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Drunk History

TV·2013–2019·6 seasons, 70 episodes·Comedy Central·Comedy, History·30m·6.2·Created by Derek Waters

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Based on the popular web series, Drunk History is the liquored-up narration of our nation's history. Host Derek Waters, along with an ever-changing cast of actors and comedians, travels across the country to present the rich tales that every city in this land has to offer. Booze helps bring out the truth. It's just that sometimes the truth is a little incoherent.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Drunk History S05E02Dangerous MindsS05E02 · 8.5Taran Killam, Jerry O'Connell and Bob Odenkirk explore the lives of Jack Parsons, occultist cofounder of the Jet Propulsion Lab; W.C. Minor, the man who helped write the Oxford English Dictionary; and Rasputin, adviser to Tsar Nicholas II.
  2. 02Drunk History S05E03Game ChangersS05E03 · 8.5Questlove, Method Man, Raven-Symone and more celebrate the early history of hip hop, the man known for inventing Motown, Berry Gordy, and "Star Trek" actress Nichelle Nichols's incredible activism on and off the TV screen.
  3. 03Drunk History S04E07LandmarksS04E07 · 8.0Emily Roebling oversees construction of the Brooklyn Bridge; con-man Victor Lustig sells the Eiffel Tower; Shakespeare steals the Globe Theatre.

Cast

Episodes by season

Season018Episodes2013AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Drunk History S01E01Washington D.C.July 9, 2013A series that spoofs the past with inebriated reenactors begins with journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein exposing the Watergate scan
  2. S01E02Drunk History S01E02ChicagoJuly 16, 2013Sketches in Chicago include Al Capone being done in by an unlikely adversary; Abraham Lincoln catching a break; and police warring with prot
  3. S01E03Drunk History S01E03AtlantaJuly 23, 2013Pharmacist John Pemberton invents a popular soft drink from wine and cocaine; the FBI go after Martin Luther King Jr.; and author Stetson Ke
  4. S01E04Drunk History S01E04BostonJuly 30, 2013Reenactments in Boston include 17th-century colonist Mary Dyer's clashes with the Puritan establishment; a $500 million art heist; and the a
  5. S01E05Drunk History S01E05San FranciscoAugust 6, 2013Events in San Francisco include the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst; and Mark Twain finding his calling as a writer.
  6. S01E06Drunk History S01E06DetroitAugust 13, 2013Reenactments in Detroit include Ralph Nader's feud with General Motors; and a friendship between Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle th
  7. S01E07Drunk History S01E07NashvilleAugust 20, 2013Events in Nashville include Lewis and Clark's dangerous journey; and Dolly Parton saying good-bye to the man who made her famous.
  8. S01E08Drunk History S01E08Wild WestAugust 27, 2013Events in the Season 1 finale include the fight at the Alamo; and Billy the Kid on the run from lawman Pat Garrett.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0210Episodes2014AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Drunk History S02E01MontgomeryJuly 1, 2014The Season 2 premiere features organic chemist Percy Julian; civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin; and boxer Joe Louis.
  2. S02E02Drunk History S02E02New YorkJuly 8, 2014Sculptor Fréderic-Auguste Bartholdi designs the Statue of Liberty; Sybil Ludington takes her midnight ride during the American Revolution; N
  3. S02E03Drunk History S02E03American MusicJuly 15, 2014Disc jockey Alan Freed plays rock and roll for the first time; Kris Kristofferson gets his big break with some help from Johnny Cash; music
  4. S02E04Drunk History S02E04BaltimoreJuly 22, 2014Abraham Lincoln tries to stay alive on the way to his inauguration; Francis Scott Key pens "The Star-Spangled Banner"; Edgar Allan Poe clash
  5. S02E05Drunk History S02E05CharlestonJuly 29, 2014Charles Sumner is beaten on the Senate floor; Judge J. Waties Waring advocates for civil rights; a slave named Robert Smalls commandeers a C
  6. S02E06Drunk History S02E06HollywoodAugust 5, 2014Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" angers publisher William Randolph Hearst; animator Ub Iwerks helps Walt Disney create Mickey Mouse; Nancy Reaga
  7. S02E07Drunk History S02E07HawaiiAugust 12, 2014British explorer James Cook socializes with the natives in Hawaii; future senator Daniel Inouye fights in World War II; surfer Eddie Aikau e
  8. S02E08Drunk History S02E08PhiladelphiaAugust 19, 2014Baron von Steuben whips Washington's army into shape, longtime friends John Adams and Thomas Jefferson break ties, and Benedict Arnold becom
  9. S02E09Drunk History S02E09Sports HeroesAugust 26, 2014Frances Cleveland uses her public image for good, Edith Wilson acts as president after her husband has a stroke, and Dolley Madison saves Am
  10. S02E10Drunk History S02E10First LadiesSeptember 2, 2014Frances Cleveland uses her public image for good, Edith Wilson acts as president after her husband has a stroke, and Dolley Madison saves Am

