Every season of Dinner for Five ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Dinner for Five!

Joey Lauren Adams, Peter Berg, Kevin James, Jeanne Tripplehorn

Vince Vaughn, Garry Shandling, Cheri Oteri, Peter Falk

Christian Slater, Illeana Douglas, Jeff Goldblum, Fred Willard

Ron Livingston, Kevin Pollack, Sarah Silverman, Rod Steiger

Andy Dick, Daryl Hannah, Marilyn Manson

Sean Astin, Bonnie Hunt, Kevin James, Ray Romano

Saffron Burrows, Faizon Love, Michael Rapaport, Sarah Silverman

Jennifer Beals, Adam Goldberg, Seth Green, Dwight Yoakum

David Cross, Famke Janssen, Denis Leary, Martha Plimpton

Sean Combs, John Leguizamo, Juliette Lewis, Vincent Pastore

Ben Affleck, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Garner, Kevin Smith

Dom Deluise, Peter Falk, John Herzfeld, Richard Lewis

Peter Bogdanovich, Larry Miller, Penelope Ann Miller, Liev Schreiber

Ed Asner, Ed Begley, Jr., Carrie Fisher, Blair Underwood

David Byrne, Dave Eggers, Janeane Garofalo, Joe Pantoliano

Louis C.K., Illeana Douglas, Will Ferrell, Eddie Izzard

Vince Vaughn, Cole Hauser, Rory Cochrane, Brian Cox

John Landis, David Alan Grier, Leland Orser, Fran Drescher

Beverly D'Angelo, Rosie Perez, Cathy Moriarty, Catherine Kellner

James Caan, Will Ferrell, Mary Steenburgen, Zooey Deschanel

Sean Hayes, Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson, Oliver Platt

Peter Berg, Judd Apatow, Famke Janssen, Paul Rudd

Lili Taylor, Maggie Gyllenhaal, John Sayles, Vanessa Martinez

Gina Gershon, Dennis Farina, Ron Livingston, Faizon Love

Kevin James, Tony Shalhoub, Richard Lewis, Burt Reynolds

Kevin Smith, George Carlin, Jason Biggs, Stephen Root

Joe Mantegna, Bob Odenkirk, Michael McKean, Jeff Garlin

Jeff Ross, Hector Elizando, Kevin Pollak, Laura Kightlinger

Laura Dern, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Ernie Hudson

Jennifer Esposito, Barry Pepper, Luis Guzman, Stephen Dorff

Alec Baldwin, Peter Dinklage, Carrie Fisher, Tracey Ullman

Dom DeLuise, Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Charles Nelson Reilly

John Waters, Colin Quinn, Danny Aiello, Delroy Lindo

Isaac Mizrahi, Alan Cumming, Faizon Love, Amy Irving

David Cross, Molly Shannon, George Hickenlooper, Phillip Baker Hall

Michael Madsen, Richard Donner, Ray Romano, Ron Eldard

Neve Campbell, Henry Winkler, Dave Foley, Jeff Garlin

Peter Berg, Billy Bob Thornton, Brian Grazer, H.G (Buzz) Bissinger

Martin Scorsese

David Milch, Tim Olyphant, Michael Rapaport, Jay Mohr

Tracy Morgan, Jeffrey Tambor, Bonnie Hunt, Jason Bateman

Rob Zombie, Bruce Campbell, Roger Corman, Faizon Love

Michael De Luca, Luis Guzman, Michael Chiklis, Henry Rollins

David Duchovny, Dax Shepard, Tim Blake Nelson, Stephen Root

Bill Maher, Alanis Morissette, Rosanna Arquette, Bob Odenkirk

Frank Darabont, Alan Cumming, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard

Tony Hawk, Stacy Peralta, Seth MacFarlane, Jon Heder

Kevin Smith, Jason Lee, Stan Lee, Mark Hamill, J.J. Abrams

Adam Goldberg, Christina Ricci, Giovanni Ribisi, Steven Drozd

Peter Billingsley, Justin Long, Keir O'Donnell, Vince Vaughn

Dinner for Five is a television program in which actor/filmmaker Jon Favreau and a revolving guest list of celebrities eat, drink and talk about life on and off the set and swap stories about projects past and present. The program seats screen legends next to a variety of personalities from film, television, music and comedy, resulting in an unpredictable free-for-all. The program aired on the Independent Film Channel with Favreau the co-Executive Producer with Peter Billingsley.

The show format is a spontaneous, open forum for people in the entertainment community. The idea, originally conceived by Favreau, originated from a time when he went out to dinner with colleagues on a film location and exchanged filming anecdotes. Favreau said, "I thought it would be interesting to show people that side of the business". He did not want to present them in a "sensationalized way [that] they're presented in the press, but as normal people". The format featured Favreau and four guests from the entertainment industry in a restaurant with no other diners. They ordered actual food from real menus and were served by authentic waiters. There were no cue cards or previous research on the participants that would have allowed him to orchestrate the conversation and the guests were allowed to talk about whatever they wanted. The show used five cameras with the operators using long lenses so that they could be at least ten feet away from the table and not intrude on the conversation or make the guests self-conscious. The conversations lasted until the film ran out. A 25-minutes episode would be edited from the two-hour dinner.

The Best Seasons of Dinner for Five

The Best Seasons of Dinner for Five

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Other Seasons

Season 4

Season 5