Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: September 20, 1984
Seasons: 8
Episodes: 197
Networks: NBC
Genres: Comedy, Family

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The Cosby Show(1984)
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TMDB Rating: 7.0 (452 votes)

Overview

The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.

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Season 1

24 episodes • 1984Avg: 8.4Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Pilot / Theo's Economic Lesson	Sep 20, 1984	8.0
2	Mr. Fish (a.k.a. Goodbye, Mr. Fish)	Sep 27, 1984	9.5
3	Bad Dreams	Oct 4, 1984	9.0
4	Is That My Boy?	Oct 11, 1984	5.2
5	A Shirt Story	Oct 18, 1984	10.0
6	Breaking With Tradition	Oct 25, 1984	8.0
7	One More Time	Nov 1, 1984	8.0
8	Play It Again, Vanessa	Nov 8, 1984	8.0
9	How Ugly Is He?	Nov 15, 1984	9.0
10	Bonjour, Sondra	Nov 22, 1984	0.0
11	You're Not a Mother Night	Dec 6, 1984	8.0
12	Rudy's Sick	Dec 13, 1984	0.0
13	Father's Day	Dec 20, 1984	8.0
14	Independence Day	Jan 10, 1985	0.0
15	Physician of the Year	Jan 17, 1985	0.0
16	Jitterbug Break	Jan 31, 1985	0.0
17	Theo and the Joint	Feb 7, 1985	0.0
18	Vanessa's New Class	Feb 14, 1985	0.0
19	Clair's Case	Feb 21, 1985	0.0
20	Back to the Track, Jack	Feb 28, 1985	8.0
21	The Younger Woman	Mar 14, 1985	10.0
22	Slumber Party	Mar 28, 1985	10.0
23	Mr. Quiet	May 2, 1985	7.0
24	Cliff's Birthday	May 9, 1985	0.0

Season 2

25 episodes • 1985Avg: 7.8

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	First Day of School	Sep 26, 1985	0.0
2	The Juicer	Oct 3, 1985	8.0
3	Happy Anniversary	Oct 10, 1985	8.0
4	Cliff in Love	Oct 17, 1985	7.0
5	Theo and the Older Woman	Oct 24, 1985	8.0
6	Halloween	Oct 31, 1985	6.0
7	Rudy Suits Up	Nov 7, 1985	6.0
8	Denise Drives	Nov 14, 1985	0.0
9	Clair's Sister	Nov 21, 1985	7.0
10	Clair's Toe	Dec 5, 1985	0.0
11	Denise's Friend	Dec 12, 1985	10.0
12	Mrs. Westlake	Jan 2, 1986	10.0
13	The Auction	Jan 9, 1986	8.0
14	Vanessa's Bad Grade	Jan 16, 1986	0.0
15	Theo and Cockroach	Jan 30, 1986	0.0
16	The Dentist	Feb 2, 1986	0.0
17	Play It Again, Russell	Feb 13, 1986	0.0
18	A Touch of Wonder	Feb 20, 1986	0.0
19	Full House	Feb 27, 1986	0.0
20	Close to Home	Mar 13, 1986	0.0
21	An Early Spring	Mar 20, 1986	0.0
22	Theo's Holiday	Apr 3, 1986	0.0
23	The Card Game	Apr 10, 1986	0.0
24	Off to the Races	May 8, 1986	0.0
25	Denise's Decision	May 15, 1986	0.0

