2009 · CBS · Drama
How long does it take to watch The Good Wife?
The Good Wife takes about 112 hours to watch: 156 episodes across 7 seasons, 6,708 minutes in all.
Updated October 2, 2026
- Episodes
- 156
- Seasons
- 7
- Per episode
- 43 min
- Status
- Ended in 2016
Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.
Season by season
| Season | Length | Hours | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 16.5h | 23 eps | |
| Season 2 | 16.5h | 23 eps | |
| Season 3 | 15.8h | 22 eps | |
| Season 4 | 15.8h | 22 eps | |
| Season 5 | 15.8h | 22 eps | |
| Season 6 | 15.8h | 22 eps | |
| Season 7 | 15.8h | 22 eps |
Longest: season 1, 16.5 hours. Shortest: season 3, 15.8 hours.
At your pace
- 1 episode a night
- 156 nights, about 5 months
- 3 episodes a night
- 52 nights, about 7 weeks
- Weekend binges, 8 hours a day
- 7 weekends
- Straight through, no sleep
- 4 days, 15 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 7.7
- Lowest-rated season
- Season 1 7.1
Season scores are vote-weighted averages of TMDB episode ratings.
The details
- Status
- Ended in 2016
- Network
- CBS
- Genres
- Drama
- First aired
- 2009
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