2006 · Showtime · Crime, Drama
How long does it take to watch Dexter?
Dexter takes about 84 hours to watch: 96 episodes across 8 seasons, 5,062 minutes in all.
Updated October 2, 2026
- Episodes
- 96
- Seasons
- 8
- Per episode
- 53 min
- Status
- Ended in 2013
Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.
Season by season
| Season | Length | Hours | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 10.8h | 12 eps | |
| Season 2 | 10.6h | 12 eps | |
| Season 3 | 10.4h | 12 eps | |
| Season 4 | 10.5h | 12 eps | |
| Season 5 | 10.2h | 12 eps | |
| Season 6 | 10.3h | 12 eps | |
| Season 7 | 11.1h | 12 eps | |
| Season 8 | 10.6h | 12 eps |
Longest: season 7, 11.1 hours. Shortest: season 5, 10.2 hours.
At your pace
- 1 episode a night
- 96 nights, about 3 months
- 3 episodes a night
- 32 nights, about 5 weeks
- Weekend binges, 8 hours a day
- 6 weekends
- Straight through, no sleep
- 3 days, 12 hours
Counts aired regular-season episodes only; specials are excluded. Runtimes come from TMDB, so totals can differ from other sources.
How it holds up
- Best-rated season
- Season 4 8.4
- Lowest-rated season
- Season 8 6.9
- The finale
- Rated 5.3 against a 7.9 series average
Season scores are vote-weighted averages of TMDB episode ratings.
The details
- Status
- Ended in 2013
- Network
- Showtime
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- First aired
- 2006
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