Season 3

25 episodes • 1986

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Bring 'em Back Alive	Sep 25, 1986
2	Food for Thought	Oct 2, 1986
3	Golden Anniversary	Oct 9, 1986
4	Man Talk	Oct 16, 1986
5	Mother, May I?	Oct 23, 1986
6	The March	Oct 30, 1986
7	Theo's Flight	Nov 6, 1986
8	Vanessa's Rich	Nov 13, 1986
9	Denise Gets a D	Nov 20, 1986
10	A Girl and Her Dog	Dec 4, 1986
11	War Stories	Dec 11, 1986
12	Cliff in Charge	Dec 18, 1986
13	Monster Man Huxtable	Jan 8, 1987
14	Rudy Spends the Night	Jan 15, 1987
15	Say Hello to a Good Buy	Jan 22, 1987
16	Denise Gets an Opinion	Feb 5, 1987
17	Calling Doctor Huxtable	Feb 12, 1987
18	You Only Hurt the One You Love	Feb 19, 1987
19	The Shower	Feb 26, 1987
20	Cliff's 50th Birthday	Mar 12, 1987
21	I Know That You Know	Mar 19, 1987
22	Andalusian Flu	Apr 2, 1987
23	Bald and Beautiful	Apr 9, 1987
24	Planning Parenthood	Apr 30, 1987
25	Hillman	May 7, 1987

Season 4

23 episodes • 1987

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Call of the Wild	Sep 24, 1987
2	Theogate	Oct 1, 1987
3	It's Not Easy Being Green	Oct 8, 1987
4	Cliff's Mistake	Oct 15, 1987
5	Shakespeare	Oct 22, 1987
6	That's Not What I Said	Oct 29, 1987
7	Autumn Gifts	Nov 5, 1987
8	Looking Back	Nov 12, 1987
9	Where's Rudy?	Nov 19, 1987
10	Dance Mania	Dec 3, 1987
11	The Locker Room	Dec 10, 1987
12	The Show Must Go On	Dec 17, 1987
13	Bookworm	Jan 7, 1988
14	Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star	Jan 14, 1988
15	The Visit	Jan 21, 1988
16	The Drum Major	Feb 4, 1988
17	Waterworks	Feb 11, 1988
18	Once Upon a Time	Feb 18, 1988
19	Petanque	Feb 25, 1988
20	Trust Me	Mar 3, 1988
21	Home for the Weekend	Mar 17, 1988
22	The Prom	Mar 24, 1988
23	Gone Fishin'	Apr 28, 1988

Season 5

25 episodes • 1988

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Together Again and Again	Oct 6, 1988
2	The Physical	Oct 13, 1988
3	Rudy's All-Nighter	Oct 20, 1988
4	Move It (a.k.a. The Baby Game)	Oct 27, 1988
5	Out of Brooklyn	Nov 3, 1988
6	The Birth	Nov 10, 1988
7	Cyranoise de Bergington	Nov 17, 1988
8	How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?	Dec 1, 1988
9	If the Dress Fits, Wear It	Dec 8, 1988
10	Is There a Hamster in the House?	Dec 15, 1988
11	Truth or Consequences	Jan 5, 1989
12	Cliff Babysits	Jan 12, 1989
13	Mrs. Huxtable Goes to Kindergarten	Jan 26, 1989
14	The Lost Weekend	Feb 2, 1989
15	No Way, Baby	Feb 6, 1989
16	Can I Say Something, Please?	Feb 9, 1989
17	The Dead End Kids Meet Dr. Lotus	Feb 16, 1989
18	The Boys of Winter	Feb 23, 1989
19	It Comes and It Goes	Mar 9, 1989
20	Theo's Women	Mar 16, 1989
21	Birthday Blues	Mar 30, 1989
22	A Room With No View	Apr 13, 1989
23	What He Did for Love	Apr 27, 1989
24	Day of the Locusts	May 4, 1989
25	57 Varieties	May 11, 1989

