Hogan's Heroes — 1965-1971 · 6 seasons · 168 eps

★ 7.8

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Hogan's Heroes

1965-1971 6 seasons 168 episodes

★ 7.8 (13,687 votes) Top 36%

Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to July 4, 1971, on the CBS network. The show was set in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II. Bob Crane starred as Colonel Robert E. Hogan, coordinating an international crew of Allied prisoners running a Special Operations group from the camp. Werner Klemperer played Colonel Wilhelm Klink, the commandant of the camp, and John Banner was the inept sergeant-of-the-guard, Hans Schultz. The series was popular during its six-season run. In 2013, creators Bernard Fein through his estate and Albert S. Ruddy acquired the sequel and other separate rights to Hogan's Heroes from Mark Cuban through arbitration and a movie based on the show has been planned.

Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to July 4, 1971, on the CBS network. The show was set in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II. Bob Crane starred as Colonel Robert E. Hogan, coordinating an international crew of Allied prisoners running a Special Operations group from the camp. Werner Klemperer played Colonel Wilhelm Klink, the commandant of the camp, and John Banner was the inept sergeant-of-the-guard, Hans Schultz. The series was popular during its six-season run. In 2013, creators Bernard Fein through his estate and Albert S. Ruddy acquired the sequel and other separate rights to Hogan's Heroes from Mark Cuban through arbitration and a movie based on the show has been planned.

Episode Ratings Grid

Every episode at a glance, color-coded by rating. Rows are episode numbers within each season, columns are seasons.

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S1 1-30

S1 31-32

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S4

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S6

E1

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E2

7.6

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8.0

7.8

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E3

7.7

7.7

8.4

8.1

7.8

7.7

E4

7.7

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E5

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8.1

8.0

8.1

7.8

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E6

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7.6

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E7

7.7

7.8

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7.7

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E8

7.6

8.1

7.4

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E9

8.0

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7.4

8.1

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E10

7.9

8.2

7.6

7.7

8.1

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E11

7.9

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7.7

E12

7.5

8.4

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7.7

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E13

8.0

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8.0

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E14

7.5

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E15

7.5

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E16

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E17

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8.0

7.7

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E18

7.7

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E19

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E20

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E24

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E25

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E26

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E27

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E28

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E29

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E30

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Episode Power Rankings

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🏆 Top Episodes

#1 8.7

S3E21 War Takes a Holiday

Hogan convinces Klink and the Gestapo that the war is over so that they will release some prisoners.

#2

S4E15 8.7

The Missing Klink

Hogan wants to kidnap Burkhalter and trade him for a captured underground agent and instead finds out that Klink is his hostage.

#3

S4E2 8.5

Klink vs. the Gonculator

Coming up with a fake secret device, the gonculator, Klink brings to Stalag 13 the electronics expert who wants to defect.

4. S6E15 "Easy Come, Easy Go" 8.5
5. S2E12 "Will the Real Adolf Please Stand Up?" 8.4
6. S3E3 "D-Day at Stalag 13" 8.4
7. S5E26 "Klink's Escape" 8.4
8. S2E16 "Art for Hogan's Sake" 8.3
9. S5E20 "One Army at a Time" 8.3
10. S1E1 "The Informer" 8.2

📉 Bottom Episodes

#168

S6E13 7.3

The Gypsy

LeBeau is passed off as a Gypsy fortune teller to help get a radar countermeasure device to London.

167. S5E2 "The Well" 7.4
166. S3E27 "The Collector General" 7.4
165. S3E12 "A Russian Is Coming" 7.4
164. S3E11 "Is General Hammerschlag Burning?" 7.4

The Quality Arc

Each point is an episode, plotted chronologically. The colored bands mark season boundaries. Look for upward or downward trends to see if quality improved or declined over time.

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Episode Engagement

Vote count shows how many people cared enough to rate. High votes + high rating = beloved classic. High votes + low rating = notorious stinker. Low votes + high rating = hidden gem.

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83 Standouts

3 Infamous

76 Hidden Gems

6 Forgettable

Top Standout: S1E1 The Informer

Most Infamous: S1E16 Anchors Aweigh, Men of Stalag 13

Best Hidden Gem: S5E26 Klink's Escape

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Series Trajectory

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Season Momentum

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Season Consistency

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