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2015Aired 6.2Season avg
  1. S03E01Drunk History S03E01New JerseySeptember 1, 2015Paleontologists Othniel Marsh and Edward Cope become rivals, and Penzias & Wilson discover the echo of the Big Bang. Featuring Greg Kinn
  2. S03E02Drunk History S03E02MiamiSeptember 8, 2015Actor Clark Gable joins the Air Force during World War II, Ponce de Leon quarrels with Diego Columbus, and Griselda Blanco takes over the co
  3. S03E03Drunk History S03E03New OrleansSeptember 15, 2015Pirate John Lafitte helps Andrew Jackson defeat the British during the War of 1812, Sam Zemurray becomes a banana kingpin, and Louis Armstro
  4. S03E04Drunk History S03E04SpiesSeptember 22, 2015Harriet Tubman provides military intel to the Union Army, Virginia Hall spies in France during World War II and becomes the first woman in t
  5. S03E05Drunk History S03E05ClevelandSeptember 29, 2015Wayne Wheeler leads the Prohibition charge, Dorothy Fuldheim paves the way for women in journalism, and Muhammad Ali refuses to fight in the
  6. S03E06Drunk History S03E06GamesOctober 6, 2015Board games become popular thanks to Milton Bradley; a pinball ban is overturned with help from Roger Sharpe; Bobby Fischer beats Boris Spas
  7. S03E07Drunk History S03E07OklahomaOctober 13, 2015A land claim in Oklahoma is made by Kentucky Daisy; astronaut Gordon Cooper goes on a space mission; Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves becomes
  8. S03E08Drunk History S03E08JournalismOctober 20, 2015 5.5Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland try to travel around the world in under 80 days, and Thomas Nast's political cartoons lead to the downfall
  9. S03E09Drunk History S03E09Los AngelesOctober 27, 2015 5.5Vigilantes led by Andres Pico enact street justice; Rin Tin Tin becomes the world's biggest movie star; the construction of the Los Angeles
  10. S03E10Drunk History S03E10New MexicoNovember 3, 2015 6.0The Pueblo Indians revolt against the Spanish, Boy Scout founder Ernest Thompson Seton hunts a wolf, and a mysterious crash in Roswell appea
  11. S03E11Drunk History S03E11InventorsNovember 10, 2015 6.7Alexander Graham Bell steals the original design for the telephone from Elisha Gray, and Thomas Edison tries to create a movie-making monopo
  12. S03E12Drunk History S03E12Las VegasNovember 17, 2015 6.7J.T. McWilliams forms a community but is muscled out by William Clark; Bugsy Siegel bets his life on the Flamingo Casino; the Moulin Rouge i
  13. S03E13Drunk History S03E13Season's bestSpaceNovember 24, 2015 7.0Love blossoms between Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan; Russian cosmonauts make the first spacewalk; Wernher von Braun becomes a pioneer in rocket

