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2002 · USA Network · Drama, Comedy

How long does it take to watch Monk?

Monk takes about 90 hours to watch: 124 episodes across 8 seasons, 5,409 minutes in all.

Updated October 2, 2026

Episodes
124
Seasons
8
Per episode
44 min
Status
Ended in 2009

Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Season by season

Hours and episodes in each season of Monk
SeasonLengthHoursEpisodes
Season 19.5h12 eps
Season 211.8h16 eps
Season 311.5h16 eps
Season 411.5h16 eps
Season 511.6h16 eps
Season 611.5h16 eps
Season 711.4h16 eps
Season 811.4h16 eps

Longest: season 2, 11.8 hours. Shortest: season 1, 9.5 hours.

At your pace

1 episode a night
124 nights, about 4 months
3 episodes a night
42 nights, about 6 weeks
Weekend binges, 8 hours a day
6 weekends
Straight through, no sleep
3 days, 18 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 1 7.5
Lowest-rated season
Season 6 6.3

Season scores are vote-weighted averages of TMDB episode ratings.

The details

Status
Ended in 2009
Network
USA Network
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
First aired
2002

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