Season 6

26 episodes • 1989

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Denise: The Saga Continues	Sep 21, 1989
2	Surf's Up	Sep 28, 1989
3	I'm 'In' With the 'In' Crowd	Oct 5, 1989
4	Denise Kendall: Navy Wife	Oct 12, 1989
5	Theo's Gift	Oct 19, 1989
6	Denise Kendall: Babysitter	Oct 26, 1989
7	Shall We Dance?	Nov 2, 1989
8	The Day the Spores Landed	Nov 9, 1989
9	Cliff's Wet Adventure	Nov 16, 1989
10	Grampy and Nu-Nu Visit the Huxtables	Nov 30, 1989
11	Cliff la Dolce	Dec 7, 1989
12	Getting to Know You	Dec 14, 1989
13	Elvin Pays for Dinner	Jan 4, 1990
14	Cliff's Nightmare	Jan 11, 1990
15	Denise Kendall: Singles Counselor	Jan 18, 1990
16	The Birthday Party	Jan 25, 1990
17	Not Everybody Loves the Blues	Feb 1, 1990
18	Rudy's Walk on the Wild Side	Feb 8, 1990
19	Mr. Sandman	Feb 15, 1990
20	Isn't It Romantic?	Feb 22, 1990
21	Theo's Dirty Laundry	Mar 15, 1990
22	What's It All About?	Mar 22, 1990
23	Off to See the Wretched	Apr 5, 1990
24	The Moves	Apr 19, 1990
25	Live and Learn	Apr 26, 1990
26	The Storyteller	May 3, 1990

Season 7

25 episodes • 1990

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Same Time Next Year	Sep 20, 1990
2	Bird in the Hand	Sep 27, 1990
3	The Last Barbecue	Oct 4, 1990
4	Period of Adjustment	Oct 11, 1990
5	It's All in the Game	Oct 18, 1990
6	Getting the Story	Oct 25, 1990
7	Just Thinking About It	Nov 1, 1990
8	The Infantry Has Landed (and They've Fallen Off the Roof)	Nov 8, 1990
9	You Can Go Home Again	Nov 15, 1990
10	It's a Boy	Nov 29, 1990
11	Clair's Liberation	Dec 6, 1990
12	It's Your Move	Dec 13, 1990
13	Theo's Final Final	Jan 3, 1991
14	Attack of the Killer B's	Jan 10, 1991
15	Total Control	Jan 31, 1991
16	Adventures in Babysitting	Feb 7, 1991
17	27 and Still Cooking	Feb 14, 1991
18	The Return of the Clairettes	Feb 21, 1991
19	No More Mr. Nice Guy	Feb 28, 1991
20	Home Remedies	Mar 7, 1991
21	Nightmare on Stigwood Avenue	Mar 21, 1991
22	There's Still No Joy in Mudville	Apr 4, 1991
23	Cliff and Jake	Apr 11, 1991
24	Theo and the Kids (1)	Apr 25, 1991
25	Theo and the Kids (2)	May 2, 1991

Season 8

24 episodes • 1991

#	Episode	Air Date
1	With This Ring?	Sep 19, 1991
2	There's No Place Like This Home	Sep 26, 1991
3	Particles in Motion	Oct 3, 1991
4	Pam Applies to College	Oct 10, 1991
5	Warning: A Double-Lit Candle Can Cause a Meltdown	Oct 17, 1991
6	It's Apparent to Everyone	Oct 24, 1991
7	The Iceman Bricketh	Oct 31, 1991
8	Olivia's Field Trip	Nov 7, 1991
9	For Men Only	Nov 14, 1991
10	Olivia Comes Out of the Closet	Nov 21, 1991
11	Two Is a Crowd	Dec 5, 1991
12	Clair's Place	Dec 19, 1991
13	Theo's Future	Jan 2, 1992
14	The Price Is Wrong	Jan 9, 1992
15	Bring Me the Lip Gloss of Deirdre Arpelle	Jan 16, 1992
16	Eat, Drink and Be Wary	Jan 30, 1992
17	The Getaway	Feb 6, 1992
18	Cliff Gets Jilted	Feb 6, 1992
19	Cliff and Theo Come Clean	Feb 13, 1992
20	Clair's Reunion	Feb 20, 1992
21	Rudy's Retreat	Feb 27, 1992
22	You Can't Stop the Music	Mar 26, 1992
23	Some Gifts Aren't Deductible	Apr 23, 1992
24	And So We Commence	Apr 30, 1992

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