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season04Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2016Aired 7.1Season avg
  1. S04E01Drunk History S04E01Great EscapesSeptember 27, 2016 6.3In the Season 4 premiere, LSD guru Timothy Leary breaks out of prison; a sailor attempts a bold rescue from Devil's Island; and a baker rema
  2. S04E02Drunk History S04E02LegendsOctober 4, 2016 6.0Sam Patch becomes America's first daredevil; Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald form a lasting friendship; Buster Keaton takes his talents t
  3. S04E03Drunk History S04E03Bar FightsOctober 11, 2016 6.0Carry A. Nation vandalizes bars; Andrew Jackson gets involved in a shootout; Marsha P. Johnson stands up for LGBT rights.
  4. S04E04Drunk History S04E04The RooseveltsOctober 18, 2016 7.5Teddy Roosevelt revolutionizes football; Winston Churchill pays FDR a visit at Christmastime; Eleanor Roosevelt becomes friends with a femal
  5. S04E05Drunk History S04E05ScoundrelsOctober 25, 2016 7.5Charles Ponzi hires a publicist to improve his image; Sadie the Goat becomes a notorious Hudson River pirate; a con man poses as a Scottish
  6. S04E06Drunk History S04E06SiblingsNovember 1, 2016 7.5Katharine Wright helps her brothers build an airplane; the Kopp sisters fight to protect their home; the Fox sisters stoke the spiritualism
  7. S04E07Drunk History S04E07Season's bestLandmarksNovember 15, 2016 8.0Emily Roebling oversees construction of the Brooklyn Bridge; con-man Victor Lustig sells the Eiffel Tower; Shakespeare steals the Globe Thea
  8. S04E08Drunk History S04E08FoodNovember 22, 2016 8.0Mayor La Guardia fights the mob over artichokes; Julia Child meets the love of her life while working as a spy; a molasses flood devastates
  9. S04E09Drunk History S04E09HamiltonNovember 29, 2016Lin-Manuel Miranda (``Hamilton'') tells the story of Alexander Hamilton, his nemesis Aaron Burr and their infamous duel to the death.
  10. S04E10Drunk History S04E10S**t ShowsDecember 6, 2016DJ Steve Dahl sparks an anti-disco riot; the Cherry Sisters emerge as the worst vaudeville act of all time; a rivalry between two actors tur

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

Season0513Episodes2018Aired 8.5Season avg
  1. S05E01Drunk History S05E01HeroinesJanuary 23, 2018Tiffany Haddish, Evan Rachel Wood, Busy Philipps and Mandy Moore pay tribute to the first woman to fight in the Revolutionary War and receiv
  2. S05E02Drunk History S05E02Dangerous MindsJanuary 30, 2018 8.5Taran Killam, Jerry O'Connell and Bob Odenkirk explore the lives of Jack Parsons, occultist cofounder of the Jet Propulsion Lab; W.C. Minor,
  3. S05E03Drunk History S05E03Game ChangersFebruary 6, 2018 8.5Questlove, Method Man, Raven-Symone and more celebrate the early history of hip hop, the man known for inventing Motown, Berry Gordy, and "S
  4. S05E04Drunk History S05E04SexFebruary 13, 2018A salute to Margaret Sanger's crusade for accessible birth control; the creation of the Kinsey scale; Gloria Steinem's undercover work at Th
  5. S05E05Drunk History S05E05Civil RightsFebruary 20, 2018British suffragettes learn jiu-jitsu, Gwendolyn Sanders ignites the Birmingham Crusade, and Judy Heumann leads a sit-in for people with disa
  6. S05E06Drunk History S05E06UnderdogsFebruary 27, 2018Fred Rogers fights for public television in front of Congress, journalist Ida Tarbell takes on John D. Rockefeller, and Maya Lin designs the
  7. S05E07Drunk History S05E07Drunk MysteryMarch 6, 2018Mystery writer Agatha Christie vanishes, a man known as D.B. Cooper successfully hijacks a plane, and a series of anonymous letters haunts t
  8. S05E08Drunk History S05E08World War IIJune 19, 2018The Ghost Army helps defeat the Nazis in Operation Plunder, Frank Emi unifies Japanese Americans at internment camps, and Hitler's nephew fi
  9. S05E09Drunk History S05E09HeistsJune 26, 2018An Italian handyman steals the "Mona Lisa," the "Santa bandits" rob a bank in Texas, and Mossad agents capture a Nazi general in Argentina
  10. S05E10Drunk History S05E10AnimalsJuly 3, 2018A lawyer defends the lives of rats in court, Henry Bergh establishes the ASPCA, and horse learns to solve math problems.
  11. S05E11Drunk History S05E11The Middle AgesJuly 10, 2018Joan of Arc leads France to victory, Temujin rises to power in Mongolia, and uber-rich emperor Mansa Musa takes his entourage to Mecca.
  12. S05E12Drunk History S05E12DeathJuly 17, 2018Robert E. Lee's estate becomes a burial ground for Union soldiers, counterfeiters try to kidnap Abraham Lincoln's body, and an embalmed band
  13. S05E13Drunk History S05E13HalloweenJuly 24, 2018A victim of the Salem witch trials curses the town, one woman changes the way people celebrate Halloween, and Vlad the Impaler inspires the

