List of The Naked Truth episodes

The following is a list of episodes for the television sitcom The Naked Truth , which ran for three seasons - the first on ABC and the last two on NBC.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released			Rank	Rating
			First released	Last released	Network
1	20		September 13, 1995 (1995-09-13)	February 28, 1996 (1996-02-28)	ABC	24	11.4 [1]
2	13		January 16, 1997 (1997-01-16)	May 14, 1997 (1997-05-14)	NBC	4	16.8 [2]
3	22 [a]		September 22, 1997 (1997-09-22)	May 25, 1998 (1998-05-25)		—	—

1. Tied with Law & Order , The CBS Sunday Movie, and Can't Hurry Love
2. Tied with Friends

1. Episodes 16-22 never aired.

Episodes

Season 1 (1995–96)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
1	1	"The Naked Truth"	Michael Lessac	Chris Thompson	September 13, 1995 (1995-09-13)	18.0 [1]
2	2	"Bald Star in Hot Oil Fest!"	Michael Lessac	Rob Edwards	September 20, 1995 (1995-09-20)	20.8 [2]
3	3	"Elvis Is Coming!"	Ted Bessell	Laurie Parres	September 27, 1995 (1995-09-27)	17.0 [3]
4	4	"Woman Jokes While Husband Croaks!"	Alan Myerson	Chris Thompson	October 4, 1995 (1995-10-04)	17.1 [4]
5	5	"Sex-Crazed Sitcom Zombie Gropes Shutterbug (In Midnight Morgue Orgy)!"	Arlene Sanford	Gary Janetti	October 18, 1995 (1995-10-18)	16.7 [5]
6	6	"Hero Pig Goes Hog Wild!"	Arlene Sanford	Bruce Eric Kaplan	November 1, 1995 (1995-11-01)	17.2 [6]
7	7	"Real Life Henry Higgins Turns Dork Into Duke!"	Art Dielhenn	Kevin Rooney	November 8, 1995 (1995-11-08)	17.4 [7]
8	8	"Star and Comet Collide! Giant Bugs Invade!!"	Peter Bonerz	Jeffrey Klarik	November 15, 1995 (1995-11-15)	15.7 [8]
9	9	"Girl Buys Soup While Woman Weds Ape!"	Art Dielhenn	Chris Thompson	November 29, 1995 (1995-11-29)	16.2 [9]
10	10	"Woman Weds Siamese Twins!"	Dennis Erdman	Chris Thompson	December 6, 1995 (1995-12-06)	15.9 [10]
11	11	"Comet Nails Star and Vice Versa!"	Dennis Erdman	Chris Thompson	December 13, 1995 (1995-12-13)	15.1 [11]
12	12	"Sewer Gators, Swordplay, Santa from Hell!"	Peter Bonerz	Paul Liberstein	December 20, 1995 (1995-12-20)	15.0 [12]
13	13	"Shocking Tales of Hollywood Gunplay!"	Pamela Fryman	Laurie Parres & Paul Liberstein	January 3, 1996 (1996-01-03)	15.8 [13]
14	14	"Woman Loses Space Alien, Finds God!"	Rob Schiller	Story by : Chris Thompson Teleplay by : Mark Wilding & Gary Janetti	January 10, 1996 (1996-01-10)	15.9 [14]
15	15	"Man Wakes Up with Stranger in Pants!"	Peter Bonerz	Drake Sather	January 17, 1996 (1996-01-17)	15.4 [15]
16	16	"The Bubble Show"	Peter Bonerz	Jon Vitti	January 31, 1996 (1996-01-31)	15.7 [16]
17	17	"Women Rises in World, Falls on Face!"	Leonard R. Garner Jr.	Chris Thompson	February 7, 1996 (1996-02-07)	14.4 [17]
18	18	"Sisters in Sex Triangle with Gazillionaire!"	Shelley Jensen	Gary Janetti	February 14, 1996 (1996-02-14)	16.0 [18]
19	19	"Man Loses Load While Woman Can't Dump!"	Michael Lembeck	Paul Lieberstein	February 21, 1996 (1996-02-21)	16.0 [19]
20	20	"Hollywood Honors Male Prostitute!"	Michael Lessac	Mark Wilding	February 28, 1996 (1996-02-28)	14.7 [20]

