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The Rifleman

Episode Ratings

IMDb ratings graph for every episode of The Rifleman across all 5 seasons.

1958–1963 · 5 seasons · ABC · Action & Adventure · Western · Family

IMDb

8.3

6k ratings

TMDB

7.1

54 ratings

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8.6

8.0

8.1

8.4

7.9

8.1

8.0

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8.1

8.3

7.9

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7.7

7.9

8.1

7.8

8.0

7.8

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8.7

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8.0

8.5

E10

8.0

8.2

7.8

7.7

8.1

E11

7.9

7.7

8.0

8.1

7.9

E12

8.4

7.2

7.5

8.1

7.7

E13

8.1

8.2

8.1

7.8

7.3

E14

8.1

8.0

8.1

E15

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7.4

7.8

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E16

8.7

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E17

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7.8

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E19

7.7

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7.9

E20

7.8

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7.9

E21

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E22

7.9

8.4

7.7

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E23

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E24

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7.6

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E25

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7.9

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E27

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7.9

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E28

7.8

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E29

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7.9

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E30

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7.9

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E31

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8.5

7.8

E32

8.0

8.2

7.9

7.5

E33

8.5

7.9

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8.0

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E35

8.1

7.9

E36

7.8

8.1

E37

8.2

E38

7.7

E39

8.1

E40

7.8

AVG

8.1

8.0

7.9

Overview

The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.

NetworkABC

Runtime~30 min

Seasons5

The Rifleman holds an IMDb rating of 8.3 from 6K votes. Across its 168 rated episodes, the highest-rated is S4E21 "Two Ounces of Tin" at 8.8, and the lowest is S5E25 "Which Way'd They Go?" at 6.2. Season 1 is the strongest, averaging 8.1 per episode. Explore the full episode ratings graph below, season by season.

Peak8.8

S4E21Two Ounces of Tin

Low point6.2

S5E25Which Way'd They Go?

Averages 8.0 across 168 rated episodes — strongest run is Season 1 at 8.1.