2011 · CBS · Action & Adventure, Crime
How long does it take to watch Person of Interest?
Person of Interest takes about 74 hours to watch: 103 episodes across 5 seasons, 4,440 minutes in all.
Updated October 2, 2026
- Episodes
- 103
- Seasons
- 5
- Per episode
- 43 min
- Status
- Ended in 2016
John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice.
Season by season
| Season | Length | Hours | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 16.5h | 23 eps | |
| Season 2 | 15.8h | 22 eps | |
| Season 3 | 16.5h | 23 eps | |
| Season 4 | 15.8h | 22 eps | |
| Season 5 | 9.5h | 13 eps |
Longest: season 3, 16.5 hours. Shortest: season 5, 9.5 hours.
At your pace
- 1 episode a night
- 103 nights, about 3 months
- 3 episodes a night
- 35 nights, about 5 weeks
- Weekend binges, 8 hours a day
- 5 weekends
- Straight through, no sleep
- 3 days, 2 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 5 8.5
- Lowest-rated season
- Season 1 8.0
- The finale
- Rated 9.4 against a 8.2 series average
Season scores are vote-weighted averages of TMDB episode ratings.
The details
- Status
- Ended in 2016
- Network
- CBS
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- First aired
- 2011
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