Season 2 (1997)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
21	1	"We're at NBC Now"	Gail Mancuso	Maya Forbes	January 16, 1997 (1997-01-16)	29.87 [21]
22	2	"Woman Gets Plastered, Star Gets Even"	Gail Mancuso	Ed Yeager & Philip Vaughn	January 23, 1997 (1997-01-23)	25.91 [22]
23	3	"Itching for a Cat"	Arlene Sanford	Jenny Bicks	January 30, 1997 (1997-01-30)	25.71 [23]
24	4	"The Sister Show"	Arlene Sanford	Miriam Trogdon	February 6, 1997 (1997-02-06)	25.18 [24]
25	5	"A Year in the Life"	Arlene Sanford	Marsh McCall & Tom Martin	February 13, 1997 (1997-02-13)	26.92 [25]
26	6	"The Dating Game"	Matthew Diamond	Robert Cohen & Leslie Caveny	February 20, 1997 (1997-02-20)	26.72 [26]
27	7	"Comet Lands in Man's Garage"	Arlene Sanford	Scott Bank	February 27, 1997 (1997-02-27)	21.62 [27]
28	8	"The Scoop"	Robby Benson	Story by : Miriam Trogdon & Marsh McCall Teleplay by : Jenny Bicks & Tom Martin	March 13, 1997 (1997-03-13)	24.24 [28]
29	9	"The Birds"	Robby Benson	Carol Leifer	March 20, 1997 (1997-03-20)	19.88 [29]
30	10	"The Debt"	Rob Schiller	Tom Martin & Philip Vaughn	March 27, 1997 (1997-03-27)	20.90 [30]
31	11	"The Parents: Part 1"	Pamela Fryman	Ed Yeager	April 3, 1997 (1997-04-03)	20.63 [31]
32	12	"The Spa: Part 2"	Pamela Fryman	Story by : Marsh McCall Teleplay by : Jenny Bicks & Tom Martin	April 3, 1997 (1997-04-03)	22.27 [31]
33	13	"The Source"	Matthew Diamond	Story by : Robert Cohen Teleplay by : Leslie Caveny & Tom Martin	May 14, 1997 (1997-05-14)	6.97 [32]

Season 3 (1997–98)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
34	1	"Things Change"	Robby Benson	Michael Saltzman	September 22, 1997 (1997-09-22)	13.78 [33]
35	2	"Her Girl Friday"	Robby Benson	Allan Heinberg	September 29, 1997 (1997-09-29)	11.17 [34]
36	3	"Bully for Dave"	Robby Benson	Jon Sherman	October 6, 1997 (1997-10-06)	11.21 [35]
37	4	"Liesl Weapon"	Robby Benson	Tom Palmer	October 13, 1997 (1997-10-13)	12.24 [36]
38	5	"Bridesface Revisited"	Robby Benson	Ken Keeler	October 20, 1997 (1997-10-20)	13.30 [37]
39	6	"We Almost Had Paris"	Matthew Diamond	Tom Martin	November 10, 1997 (1997-11-10)	10.14 [38]
40	7	"Look at Me! Look at Me!"	Robby Benson	Jim Vallely & Kevin Dornan	November 17, 1997 (1997-11-17)	11.19 [39]
41	8	"Going Mein Way"	Matthew Diamond	Rachel Sweet	November 24, 1997 (1997-11-24)	10.05 [40]
42	9	"He Ain't Famous, He's My Brother"	Matthew Diamond	Matthew Weiner	December 8, 1997 (1997-12-08)	10.21 [41]
43	10	"The Unsinkable Nora Wilde"	Matthew Diamond	Tom Palmer	December 15, 1997 (1997-12-15)	9.96 [42]
44	11	"Hooked on Heroine"	Rob Schiller	Rachel Sweet	January 26, 1998 (1998-01-26)	9.35 [43]
45	12	"Women on the Verge of a Rhytidectomy"	Robby Benson	Allan Heinberg	February 2, 1998 (1998-02-02)	9.91 [44]
46	13	"8 1/2"	Robby Benson	Ken Keeler	February 9, 1998 (1998-02-09)	9.08 [45]
47	14	"The Neighbor of Bath"	Robby Benson	Jon Sherman	March 9, 1998 (1998-03-09)	7.57 [46]
48	15	"Day of the Locos"	Robby Benson	Matthew Weiner	May 25, 1998 (1998-05-25)	6.88 [47]
49	16	"Muddy for Nothing"	Robby Benson	Humphrey MacDougal	Unaired	N/A
50	17	"Born to Be Wilde"	Robby Benson	Kate Nielsen	Unaired	N/A
51	18	"The Seer and the Sucker"	Matthew Diamond	Ken Keeler	Unaired	N/A
52	19	"Can't We All Just Get Along?"	Matthew Diamond	Tom Martin	Unaired	N/A
53	20	"Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Except with Different Names: Part 1"	Rob Schiller	Ken Keeler	Unaired	N/A
54	21	"Jake or Fake: Part 2"	Rob Schiller	Rachel Sweet	Unaired	N/A
55	22	"Up, Up and Away"	Rob Schiller	Michael Saltzman	Unaired	N/A

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