{id}: Get episode by ID

API: tvmaze.com:tvmaze-api
Endpoint: /episodes/{id}
Response format: application/json
Charset: utf-8
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 137ms

Description

Retrieve detailed information about a specific episode by its TVmaze episode ID. Returns episode name, season/episode numbers, air date, runtime, summary, and images. Use this when you have an episode ID and need complete episode metadata.

From spec: Retrieve information about a specific episode.

Usage Tips

- Episode IDs are different from show IDs - Returns 404 for invalid episode IDs - 'show' field contains minimal parent show info - Summary field contains HTML

Parameters (1)

id (integer, path, required)

Episode ID

Examples (3)

Get episode by ID (early episode) curl

Demonstrates calling /episodes/{id}

curl 'https://api.tvmaze.com/episodes/1'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://api.tvmaze.com/episodes/1")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("tvmaze")
result = api.fetch("episodes/{id}")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.tvmaze.com/episodes/1");
const data = await resp.json();
Get episode by ID (mid-range episode) curl

Demonstrates calling /episodes/{id}

curl 'https://api.tvmaze.com/episodes/1000'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://api.tvmaze.com/episodes/1000")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("tvmaze")
result = api.fetch("episodes/{id}")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.tvmaze.com/episodes/1000");
const data = await resp.json();
Get episode by ID (recent episode) curl

Demonstrates calling /episodes/{id}

curl 'https://api.tvmaze.com/episodes/50000'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://api.tvmaze.com/episodes/50000")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("tvmaze")
result = api.fetch("episodes/{id}")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.tvmaze.com/episodes/50000");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 04:08:51.740269 200 137ms
2026-04-16 03:22:21.463891 200 140ms
2026-04-16 02:42:16.436295 200 182ms
2026-04-15 03:32:56.754917 200 158ms
2026-04-15 02:36:09.848694 200 123ms
2026-04-15 00:20:42.306172 200 171ms
2026-04-14 03:10:33.763502 200 187ms
2026-04-14 03:02:01.300459 200 172ms
2026-04-14 02:45:27.787965 200 139ms
2026-04-12 15:48:06.123252 200 175ms
2026-04-12 14:44:09.199602 200 105ms
2026-04-12 13:38:25.313912 200 165ms
2026-04-10 04:33:26.349376 200 106ms
2026-04-10 01:00:25.202370 200 90ms
2026-04-10 00:53:18.160516 200 95ms
2026-04-09 03:32:09.105282 200 154ms
2026-04-09 01:54:21.446393 200 147ms
2026-04-09 01:30:00.296754 200 168ms
2026-03-23 10:39:09.972821 200 103ms
2026-03-23 10:33:15.946534 200 112ms
2026-03-23 09:33:19.160296 200 89ms