The Cosby Show (1984)

Comedy · Romance

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.

IMDb rating: 7.4 (39,051 votes)
Seasons: 8
Streaming (US): Philo
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 8 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1984)

7.39 avg 24 episodes 8.0 → 7.6 25 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	8.0	391
2	Goodbye, Mr. Fish	7.7	291
3	Bad Dreams	7.2	243
4	Is That My Boy?	7.2	216
5	A Shirt Story	8.2	319
6	Breaking with Tradition	7.5	215
7	One More Time	7.0	205
8	Play It Again, Vanessa	7.2	220
9	How Ugly Is He?	7.7	218
10	Bonjour, Sondra	7.1	204
11	You're Not a Mother Night	7.3	193
12	Rudy's Sick	7.1	193
13	Father's Day	7.3	207
14	Independence Day	7.8	222
15	Physician of the Year	7.4	199
16	Jitterbug Break	7.4	213
17	Theo and the Joint	7.7	236
18	Vanessa's New Class	7.0	203
19	Clair's Case	7.2	192
20	Back to the Track, Jack	7.0	199
21	The Younger Woman	7.4	194
22	Slumber Party	8.0	251
23	Mr. Quiet	6.4	202
24	Cliff's Birthday	7.6	200

Season 2 (1985)

7.47 avg 25 episodes 7.5 → 6.9 24 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	First Day of School	7.5	187
2	The Juicer	7.9	201
3	Happy Anniversary	8.2	262
4	Cliff in Love	7.8	200
5	Theo and the Older Woman	7.6	195
6	Halloween	7.1	191
7	Rudy Suits Up	6.9	168
8	Denise Drives	7.5	182
9	Clair's Sister	6.9	173
10	Clair's Toe	7.1	169
11	Denise's Friend	7.8	182
12	Mrs. Westlake	7.6	182
13	The Auction	7.6	178
14	Vanessa's Bad Grade	7.2	165
15	Theo and Cockroach	7.5	167
16	The Dentist	7.8	214
17	Play It Again, Russell	6.7	178
18	A Touch of Wonder	7.8	227
19	Full House	7.5	182
20	Close to Home	7.1	169
21	An Early Spring	7.3	162
22	Theo's Holiday	8.5	295
23	The Card Game	7.8	179
24	Off to the Races	7.2	157
25	Denise's Decision	6.9	159

Season 3 (1986)

7.12 avg 25 episodes 7.2 → 6.1 23 min avg

Bad finale

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Bring 'Em Back Alive	7.2	166
2	Food for Thought	7.3	156
3	Golden Anniversary	7.5	179
4	Man Talk	7.2	163
5	Mother, May I?	7.2	162
6	The March	7.4	166
7	Theo's Flight	7.3	157
8	Vanessa's Rich	7.1	158
9	Denise Gets a 'D'	7.0	160
10	A Girl and Her Dog	7.0	151
11	War Stories	6.9	159
12	Cliff in Charge	6.9	152
13	Monster Man Huxtable	7.0	149
14	Rudy Spends the Night	7.2	155
15	Say Hello to a Good Buy	7.3	161
16	Denise Gets an Opinion	7.0	152
17	Calling Doctor Huxtable	7.1	149
18	You Only Hurt the One You Love	7.0	147
19	The Shower	7.0	150
20	Cliff's 50th Birthday	7.0	154
21	I Know That You Know	8.1	180
22	Andalusian Flu	7.2	152
23	Bald and Beautiful	7.2	163
24	Planning Parenthood	6.9	155
25	Hillman	6.1	208

Season 4 (1987)

6.96 avg 23 episodes 7.5 → 6.9 25 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Call of the Wild	7.5	167
2	Theogate	7.6	165
3	It Ain't Easy Being Green	6.5	155
4	Cliff's Mistake	7.2	156
5	Shakespeare	7.4	177
6	That's Not What I Said	7.0	142
7	Autumn Gifts	6.9	138
8	Looking Back	6.8	144
9	Where's Rudy?	6.7	147
10	Dance Mania	6.8	167
11	The Locker Room	6.9	160
12	The Show Must Go On	6.6	152
13	Bookworm	7.1	155
14	Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star	6.9	136
15	The Visit	7.3	157
16	The Drum Major	6.9	143
17	Waterworks	7.4	156
18	Once Upon a Time	5.7	160
19	Petanque	6.9	143
20	Trust Me	6.8	145
21	Home for the Weekend	7.2	137
22	The Prom	7.1	169
23	Gone Fishin'	6.9	134

Season 5 (1988)

