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The Best Episodes of Kenan & Kel

Every episode of Kenan & Kel ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Kenan & Kel!

Set in Chicago, the show follows the kid-friendly misadventures of two high-school friends who are always scheming and dreaming. Kenan, who works at a grocery...
Genres:FamilyComedyKids
Network:Nickelodeon

Top Episode Ratings Summary

"Bye-Bye Kenan (1)" is the best rated episode of "Kenan & Kel". It scored 8.7/10 based on 82 votes. Directed by Brian Robbins and written by Dan Schneider, Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert, it aired on 12/20/1997. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Three Girls, A Guy and a Cineplex".

  • Bye-Bye Kenan (1)
    8.7/1082 votes
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    #1 - Bye-Bye Kenan (1)

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/1997

    Kenan and Kel contemplate the end of their friendship as Roger pursues his dream of becoming a forest ranger and moving the Rockmore's to Montana.

    Director: Brian Robbins

    Writer: Dan Schneider, Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

  • Three Girls, A Guy and a Cineplex
    8.5/1087 votes
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    #2 - Three Girls, A Guy and a Cineplex

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 8/28/1999

    Kenan winds up with three dates for the same night, and tries to keep them from discovering each other.

    Director: Virgil L. Fabian

    Writer: Amy Berg

  • Bye-Bye Kenan (2)
    8.4/1073 votes
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    #3 - Bye-Bye Kenan (2)

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/27/1997

    When the Rockmores finally get to Pumus, Montana, their new home, they find it is hillbilly country. The house is a little cabin and the bed has holes in it. The worst thing is they run into a bear lead there by none other than Kel!

    Director: Brian Robbins

    Writer: Dan Schneider, Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

  • Mental Kel-Epathy
    8.3/10161 votes
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    #4 - Mental Kel-Epathy

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/17/1996

    Kenan envisions the possibilities when he becomes convinced that Kel has psychic powers.

    Director: Kim Fields

    Writer: Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

  • Merry Christmas, Kenan
    8.2/1091 votes
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    #5 - Merry Christmas, Kenan

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/1996

    To earn money to buy himself a Christmas gift, Kenan takes a job as a department-store Santa. There he meets an unselfish little boy with a special holiday wish.

    Director: Brian Robbins

    Writer: Dan Schneider

  • Tales from the Clip
    8.1/1065 votes
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    #6 - Tales from the Clip

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 4/1/2000

    Kenan And Kel make one last appearance to the studio audience. Kel reveals that he has got everything that Kenan has ever wanted. Countless items that Kenan has demanded over the four seasons are displayed.

    Director: Kim Fields

    Writer: Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

  • Doing Things the Hemingway
    8.0/10106 votes
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    #7 - Doing Things the Hemingway

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/1996

    A love letter won't do when Kenan tries to catch the eye of his dream girl. So he enlists Kel's help in stringing a banner across the top of a skyscraper.

    Director: Brian Robbins

    Writer: Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

  • The Cold War
    8.0/1092 votes
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    #8 - The Cold War

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1996

    When his homemade cold remedy cures Kel, Kenan mistakenly slips some to his air-traffic controller dad.

    Director: Brian Robbins

    Writer: Sharon Sussman, Burt Wheeler

  • Pair-Rental Guidance
    8.0/1092 votes
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    #9 - Pair-Rental Guidance

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1997

    Figuring he's in hot water when the principal calls his folks to her office, Kenan lets Kel bail him out by hiring actors to be his parents.

    Director: Kim Fields

    Writer: Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

  • Twizzles Fizzles
    7.9/1090 votes
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    #10 - Twizzles Fizzles

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1996

    While Kenan is home alone, his father's prized pet cockatoo dies, and he and Kel scramble to replace the bird.

    Director: Tony Singletary

    Writer: Dan Schneider, Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

  • Baggin' Saggin' Kel
    7.9/1082 votes
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    #11 - Baggin' Saggin' Kel

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/1996

    It's time for the grocery-packing contest between Rigby's and Angus's--and thanks to Kenan and Kel's plan, victory is in the bag. Or is it?

    Director: Howard Storm

    Writer: Neal Brennan, Ross Venokur

  • Get The Kel Outta Here
    7.9/1071 votes
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    #12 - Get The Kel Outta Here

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/25/1997

    Kenan's dad is fed up with Kel's shenanigans and insists that Kel never step foot in the Rockmore house again. Kel can't believe he's banished from the homestead, and tries to do whatever he can to please Roger.

