
Scripted series · ABC
Batman
The worst is yet to come.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
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.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
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.

Season 0 · Unannounced
Specials
26 episodes

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
196634 episodes
7.3IMDbWith 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

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
196660 episodes
7.1IMDbPrepare 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

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
196726 episodes
6.4IMDbBest 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.

S03E01
Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin
"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.
- Directed by Oscar Rudolph
- Written by Stanford Sherman

S01E31
Death in Slow Motion
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.
- Directed by Charles R. Rondeau
- Written by Richard Carr

S01E27
The Curse of Tut
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.
- Directed by Charles R. Rondeau
- Written by Robert C. Dennis

S02E37
The Zodiac Crimes
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.
- Directed by Oscar Rudolph
- Written by Stanford Sherman, Stephen Kandel

S01E32
The Riddler's False Notion
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.
- Directed by Charles R. Rondeau
- Written by Richard Carr

S01E29
The Bookworm Turns
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.
- Directed by Larry Peerce
- Written by Rik Vollaerts
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E06
Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt

S03E26
Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires
- Directed by Oscar Rudolph
- Written by Charles Hoffman

S03E25
The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra
- Directed by Sam Strangis
- Written by Stanley Ralph Ross

S03E24
The Joker's Flying Saucer
- Directed by Sam Strangis
- Written by Charles Hoffman

S03E23
I'll Be a Mummy's Uncle
- Directed by Sam Strangis
- Written by Stanley Ralph Ross

S03E22
The Great Train Robbery
- Directed by Oscar Rudolph
- Written by Stanley Ralph Ross
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

William Dozier
Showrunner

Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Creator
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Stanford Sherman
Writer
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Rik Vollaerts
Writer
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Francis M. Cockrell
Writer
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Sam Sherman
Writer
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Robert Mintz
Writer
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Robert C. Dennis
Writer
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Ellis St. Joseph
Writer
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Bob Rodgers
Writer
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Richard Carr
Writer
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Stanley Ralph Ross
Writer
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Marian B. Cockrell
Writer
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Sheldon Stark
Writer

Bill Finger
Writer
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Charles Sinclair
Writer
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Charles Hoffman
Writer
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Earl Barret
Writer
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Max Hodge
Writer

Stephen Kandel
Writer
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William P. D'Angelo
Writer
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Henry Slesar
Writer
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Fred De Gorter
Writer
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Robert Dozier
Writer
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Dwight Taylor
Writer
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Jay Thompson
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- William DozierProducer
- Howie HorwitzProducer
Writing
- Stanford ShermanWriter
- Rik VollaertsWriter
- Francis M. CockrellWriter
- Sam ShermanWriter
- Robert MintzWriter
- Robert C. DennisWriter
Direction
- Sherman MarksDirector
- Richard C. SarafianDirector
- Norman FosterDirector
- George WaggnerDirector
- Charles R. RondeauDirector
- Tom GriesDirector
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