
Best: E18 "September 12, 2008" (6.8)
Season 7
31 episodesAVG 6.92
Best: E1 "February 20, 2009" (7.5)
Season 8
24 episodesAVG 6.61
Best: E1 "February 19, 2010" (7.5)
Season 9
35 episodesAVG 7.09
Best: E26 "August 05, 2011" (7.7)
Season 10
35 episodesAVG 6.90
Best: E8 "March 09, 2012" (7.6)
Season 11
35 episodesAVG 7.00
Best: E6 "March 1, 2013" (7.5)
Season 12
35 episodesAVG 6.80
Best: E24 "July 25, 2014" (7.3)
Season 13
35 episodesAVG 6.62
Best: E29 "Episode 366" (7.4)
Season 14
38 episodesAVG 6.51
Best: E29 "Episode 401" (7.3)
Season 15
35 episodesAVG 6.77
Best: E19 "Alex Marlow; Eddie Izzard; Ian Bremmer; Malcolm Nance" (7.5)
Season 16
35 episodesAVG 6.93
Best: E1 "Episode 446" (7.4)
Season 17
35 episodesAVG 7.07
Best: E20 "Episode 500" (7.6)
Season 18
35 episodesAVG 7.09
Best: E3 "Episode 518" (7.5)
Season 19
35 episodesAVG 6.91
Best: E8 "Episode 558" (7.6)
Season 20
35 episodesAVG 7.03
Best: E10 "April 1, 2022: Nicole Perlroth, Laura Coates, Andrew Yang" (7.7)
Season 21
24 episodesAVG 6.67
Best: E7 "March 10, 2023: David Byrne, John McWhorter, Josh Tyrangiel" (7.2)
Season 22
36 episodesAVG 6.36
Best: E20 "June 21, 2024: Martin Short, Andrew Cuomo, Adam Kinzinger" (7.5)
Season 23
35 episodesAVG 6.24
Best: E9 "March 21, 2025: Dana Carvey, Ezra Klein, Andrew Sullivan" (7.0)
Season 24
8 episodesAVG 5.86
Best: E5 "February 20, 2026: Paul Anka, Rep. Lauren Boebert, James Talarico" (6.2)