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

Season0616Episodes2019AiredSeason avg
  1. S06E01Drunk History S06E01Are You Afraid of the Drunk?January 15, 2019Will Ferrell and Seth Rogen star in this episode about how teenage writer Mary Shelley created her legendary novel, "Frankenstein".
  2. S06E02Drunk History S06E02National ParksJanuary 22, 2019John Muir convinces Teddy Roosevelt to preserve Yosemite; journalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas fights to protect the Everglades; Native Ameri
  3. S06E03Drunk History S06E03BaseballJanuary 29, 2019Moses Fleetwood Walker faces racism in the 19th-century MLB; the Chicago White Sox are accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series
  4. S06E04Drunk History S06E04TrailblazersFebruary 5, 2019Bessie Coleman is America's first black woman pilot; the students of the Little Rock Nine integrate a high school following the Brown v. Boa
  5. S06E05Drunk History S06E05LoveFebruary 12, 2019People going to extremes for love, including a student who tunnels beneath the Berlin Wall, Edie Windsor topples the Defense of Marriage Act
  6. S06E06Drunk History S06E06DrugsFebruary 19, 2019John F. Kennedy's doctor administers him meth for his back pain; Dr. John C. Lilly takes LSD while studying the intelligence of dolphins.
  7. S06E07Drunk History S06E07Femme FatalesFebruary 26, 2019Journalist Maurine Dallas Watkins writes a play about Chicago's infamous Murderesses' Row; Mata Hari goes from exotic dancer to double agent
  8. S06E08Drunk History S06E08Drunk Mystery IIMarch 5, 2019Colonial gossip columnist James Callender winds up dead; a Hollywood producer dies on a celebrity-filled yacht; Ken McElroy is murdered afte
  9. S06E09Drunk History S06E09Believe It or NotJune 18, 2019Larry Walters pilots a balloon-suspended lawn chair; Phineas Gage survives an iron rod to the brain; and the Greenbrier Ghost's testimony is
  10. S06E10Drunk History S06E10LegaciesJune 25, 2019Lead Belly records songs with John Lomax that change the face of music; John Lennon and Yoko Ono almost get deported; Sam Cooke writes "A Ch
  11. S06E11Drunk History S06E11FameJuly 2, 2019Hedy Lamarr designs the first modern airplane wing, Eartha Kitt's activism provokes the ire of Lady Bird Johnson, and Alexis Pulaski's poodl
  12. S06E12Drunk History S06E12Good SamaritansJuly 9, 2019Forest service ranger Ed Pulaski saves 40 men from a forest fire; Ted Patrick rescues teenagers from the psychological grip of the Children
  13. S06E13Drunk History S06E13WhistleblowersJuly 16, 2019Martha Mitchell leaks the Watergate scandal to the press before Deep Throat does; the Citizen's Commission to investigate the FBI stages an
  14. S06E14Drunk History S06E14Behind Enemy LinesJuly 23, 2019Marina Raskova forms an all-women air force regiment to fight Nazis in World War II; smuggler James J. Andrews hijacks a Confederate train f
  15. S06E15Drunk History S06E15S.O.S.July 30, 2019Navy officer Douglas Hegdahl outwits his captors when he's taken as a POW in North Vietnam; Florence Nightingale revolutionizes the field of
  16. S06E16Drunk History S06E16Bad BloodAugust 6, 2019Mary Mallon spreads typhoid fever wherever she goes, and Cleopatra's younger sister Arsinoe schemes her way in and out of power in Ancient E

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