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Scripted series · ABC

Batman

The worst is yet to come.

7.3IMDb608 votesWorth your time
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1966 – 19683 seasons · 120 episodes~25 min per episodeTV-GCanceled
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TV DNA

How Batman actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

Batman reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.

SpectacleDefining9.0

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

World BuildingVery strong7.0

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

BingeabilityStrong6.8

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

HumourStrong6.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

Character DepthStrong5.5

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

SerializedPresent4.5

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

Cliffhanger IntensityPresent4.0

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

TensionPresent4.0

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

Emotional WeightLight3.6

How much the series is designed to affect you.

The story

What it's about

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon often calls with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty Bat-utility-belt) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals, including The Riddler, The Joker, Catwoman, and The Penguin.

The run

Seasons

3 seasons · 120 episodes.

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    Season 0 · Unannounced

    Specials

    26 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 1

    Season 1 · Complete

    Season 1

    196634 episodes

    7.3IMDb

    With perfectly pitched scripts and the iconic high-camp cleverness of "POW!," "THWACK!" and "ZAP!" graphics, Batman leapt off the pages of the comics and into our living rooms to become one of the biggest hits in television history. Witness the debut of diabolical foes, from the raucous Riddler to the persuasive Penguin to the calculating Catwoman, as they attempt to confound our Caped Crusaders, Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward).

    Best episode · S01E31 Death in Slow Motion

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    Season 2 · Complete

    Season 2

    196660 episodes

    7.1IMDb

    Prepare for more perilous plots with fiendish foes trying to undo our undaunted heroes! From the torturous King Tut to a straying Catwoman to the provoking Joker, Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) take on a cape-full of calamity. But wait! There are still plenty of Bat-gadgets and plot twists in these adrenaline-laced adventures.

    Best episode · S02E47 The Joker's Last Laugh

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    Season 3 · Complete

    Season 3

    196726 episodes

    6.4IMDb

    Best episode · S03E01 Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin

Where the series peaks

Best Episodes

The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

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S03E01

Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin

8.0IMDb6 votes

"Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin", is the first episode of Season 3 of the Batman television series', first aired on ABC September 14, 1967 as its ninety-fifth episode. It guest starred Burgess Meredith as The Penguin, and also was the first appearance of Yvonne Craig as Police Commissioner Gordon's daughter, Barbara Gordon, a.k.a. Batgirl.

14 Sept 196725 min
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S01E31

Death in Slow Motion

7.9IMDb7 votes

Charlie Chaplin and the Keystone Kops raid the till at the newly opened Gotham movie theater. The culprits turn out to be 'The Riddler' and his gang in disguise. They lead the Dynamic Duo on a crime spree chase from Mother Gatham's Bakery, past the Gotham Library, and into a Temperance Party. At each of these events, the villains are accompanied by German film maker Van Bloheim who captures everything on celluloid.

27 Apr 196625 min
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S01E27

The Curse of Tut

7.8IMDb9 votes

A former academic who thinks he is really King Tut has returned. Batman and Robin seek his capture. A twist occurs, however, when King Tut's gang kidnaps Bruce Wayne. They are taking the millionaire in an ambulance. As Bruce tries to get free, the rear doors of the ambulance open and Bruce rides a cart toward a cliff.

13 Apr 196625 min
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S02E37

The Zodiac Crimes

7.8IMDb5 votes

The Joker and the Penguin team up on a crime wave based on signs of the zodiac. The pair, aided and abetted by a woman known as Venus, keep Batman and Robin on the run. The Dynamic Duo manage to capture the Penguin but the Joker remains on the loose. Batman and Robin figure the Joker's next caper will take place at a museum and lay a trap. But the heroes are captured instead. Now, Batman and Robin face almost certain death; the heroes are to be crushed beneath a giant asteroid on display at the museum.

11 Jan 196725 min
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S01E32

The Riddler's False Notion

7.7IMDb6 votes

Robin has been captured by 'The Riddler', leaving Batman fearing his own reaction. Therefore he asks Commissioner Gordon to accompany him to the Bat-cave to witness his interrogation of Pauline, The Riddler's moll. All clues eventually lead back to the priceless silent film collection of Mr. Van Jones, to which The Riddler is about to add his own silent masterpiece.

28 Apr 196625 min
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S01E29

The Bookworm Turns

7.7IMDb7 votes

Commissioner Gordon appears to have been assassinated during the opening of a new bridge. A copy of Hemingway's 'For Whom The Bell Tolls' nearly blows up the Batmobile. Both incidents are clues to the Bookworm's latest scheme. Batman and Robin interrogate The Bookworm's henchwoman Miss Limpet but deduce she is leading them into a trap. And while Batman intends to walk right into it, it is Robin who falls first.

20 Apr 196625 min

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9 Mar 200325 min

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