50 Famous TV Shows Ranked By What Percentage Of Their Episodes Were Written By Women
Here are 50 famous TV shows, ranked from fewest to most episodes written by women.
Episodes co-written by a woman and episodes with a woman on a "story by" credit are being counted.
50.The Honeymooners: 0%
0 of the 39 episodes were written by women.
49.The Dick Van Dyke Show: 1.27%
2 of the 158 episodes (not including the original pilot) were written by women.
48.Sanford and Son: 1.47%
2 of the 136 episodes were written by women.
47.Columbo: 4.35%
3 of the 69 episodes were written by women.
46.24: 4.41%
9 of the 204 episodes (including Live Another Day, not including the film) were written by women.
45.The X-Files: 5.05%
11 of the 218 episodes were written by women. (This does not include the two films, both of which were written by men.)
44.M*A*S*H: 5.47%
14 of the 256 episodes were written by women.
43.Game of Thrones: 5.48%
4 of the 73 episodes were written by women.
42.Get Smart: 5.8%
8 of the 138 episodes were written by women.
41.The Odd Couple: 6.14%
7 of the 114 episodes (not including the movie) were written by women.
40.NYPD Blue: 7.66%
20 of the 261 episodes were written by women.
39.Seinfeld: 10%
18 of the 180 episodes were written by women.
38.All in the Family: 10.73%
22 of the 205 episodes (not including two earlier pilot episodes, both written by Norman Lear) were written by women.
37.King of the Hill: 11.97%
31 of the 259 episodes were written by women.
36.Schitt's Creek: 15%
12 of the 80 episodes were written by women.
35.Good Times: 15.79%
21 of 133 episodes were written by women.
34.Veep: 16.92%
11 of the 65 episodes were written by women.
33.The Jeffersons: 19.37%
49 of the 253 episodes were written by women.
32.The Office (US): 21.39%
43 of the 201 episodes were written by women.
31.Battlestar Galactica (2004–09): 22.37%
17 of the 76 episodes (not including this 2003 miniseries, the films, or the webisodes) were written by women. (Two-part episodes are being counted as two episodes.)
30.Dallas: 22.41%
80 of the 357 episodes (not including the films or reunions) were written by women.
29.The Shield: 22.73%
20 of the 88 episodes (not including the promotional mini-episode) were written by women.
28.Homeland: 22.92%
22 of the 96 episodes were written by women.
27.The Mary Tyler Moore Show: 23.21%
39 of the 168 episodes were written by women.
26.Cheers: 24%
66 of the 275 episodes were written by women.
25.Breaking Bad: 24.19%
15 of the 62 episodes were written by women.
24.Everybody Loves Raymond: 24.29%
51 of the 210 episodes were written by women.
23.Lost: 24.79%
30 of the 121 episodes (not including the epilogue) were written by women. (Two-part episodes are being counted as two episodes.)
22.The Americans: 25.33%
19 of the 75 episodes were written by women.
21.The West Wing: 25.97%
40 of the 154 episodes were written by women.
20.The Bernie Mac Show: 33.65%
35 of the 104 episodes were written by women.
19.ER: 34.74%
115 of the 331 episodes were written by women.
18.The Walking Dead: 34.91%
59 of the 169 episodes were written by women.
17.30 Rock: 37.41%
52 of the 139 episodes (including the special 2020 episode) were written by women.
16.Fresh off the Boat: 38.79%
45 of the 116 episodes were written by women.
15.The Good Place: 39.62%
21 of the 53 episodes were written by women.
14.BoJack Horseman: 41.56%
32 of the 77 episodes (including the special) were written by women.
13.Friday Night Lights: 42.11%
32 of the 76 episodes were written by women.
12.Friends: 44.07%
104 of the 236 episodes were written by women. (Two-part episodes are being counted as two episodes.)
11.New Girl: 44.52%
65 of the 146 episodes were written by women.
10.The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: 45.27%
67 of the 148 episodes were written by women. (Two-part episodes are being counted as two episodes.)
9.The Golden Girls: 47.22%
85 of the 180 episodes were written by women.
8.Living Single: 47.46%
56 of the 118 episodes were written by women.
7.Will & Grace: 48.58%
120 of the 247 episodes (including the final special, not including the webisode) were written by women.
6.Gilmore Girls: 56.69%
89 of the 157 episodes (including the revival) were written by women.
5.Orange Is the New Black: 69.23%
63 of the 91 episodes were written by women.
4.My So-Called Life: 73.68%
14 of the 19 episodes were written by women.
3.Dynasty: 74.78%
166 of the 222 episodes (including the reunion) were written by women.
2.Broad City: 84%
42 of the 50 episodes were written by women.
1.I Love Lucy: 95.86%
185 of the 193 episodes were written by women (including episodes produced under the title The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show).