7.05 avg 25 episodes 7.4 → 7.1 24 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Together Again and Again	7.4	143
2	The Physical	7.5	139
3	Rudy's All-Nighter	6.9	145
4	Move It	7.5	147
5	Out of Brooklyn	6.8	138
6	The Birth	7.3	152
7	Cyranoise de Bergington	6.9	131
8	How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?	7.0	155
9	If the Dress Fits, Wear It	7.5	154
10	Is There a Hamster in the House?	6.9	134
11	Truth or Consequences	7.2	146
12	Cliff Babysits	7.1	140
13	Mrs. Huxtable Goes to Kindergarten	7.2	131
14	The Lost Weekend	7.2	147
15	No Way, Baby	7.3	157
16	Can I Say Something, Please?	6.9	132
17	The Dead End Kids Meet Dr. Lotus	6.7	140
18	The Boys of Winter	6.4	129
19	It Comes and It Goes	6.7	130
20	Theo's Women	6.9	142
21	Birthday Blues	6.8	140
22	A Room with No View	7.2	137
23	What He Did for Love	6.6	126
24	Day of the Locusts	7.3	142
25	57 Varieties	7.1	134

Season 6 (1989)

7.07 avg 26 episodes 7.8 → 6.1 26 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Denise: The Saga Continues	7.8	164
2	Surf's Up	7.0	128
3	I'm 'In' with the 'In' Crowd	7.7	170
4	Denise Kendall: Navy Wife	6.9	129
5	Theo's Gift	7.4	137
6	Denise Kendall: Babysitter	7.0	130
7	Shall We Dance?	6.9	135
8	The Day the Spores Landed	5.9	176
9	Cliff's Wet Adventure	8.0	188
10	Grampy and NuNu Visit the Huxtables	7.2	142
11	Cliff la Dolce	7.0	140
12	Getting to Know You	6.6	129
13	Elvin Pays for Dinner	6.8	133
14	Cliff's Nightmare	6.2	170
15	Denise Kendall: Singles Counselor	6.7	129
16	The Birthday Party	7.0	144
17	Not Everybody Loves the Blues	7.2	144
18	Rudy's Walk on the Wild Side	7.1	135
19	Mr. Sandman	6.9	136
20	Isn't It Romantic?	8.0	160
21	Theo's Dirty Laundry	7.5	130
22	What It's All About	7.1	123
23	Off to See the Wretched	8.2	221
24	The Moves	6.7	124
25	Live and Learn	7.0	118
26	The Storyteller	6.1	138

Season 7 (1990)

6.72 avg 25 episodes 6.9 → 7.2 23 min avg

Rebound

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Same Time Next Year	6.9	138
2	Bird in the Hand	7.7	131
3	The Last Barbecue	7.5	155
4	Period of Adjustment	6.6	132
5	It's All in the Game	7.1	126
6	Getting the Story	6.4	117
7	Just Thinking About It	6.6	128
8	The Infantry Has Landed (and They've Fallen Off the Roof)	6.9	129
9	You Can Go Home Again	6.6	117
10	It's a Boy	6.2	116
11	Clair's Liberation	7.1	121
12	It's Your Move	6.7	122
13	Theo's Final Final	6.5	117
14	Attack of the Killer B's	6.6	119
15	Total Control	6.9	142
16	Adventures in Babysitting	6.6	119
17	27 and Still Cooking	6.7	124
18	The Return of the Clairettes	6.6	124
19	No More Mr. Nice Guy	6.4	117
20	Home Remedies	6.5	121
21	Nightmare on Stigwood Avenue	6.0	132
22	There's Still No Joy in Mudville	6.0	129
23	Cliff and Jake	6.5	123
24	Theo and the Kids: Part 1	7.1	132
25	Theo and the Kids: Part 2	7.2	124

Season 8 (1991)

6.40 avg 24 episodes 7.3 → 7.5 25 min avg

Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	With This Ring?	7.3	157
2	There's No Place Like This Home	6.8	132
3	Particles in Motion	6.5	124
4	Pam Applies to College	6.0	125
5	Warning: A Double-Lit Candle Can Cause a Meltdown	6.5	146
6	It's Apparent to Everyone	6.4	126
7	The Iceman Bricketh	6.5	130
8	Olivia's Field Trip	6.3	121
9	For Men Only	6.5	126
10	Olivia Comes Out of the Closet	6.3	121
11	Two Is a Crowd	6.4	120
12	Clair's Place	6.4	120
13	Theo's Future	5.8	123
14	The Price Is Wrong	5.8	125
15	Bring Me the Lip Gloss of Deirdre Arpelle	6.1	120
16	Eat, Drink and Be Wary	6.8	120
17	The Getaway	6.5	124
18	Cliff Gets Jilted	6.6	118
19	Cliff and Theo Come Clean	6.3	122
20	Clair's Reunion	6.5	124
21	Rudy's Retreat	6.4	118
22	You Can't Stop the Music	5.6	130
23	Some Gifts Aren't Deductible	5.9	118
24	And So, We Commence	7.5	177

The Cosby Show (1984)

Cast

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