List of The Joy of Painting episodes

The following is a list of all The Joy of Painting episodes.

Season 1 (1983)
The Joy of Painting aired for 403 half-hour episodes and 31 seasons, lasting from 1983 to 1994. The first season of The Joy of Painting was mostly aired on PBS stations across the East Coast, as a result, the initial audience was small. Season1 was produced at WNVC in Falls Church, Virginia and featured several stylistic differences from the more well-known format that was introduced in Season 2: Ross wore tinted glasses in every episode, there was no opening sequence, light instrumental background music played throughout each episode, and a different theme song, heard only at the end of the episode during closing credits, was used. Ross also had not yet perfected his on-camera persona and some of his hallmarks were not yet present.

Season 2 (1983)
Now with a national audience, The Joy of Painting was produced by WIPB in Muncie, Indiana. WIPB continued producing The Joy of Painting until the show's ending in 1994.

Season 31 (1994)
The 31st season of The Joy of Painting aired on PBS in 1994, before the death of Bob Ross on July 4, 1995.

Season 32 (2024)
Billed as The Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Bob Ross's Unfinished Season, season 32 of the series includes seven episodes based upon paintings Ross had planned to produce for the series had he survived to host the season himself. It would be produced 30 years after the previous season with Hankins, a Ross certified instructor who had produced his own painting instructional videos through Ross's YouTube page, as the on-air host and painter.

All episode plans are based on the Daytona State College press release.