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Cosby (1996)

Comedy

Cosby is an American situation comedy television series broadcast on CBS from September 16, 1996 to April 28, 2000, loosely based on the British sitcom One Foot in the Grave. The program stars Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashād, who previously worked with Cosby in the 1984–1992 NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. Madeline Kahn portrayed their neighbor, Pauline, until her death in 1999.

IMDb rating
6.2 (2,984 votes)
Seasons
4
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1996)

7.42 avg 25 episodes 8.0 → 8.0 22 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 35 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 25 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 24 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 26 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 27 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 24 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 22 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 22 votesEp 9: 7.5 · 22 votesEp 10: 7.2 · 20 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 19 votesEp 12: 7.2 · 20 votesEp 13: 7.5 · 21 votesEp 14: 6.5 · 22 votesEp 15: 7.3 · 19 votesEp 16: 7.2 · 20 votesEp 17: 7.9 · 22 votesEp 18: 7.6 · 21 votesEp 19: 6.5 · 21 votesEp 20: 6.4 · 23 votesEp 21: 7.8 · 21 votesEp 22: 7.5 · 22 votesEp 23: 7.7 · 20 votesEp 24: 6.8 · 22 votesEp 25: 8.0 · 18 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Pilot8.035
2It's My Party7.225
3Neighborhood Watch7.324
4Happily Ever Hilton7.326
5The Best Little Antique Shop in Astoria8.127
6One Foot in Your Mouth8.124
7Natural Born Debtors7.922
8The Two Mr. Lucases7.522
9No Nudes Is Good Nudes7.522
10Basketball Story7.220
11Guard Almighty7.519
12The Broken Reflection7.220
13Tempus Lucas7.521
14Guess Whose President Is Coming to Dinner6.522
15Brave New Hilton7.319
16Lucas Platonicus7.220
17Valentine's Day7.922
18Florida7.621
19Anniversary Waltz6.521
20That Darn Cat6.423
21I'm OK, You're Hilton7.821
22The Return of the Charlites7.522
23My Dinner with Methuseleh7.720
24Hilton's Playland6.822
25Social Insecurity8.018

Season 2 (1997)

7.54 avg 24 episodes 7.8 → 7.6 22 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 18 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 20 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 17 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 18 votesEp 5: 8.4 · 27 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 17 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 21 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 26 votesEp 9: 7.9 · 21 votesEp 10: 7.0 · 21 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 21 votesEp 12: 7.4 · 18 votesEp 13: 6.1 · 21 votesEp 14: 7.2 · 20 votesEp 15: 7.4 · 18 votesEp 16: 8.3 · 19 votesEp 17: 7.5 · 21 votesEp 18: 7.4 · 17 votesEp 19: 7.8 · 19 votesEp 20: 7.4 · 17 votesEp 21: 7.3 · 19 votesEp 22: 7.4 · 16 votesEp 23: 7.4 · 16 votesEp 24: 7.6 · 17 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1About My Life7.818
2Wake Up and Smell the Coffeehouse7.820
3The Rules7.717
4Two Cents7.518
5Older and Out8.427
6Lucas Smartypantsicus7.417
7The Last Man Standing7.621
8Dating Games7.826
9The Pilot (Not the Pilot)7.921
10Lucas Raymondicus7.021
11Shall We Dance?7.921
12The Two Hilton Lucases7.418
13A Team of His Own6.121
14Brazil7.220
15Old Yeller7.418
16Out to Launch8.319
17Fifteen Minutes of Fame7.521
18Mud7.417
19Enter Lucas7.819
201040 Not-So-EZ7.417
21Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Astoria7.319
22On the Rocks7.416
23Love Intervention7.416
24The First Gentleman7.617

Season 3 (1998)

7.17 avg 25 episodes 7.0 → 6.5 22 min avg

Ep 1: 7.0 · 16 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 17 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 16 votesEp 4: 7.1 · 17 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 16 votesEp 6: 7.2 · 17 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 17 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 16 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 24 votesEp 10: 7.4 · 16 votesEp 11: 7.0 · 13 votesEp 12: 7.3 · 16 votesEp 13: 7.2 · 14 votesEp 14: 6.6 · 18 votesEp 15: 6.6 · 18 votesEp 16: 7.8 · 19 votesEp 17: 8.2 · 18 votesEp 18: 6.9 · 17 votesEp 19: 6.6 · 16 votesEp 20: 7.4 · 19 votesEp 21: 7.2 · 15 votesEp 22: 6.6 · 16 votesEp 23: 7.3 · 16 votesEp 24: 6.6 · 17 votesEp 25: 6.5 · 15 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Now Is the Time, the Walrus Said7.016
2Do Not Overheat7.217
3Chemistry7.416
4Lucas Discordia7.117
5The Greatest Gift7.416
6Lucas Matriculus7.217
7Playground Scar7.417
8The Episode Episode7.516
9Judgment Day7.824
10Turkey Day7.416
11This Old Friend7.013
12The Awful Truth7.316
13Refrigerator Logic7.214
14Lucas Absentia6.618
15False Alarm6.618
16A Very Nice Dance7.819
17Ol' Betsy8.218
18Afterschool Delight6.917
19Will Power6.616
20Lucas Illuminus7.419
21Timerity7.215
22The Party's Over6.616
23The Vesey Method7.316
24He Who Hesitates Is Lucas6.617
25War Stories6.515

Season 4 (1999)

7.30 avg 21 episodes 7.2 → 7.6 21 min avg

Ep 1: 7.2 · 22 votesEp 2: 6.6 · 17 votesEp 3: 7.1 · 19 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 19 votesEp 5: 5.9 · 17 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 21 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 17 votesEp 8: 6.5 · 15 votesEp 9: 7.0 · 17 votesEp 10: 9.2 · 31 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 15 votesEp 12: 7.8 · 14 votesEp 13: 7.3 · 15 votesEp 14: 7.3 · 15 votesEp 15: 7.1 · 20 votesEp 16: 6.7 · 18 votesEp 17: 7.7 · 15 votesEp 18: 7.7 · 17 votesEp 19: 6.9 · 18 votesEp 20: 7.2 · 15 votesEp 21: 7.6 · 18 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1My Spy7.222
2The Wedding6.617
3Book 'Em, Griff O7.119
4Lucas Apocalypse7.519
5A Teacher's Life5.917
6There's Something About Hilton8.221
7Superstar7.417
8The Parent Trap6.515
9One for the Books7.017
10Loving Madeline9.231
11The Hilton Hilton7.515
12Chilly Scenes of Winter Golf7.814
13To Catch a Thief7.315
14Raising Paranoia7.315
15It's a Wonderful Wife7.120
16The Perfect Valentine6.718
17A Pair of Threes Beats a Flush Every Time7.715
18Thursday's Child7.717
19Kids Eat the Darndest Things6.918
20A Long Night's Journey7.215
21The Song Remains the Same7.618

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