The Joy of Painting

1983–1994 · 31 seasons · 405 episodes · Documentary, Family

The Joy of Painting was an American television show hosted by painter Bob Ross that taught its viewers techniques for landscape oil painting. Although Ross could complete a painting in half an hour, the intent of the show was not to teach viewers "speed painting". Rather, he intended for viewers to learn certain techniques within the time that the show was allotted. The show began on January 11, 1983, and lasted until May 17, 1994, a year before Ross' death.

Season 1	8.6	8.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.7	7.9	7.8	8.0	7.9
Season 2	7.9	7.8	7.8	7.9	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.6
Season 3	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5
Season 4	7.6	7.3	7.7	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.6	7.7
Season 5	7.9	7.8	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.6	7.4
Season 6	7.8	7.6	7.8	7.9	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.6
Season 7	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.8	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.8
Season 8	7.5	7.7	7.9	9.3	8.0	7.8	7.5	7.8
Season 9	7.4	7.5	7.7	7.4	7.3	7.5	7.4	7.2
Season 10	7.6	7.5	7.3	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.5
Season 11	7.6	7.4	7.2	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.4	7.3
Season 12	7.3	7.6	7.3	7.7	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.7
Season 13	7.4	7.5	7.4	7.5	7.3	7.5	7.3	7.4
Season 14	5.7	5.0	4.8	5.1	4.9	4.6	4.9	4.5
Season 15	5.3	4.9	5.0	4.8	5.4	5.2	5.0	4.4
Season 16	4.7	4.2	4.6	4.3	4.5	4.8	4.5	4.2
Season 17	4.2	4.0	4.3	4.7	4.2	4.0	3.9	4.3
Season 18	4.0	3.4	4.3	4.0	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3
Season 19	4.1	3.9	3.9	4.5	3.8	4.2	4.3	3.7
Season 20	5.9	5.1	6.2	4.9	4.7	6.3	5.1	4.8
Season 21	5.5	4.8	4.9	5.3	4.8	5.0	5.6	4.7
Season 22	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.7	4.6	4.5	5.0	5.2
Season 23	5.3	5.3	5.0	5.2	4.8	4.5	5.5	4.7
Season 24	4.7	4.8	5.0	4.2	4.4	4.7	4.4	4.8
Season 25	4.1	4.3	5.3	4.3	4.1	4.7	4.2	5.0
Season 26	4.7	4.3	4.0	4.7	4.7	5.4	5.1	4.7
Season 27	4.3	4.8	5.5	3.9	4.9	3.8	4.8	4.5
Season 28	5.6	5.3	5.0	5.1	4.4	4.9	4.3	4.3
Season 29	6.5	5.0	5.2	5.0	4.7	6.1	5.4	4.9
Season 30	5.2	5.0	5.1	5.0	5.3	4.9	5.4	5.1
Season 31	5.9	6.1	5.4	5.8	5.6	5.2	5.3	5.0

The Joy of Painting

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