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S1
S2
S3
E1
7.4
6.9
7.7
E2
7.3
6.9
7.5
E3
7.4
6.3
7.6
E4
6.4
6.1
6.6
E5
7.8
7.6
7.4
E6
7.4
7.9
7.2
E7
6.7
7.5
7.0
E8
7.0
6.6
6.8
E9
7.4
6.1
7.8
E10
7.6
6.4
7.3
E11
7.8
5.2
7.2
E12
7.2
5.9
6.6
E13
6.4
6.1
7.5
E14
7.2
5.7
6.7
E15
4.9
6.4
6.0
E16
6.6
7.6
6.6
E17
7.5
6.4
5.5
E18
7.2
6.5
5.5
E19
7.3
7.1
6.5
E20
5.9
6.8
6.9
E21
6.5
6.0
6.4
E22
7.2
6.2
6.2
E23
7.7
7.1
6.7
E24
7.0
7.5
7.2
E25
7.1
7.2
E26
7.3
6.7
AVG
7.0
6.6
6.8
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The Name of the Game
1968 · 3 seasons
★7.6 (755)
Top rated episodes
S2·E67.9Goodbye Harry
S1·E57.8Nightmare
S1·E117.8The White Birch
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AVG
S1
7.4
7.3
7.4
6.4
7.8
7.4
6.7
7.0
7.4
7.6
7.8
7.2
6.4
7.2
4.9
6.6
7.5
7.2
7.3
5.9
6.5
7.2
7.7
7.0
7.1
7.3
7.0
S2
6.9
6.9
6.3
6.1
7.6
7.9
7.5
6.6
6.1
6.4
5.2
5.9
6.1
5.7
6.4
7.6
6.4
6.5
7.1
6.8
6.0
6.2
7.1
7.5
7.2
6.7
6.6
S3
7.7
7.5
7.6
6.6
7.4
7.2
7.0
6.8
7.8
7.3
7.2
6.6
7.5
6.7
6.0
6.6
5.5
5.5
6.5
6.9
6.4
6.2
6.7
7.2
6.8
episodegraph.com Ratings via IMDb
Overview
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.
NetworkNBC
Runtime~90 min
Seasons3
The Name of the Game holds an IMDb rating of 7.6 from 755 votes. Across its 76 rated episodes, the highest-rated is S2E6 "Goodbye Harry" at 7.9, and the lowest is S1E15 "The Revolutionary" at 4.9. Season 1 is the strongest, averaging 7.0 per episode. Explore the full episode ratings graph below, season by season.
Peak7.9
S2E6Goodbye Harry
Low point4.9
S1E15The Revolutionary
Averages 6.8 across 76 rated episodes — strongest run is Season 1 at 7.0.
Average by season
Season 17.026 eps
Season 26.626 eps
Season 36.824 eps
Top-rated episodes
1S2E6Goodbye Harry7.9
2S1E5Nightmare7.8
3S1E11The White Birch7.8
4S3E9All the Old Familar Faces7.8
5S1E23A Wrath of Angels7.7
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