    Director: Mary Schmid

    Writer: Dan Schneider, Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

  • Poem Sweet Poem
    7.9/1058 votes
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    #13 - Poem Sweet Poem

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 4/17/1999

    Kenan writes a lovely poem, inspired by Sharla, for a class assignment. Unfortunately, Kel leads a female classmate, Alison, to believe that Kenan wrote the poem for her. When she breaks up with her boyfriend, Kenan and Kel try to make things right.

    Director: Kim Fields

    Writer: Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

  • Who Loves Who-ooh?
    7.9/1058 votes
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    #14 - Who Loves Who-ooh?

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 4/24/1999

    The sweethearts ball is coming up and everyone has a date, except Kenan. He wants to ask Sharla, but he's afraid. Instead, he decides to tell everyone he's taking Tamia to the dance. Now all he has to do is convince Tamia to go to the dance with him.

    Director: Virgil L. Fabian

    Writer: Nick Cannon, Mason Gordon, Kenan Thompson

  • Aw, Here It Goes To Hollywood (2)
    7.9/1063 votes
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    #15 - Aw, Here It Goes To Hollywood (2)

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 9/25/1999

    Kenan and Kel meet up with Britney Spears, David Alan Grier and end up making and unexpected appearance and the Julie Brown show.

    Director: Virgil L. Fabian

    Writer: Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

  • The Tainting of the Screw
    7.8/10103 votes
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    #16 - The Tainting of the Screw

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/24/1996

    When Kenan almost chokes on a screw in a sandwich, he and Kel decide to sue the food company for $10 million.

    Director: Alan Rosen

    Writer: Dan Schneider

  • Ditch Day Afternoon
    7.8/1074 votes
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    #17 - Ditch Day Afternoon

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/18/1997

    Kenan and Kel decide to skip a day of school and work. They call in sick, but soon find themselves in big trouble when they get caught in the middle of a bank robbery and end up on the national news.

    Director: Kim Fields

    Writer: Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

  • Skunkator vs. Moth Man
    7.8/1066 votes
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    #18 - Skunkator vs. Moth Man

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/1998

    There's a big comic book convention in town and Kenan & Kel are dying to go. Too bad Kenan has to train Rigby's new employee, Sharla, that day. The guys decide to go anyway and things go downhill from there.

    Director: Kim Fields

    Writer: Alex Reid, Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

  • Present Tense
    7.8/1066 votes
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    #19 - Present Tense

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/26/1998

    Eager to see the gift his parents bought him for his birthday, Kenan snoops around and finally finds it. Then, Kel accidentally breaks the gift, which eventually winds up in the possession of Kenan's uncle. Now the guys have to get the gift back and replace it. Good luck.

    Director: Kim Fields

    Writer: Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

  • Mo' Sweater Blues
    7.7/1095 votes
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    #20 - Mo' Sweater Blues

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/1996

    Kenan's dream date is marred when Kel spills soda pop on the girl's beautiful sweater, which was knitted by her late grandma.

    Director: Malcolm-Jamal Warner

    Writer: Kevin Kopelow, Heath Seifert

  • Duh Bomb
    7.7/1091 votes
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    #21 - Duh Bomb

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1996

    After the guys get bounced from a dance club for being underage, they decide to open their own place at Chris's store.

    Director: Kim Fields

    Writer: Linda M. Yearwood

  • In the Line of Kenan
    7.7/1072 votes
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    #22 - In the Line of Kenan

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/25/1997

    Kenan saves the President from an accident at Rigby's, so the Chief Executive invites the guys to visit him at the White House.

    Director: Kim Fields

    Writer: Paul Dell, Steven Weiss

  • Clowning Around
    7.7/1072 votes
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    #23 - Clowning Around

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/1997

    Kenan and Kel take matters into their own hands when the same circus clown who robbed the store shows up at Kyra's birthday party.

    Director: Kim Fields

    Writer: Magda Liolis

  • The Graduates
    7.7/1061 votes
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    #24 - The Graduates

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 9/25/1999

    Kenan's senior prank on Principal Horn ends up getting him removed from the graduation exercises - and his parents and family best not know, or he's in deeper than usual!

    Director: Ken Whittingham

    Writer: Jonathan Green, Gabe Miller

  • Futurama
    7.7/1075 votes
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    #25 - Futurama

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/31/1999

    Kenan & Kel want the show to last forever so they make a show for the year 2099. Kel plays with the magic vacuum cleaner and makes Roger disappear.

    Director: Kim Fields

    Writer: Jonathan Green, Gabe Miller